In this book Eric Beaudan describes the ultimate game–changer for reinventing strategy and igniting people. Whether it was Alexander the Great or Lord Horatio Nelson, the management team at Toyota or ...

Local authorities are facing a huge task to get care users ready for the shift to a market in services, according to the think-tank, Dermos. It has published figures which show more than 80 per cent ...

Regional pay for the public sector would ‘aggravate geographical, economic and social inequalities’, say 60 leading academics. A warning from sixty leading academics that the government’s regional pay ...

This paper from Communities and Local Government distils out learning from the New Deal for Communities programme about neighbourhood level masterplanning. Masterplanning involves bringing together ...

The evaluation of pilot projects showed that the economic downturn is having an adverse effect on child poverty and that intervention to alleviate the impact of poverty is too narrowly focused. The ...

Colleges are charging excessive management fees to small companies who need funding for apprenticeship schemes. With charges as high as 39 percent, the practice is undermining the funding ...

An early challenge for the newly launched Local Better Regulation Office is to improve consistency for businesses that trade across council boundaries. The role of the Office is to help councils and ...

The Spending Review will cut council budgets by 28 % over the next four years resulting in significant job losses and a major rethink of how services are delivered. The Spending Review also lays the ...

The National Audit Office has given support to the initiative to join up public services. It describes the Whole Place Community Budget programme as potentially significant in providing a model for ...

A 28 per cent cut in council budgets over the next four years will have a severe impact on care services. In a move to improve efficiency to limit the harmful effect of the cut, the Spending Review ...

This programme is now available to view on localgov.tv the online television channel for public service modernisation. Roy Lilley, the former NHS Chairman, broadcaster and writer, explores the ...

Workplace authenticity should matter to everyone, but does the responsibility for it lie with managers or individuals? Robin Ryde and Lisa Sofianos set out their philosophy. The management task, and ...