Acpo said those trends reflected the "increasing international patterns of crime and offending" and the need for "increasing flexibility on the part of European law enforcement and criminal justice agencies".
In addition, there is increasing flexibility in negotiating buying terms.
Internationalization and a move to increasing flexibility was also evident in the world of business.
He said that through the proper training techniques, ACL tears could be avoided by increasing flexibility, strength and agility.
European examples have shown that trade unions can, in partnership with management, play an effective role in reforming working conditions, increasing flexibility and boosting productivity.
But consumers are not interested in the technology so much as they are in the increasing flexibility and convenience that it brings, Mr. Morgan said.
The weight of the curriculum is to be reduced by "increasing flexibility and reducing prescription in history, geography, art, design and music" (the secretary of state's proposals).
Tracy Campbell has been with the navy almost 15 years and said she has noticed more women slowly coming into the force, and increasing flexibility.
As technology shifts to allow increasing flexibility of where and when people perform tasks the office can become as much an attitude as a place.
Mr. Lüschow said the increasing flexibility of companies in terms of wages, labor costs and recruitment was one reason for the decline in the number of unemployed.
There are policies that could help diminish women's pay deficit by increasing flexibility in the workplace and easing women's family burden.
