Phys: Remote working is ‘mixed bag’ for employee wellbeing and productivity, study finds
Adapting remote and hybrid work policies to employees’ specific work-life situations can result in increased well-being and productivity, but many employees are stuck in an increasing number of low-quality meetings when working remotely, says new study co-authored by Thomas Roulet,…
Why does remote working lead to unproductive meetings?
Remote working has resulted in more meetings of lower quality, harming productivity, says study by Cambridge Judge Business School and the Vitality Research Institute published in MIT Sloan Management Review. We've all known the feeling since lockdowns began in 2020:…
MIT Sloan Review: How shifts in remote behaviour affect employee wellbeing
Thomas Roulet, Associate Professor in Organisation Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School, has co-authored an article on how shifts in remote behaviour affect employee well-being. Working from home made many people feel more productive. There is, however, a cost to…
Healthcare costs
Moving elective procedures out of general hospitals can increase quality and reduce cost of emergency services, says 10-year study of all English NHS hospitals co-authored by Professor Stefan Scholtes of Cambridge Judge Business School. Separating elective services out of general…
Four ways firms can prepare for post-coronavirus recovery
Four key insights can help companies better navigate the expected COVID-19 (coronavirus) recession and be poised for growth when the economy improves, Hamza Mudassir, Visiting Fellow in Strategy and alumnus (MBA 2012) of Cambridge Judge Business School, writes in a…
SME project
Cambridge Judge and Tech Nation received £350,000 Government funding to develop a management system to boost productivity in smaller businesses. Cambridge Judge Business School and Tech Nation have been awarded £350,000 by the UK Government for a joint project to…
The Independent: Economists say Brexit is not good for troubling GDP
Michael Kitson, University Senior Lecturer in International Macroeconomics at Cambridge Judge Business School, writes about UK’s troubling GDP, economic outlook and what Brexit might bring. “Productivity in the UK has been sluggish since the financial crisis, and the most recent…
Work-life balance
A four-day workweek should be tested to see if benefits outweigh costs, says Harvard Business Review article co-authored by Dr Thomas Roulet of Cambridge Judge Business School. Dr Thomas Roulet The idea of a four-day workweek in Europe requires proper…
Financial Times: Fewer hours, more work, greater productivity
David Wilson, currently on the Executive MBA programme (EMBA 2017) at Cambridge Judge Business School, discusses productivity and whether shorter working hours could increase it. “Intuition suggests that if we spend less time in the office, we will fritter away…
‘Getting and Staying Productive’
New book reveals a fundamental re-thinking of what it takes to become productive Professor Roger Schmenner, an academic visitor at Cambridge Judge Business School, has recently published a book which focuses on the importance of productivity within an organisation. In…
