Can you put a cost on bad manners? Does politeness pay? According to a US business school professor, the answer is an emphatic "yes" – in fact the cost of bad behaviour can run into millions.

Rather than just clipping the wings of older "snow bird" workers, managers should use them as mentors, give them access to learning and be more flexible about how they work

The recovery may be tentative at best for now, but organisations can expect to be on the receiving end of a resumé "tsunami" as soon as disgruntled workers see signs that the turnaround has arrived.

Assuming the economic recovery does not get blown off course, most American managers could be looking forward to pay rises and bonuses again next year.

Rather than starting to move beyond recessionary cost-cutting, we may be on the brink of an era of permanent cut-backs where companies have to earn the right to grow.

Managers should get a good rest over the summer because, if swine flu really takes hold from the autumn, it could extend the recession by a further two years.

The UK government is urging organisations to redouble their efforts to get employees more engaged, recognise potential and so help drag the country out of recession.

American unemployment may be at its highest point for more than a quarter of a century, but that doesn't mean managers are finding it any easier to hire people with skills they need.

With new research suggesting that it may be 2013 before we start to see any significant upturn in employment, middle-aged managers in their 40s and 50s will remain especially vulnerable to the axe.

No one expects the next six months to be easy, but in a sign that the economy may be picking up, confidence among U.S chief executives has improved sharply.

From small beginnings, an oath encouraging MBA graduates to behave ethically has now been taken up by students at some 25 business schools. But in later life, will their good intentions quickly be forgotten?

Virtual teams are much more prone to relationship breakdowns that can quickly send their performance plummeting unless they are carefully managed.

It's probably something all of us who have tried to get a message across will know from bitter experience. Researchers have proved that people only listen to what they want to hear and filter out the rest.

The decisions managers make over the next two years will govern both how quickly their organisations recover and how they perform over the next decade.

It may not be the most welcome indicator of returning economic health, but unsolicited takeover attempts are rising sharply - and executives need to ensure their company is not caught napping.

The legacy of the current recession will be felt for years to come in the pensions' crisis it is storing up, leaving many of us with a far less comfortable retirement than we had hoped for.

Rather than encouraging executives to work harder, performance-related pay may actually have the opposite effect. So isn't it time for a wholesale rethink?

It's not just your own organisation's survival you need to be worried about. With the recession stress-testing everyone, the risk is that if a supplier or partner fails, you could be brought down with it.

Far from creating resentment as jobs are cut and pay is slashed, the recession appears to creating greater workplace engagement as employees and managers pull together. At least that's what employers are saying.

The demands of Generation Y are the stuff of workplace legend. But in reality, younger workers are as much let down by the education system and negative stereotyping as they are by their own failings.

If you are unfortunate enough to have lost your job recently, take heed of new research that warns you've got six months at most before the stigma of being branded long-term unemployed starts to kick in.