Causes of motivation problems on a project team

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This horizontal bar graph shows eight problems that can be associated with motivation on a project team.   A survey was taken of 118 project managers asking them to identify what problem listed in the graph can usually be attributed to motivational problems on a project team.  The graph shows the percentage of the responses for each problem.

The survey was conducted by Bernhard Schmid and Jonathan Adams. The results of the survey can be read by clicking here (PDF file).

The problem list, and the weight project managers assign to the likelihood that events on the list will be a problem, could help managers be alert to problems that can develop in their team (group).

The survey is one of several that this Project Management Institute posts on its website.  Click here to gain access to this survey.

Remuneration/revenue trends – US versus Europe

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This line graph shows the percentages that employee remuneration is of total company revenue for five years, 2004 to 2009, for United States companies and for European companies.  Remuneration is total compensation plus benefits.

Although the United States data shows a significant decline in the percentage from 2008 to 2009, the United States has on average a 6% better remuneration for employees, as a percentage of revenues, than Europe.

Also, the substantive decrease in remuneration percentage from 2008 to 2009 (5.5%) for the United States versus a slight increase for Europe (0.3%) might show that United States companies can more readily adjust to adversity (e.g., the world-wide financial problems around 2009).

Data in the graph was obtained from the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ study “Managing People in a Changing World – Key Trends in Human Capital – A Global Perspective” published in 2010.  You can read this study by clicking here.

Trends in auditing responsibilities

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This horizontal bar graph shows the trends in internal audit responsibilities (tasks) based on a survey conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers.  PriceWaterhouseCoopers conducted a survey of the chief audit executives at Fortune 250 companies.

Part of the survey asked respondents to identify internal auditing tasks (functions) that would require increased internal auditing responsibilities.  The graph shows that 90% of the respondents believed that continuous auditing or monitoring would require increased internal auditing responsibilities over the next five years.  Response percentages are as shown on the graph for other responsibilities

This data was taken from a PriceWaterhouseCoopers publication entitled “Internal Audit 2012 – A Study Examining the Future of Internal Auditing and the Potential Decline of Controls-centric Approach”.  You can read this publication by clicking here (PDF file).

Number of companies issuing corporate sustainability reports

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This vertical bar graph shows he number of companies using corporate sustainability reports each year from 2000 to 2008.  The data is based on data collected by CorporateRegister.com, Ltd.  The report shows a steady rise in the number of reports issued each year.  The average increase each year, from 2000 to 2008, is 20.1%

The data in the graph was taken from an Economist Intelligence Unit, Ltd report entitled “Global Trends in Sustainability Performance Management”.   This report provides global trends in corporate sustainability reporting.  The report can be read by clicking here (PDF file).

CorporateRegister.com, Ltd’s website can be visited by clicking here.

Most important risks to a company

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The graph shows what is considered to be the most important risks that a company faces.  This conclusion is based on a survey conducted by the accounting firm KPMG, in 2011, of audit committee members serving at least at one US public company.  240 committee members responded.

Surveyed members were asked to choose the top three risks that their company faced.  The graph shows risks selected as a percentage of all selections made.

The data in the graph was taken from the KPMG publication “2011 Public Company Audit Committee Member Survey – Highlights”.  Click here to gain access to the publication (PDF file).  The graph shows only one result of many about company risks and their management that came from the survey.  

Insurance premiums per capital for several countries

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The line graphs show the per person (per capital) premium expenditures for all insurance coverage for 12 countries from 2002 to 2009.   Presumably the per person premium expenditure was computed by dividing the total premium expenditures for a country by the country’s population.

The first graph shows six countries with higher economic development than the countries in the second graph.   Based on the data in the graphs, the higher economically developed countries have, in 2008, per person premium expenditures about 8 times higher than the countries in the second graph.  This suggests an opportunity for insurance coverage growth in countries lower in economic development.

Another conclusion from the data in the graph for the United States is that insurance premiums for all insurance coverage, per person, increased about 6.9 % per year from 2002 to 2009.  Such data might be useful in planning and budgeting for future insurance premium expenditures.

The data used for the graphs were taken form an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) statistical table.  This table (PDF file) can be accessed by clicking here and then clicking “Insurance and Pensions: Key Tables from OECD” (middle column – Country Tables).  Then, click PDF for “Average insurance spending per capital”.

Distributions of annual premium for covered workers with single coverage insurance costs

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The vertical bar graph shows the distribution of annual premiums paid by workers with only single coverage in 2011.

The data in the graph was taken from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research & Educational Trust‘s 2011 Annual Survey entitled “Employer Health Benefits”.

Data on the graph, and in the survey, should be of interest to companies to compare (benchmark) their health benefit offerings to other companies.

The survey can be accessed by clicking here (PDF file).

The graph shows that a large range of premiums are paid for single coverage from less than $2,000 to more than $9,000 per year.  Most premiums paid are in the $4,000 to $7,000 range.