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Nice Work is Radio 4's essential guide to working life in Britain today - we aim to cut through the jargon to get to the heart of what matters.
Email the programme at nicework@bbc.co.uk
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PRESENTER |
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"Presenting Nice Work is fascinating because of the wide range of stories you hear, and the people you get to meet. Not only do we cover the big picture trends and theories, we get up close to the real experience of work, from the people who actually do it.
Over the next six weeks we'll be looking at the pros and cons of work experience; investigative claims that Britain is fast becoming a nation of malingerers and updating you on disability issues. We'll also be looking into the spiritual side of working life and finding out about the help available for people who want to return to work after a lengthy career break."
Philippa Lamb |
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Workers on Henry Ford's production line |
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PRODUCTIVITY
The UK has had a productivity problem for decades - successive governments have tried to raise our game but we are still lagging behind our competitors when we look at just how productive we are.
However, Gordon Brown has placed productivity firmly on this Government's political agenda ever since he became Chancellor in 1997.
Paradoxically our economy is strong - employment, growth and inflation figures all show us to be doing well compared with the rest of Europe. So what's holding our productivity back?
In this week's Nice Work Philippa Lamb will be asking what exactly productivity is in the private and public sectors, how we measure it and how we can improve it.
The programme will also ask why, we in the workforce, should care about it and what our bosses are doing to try and make us more productive. There are comparisons with the United States where workers are almost 30 per cent more productive than UK workers and there's a report from Paris where the strict 35 hour working week is beginning to be questioned.
Guests
Evan Davis
BBC Economics Editor
Professor Richard Scase
University of Kent, Canterbury Business School
Dr Mark Zandi
Chief Economist, Economy.com, an economic consulting firm based in Philadelphia.
Malcolm Hurrell
Vice President Human Resources at Astra Zeneca UK
Contact Us
You can contact us by emailing: nicework@bbc.co.uk.
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