It is critically important to develop a methodology for plan sponsors and money managers to follow in reviewing consultants prior to hiring them and in evaluating the on-going interaction between client and consultant.
Musgrove said Cisco's video-link products allowed employees to talk lag-free in high definition, but he said there was a need to strike a balance between "appropriate" home working and office-based interaction in genuinely collaborative work spaces such as Cisco's main campus in San Jose, California.
In a study of ten "named and shamed" colleges, Paul Goddard-Patel and Stephen Whitehead found evidence of good practice inside the classroom and in the interaction between lecturers and students.
The secretary's visit marks the highest-level interaction between the sides since former defense secretary Leon Penetta's brief trip to Beijing in September.