AM's regular columnist Professor Jim Saker, director of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University's business school and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry, shares his thoughts about the damage done to companies by HR departments that put corporate damage-limitation ahead of victim welfare.
Thoughts about the risk of distress sales caused by governments that set short-sighted and disruptive targets to rapidly shift consumer habits from AM's regular columnist Professor Jim Saker, director of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University's business school and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry.
AM's regular columnist Professor Jim Saker, director of the centre for automotive management at Loughborough University's business school, shares his thoughts about the UK's continuing geographic imbalance of electric vehicle charging points as consumers are told they'll be only buying electric cars next decade.
Regular contributor professor Jim Saker, director of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry, muses on motor retailers' need to spend as much time on communicating strategy as they do communicating objectives in his test monthly article for AM.
Professor Jim Saker ponders the risk to UK car supplies from "the weaponisation of resources" in his latest monthly article for AM.
Professor Jim Saker of Loughborough University's Business School observes that an ageing car parc provides good pickings for those businesses in the service and repair sector in this latest instalment of his monthly Viewpoint guest opinion articles for AM.
Professor Jim Saker observes that the acquisition of knowledge isn't enough without the interactivity that helps instill how to use that knowledge. Read on to hear his views on human contact's role in skills development in this latest instalment of his monthly Viewpoint guest opinion articles for AM.
I had just finished making a complete mess of trying to record a 25-second sound bite for the BBC on supply chain problems in the industry, when a security man from the nearby shopping complex came over and wanted to know what we were doing.
AM columnist professor Jim Saker highlights a challenge for many looking at motor retail careers if that they don't see themselves reflected in the people employed already.
Professor Jim Saker has questioned car retailers' 'customer centricity' after his son's car service quotes varied by over £180.
In his latest monthly opinion post for AM Professor Jim Saker draws on his experiences with the IMI's Diversity Task Force to question the role of car retail's HR departments driving diversity in car retail.
In his latest ‘viewpoint’ opinion article for AM Professor Jim Saker asserts that better understanding the diversity of the automotive workforce, and making a few minor changes to working practices, can unleash previously untapped potential.
Professor Jim Saker's latest 'Viewpoint' opinion article for Automotive Management (AM) considers what is needed to shift the automotive balance to EVs in the UK.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) Diversity Task Force said it aims to take a ‘holistic approach’ to tackle gender diversity in the industry.
Small regional dealerships should collaborate with others and trade bodies to ensure their opinions are listened to by local and national government
AM contributor, Professor Jim Saker of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University, shares his opinion on the moral and economic arguments for diversity.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) is setting out to tackle diversity in automotive through a year-long project.
The future of the planet is too important to be dictated by political soundbites, warns professor Jim Saker
Director of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University’s Business School, AM Awards judge and recently-appointed Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) president, Jim Saker, argues that diversity in automotive "needs to be looked at".
Professor Jim Saker has been appointed as the new president of the IMI, replacing Graham Smith who held the position for seven years.
As workplaces become increasingly more diverse, so automotive companies are having to go a step further to accommodate employees from a host of different cultures and backgrounds.
Professor Jim Saker of Loughborough's Centre for Automotive Management makes the argument that the motor industry is no longer in control of its own destiny.
Professor Jim Saker suggests that some of the changes driven by the pandemic could be turned into a blessing rather than a curse.
Professor Jim Saker, director of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University’s Business School, reveals his car-buying lockdown experience
Professor Jim Saker is director of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University's Business School and an AM Awards judge. He has been involved in the automotive industry for more than 20 years.
