Knowledge Articles

Public Procurement Good Practice Guide

(13.07.10)

This guide has been developed to help anyone involved in Public Procurement to navigate their way through the process.  It will:

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The new challenge - radical cost reduction in public services

(12.07.10)

The first half of 2010 saw a radical change in perception for most in the UK - individuals and organisations, locally and nationally, at junior levels and at senior, electors and elected. Fuelled by the banking crisis, an extended and deep recession, and the sheer scale of public debt, there is now a new reality - that failure to deliver cost effective public services is no longer a feasible outcome. Something, it is agreed, must be done.

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Which way do you 'lean'? A member's perspective

(09.07.10)

I am sure most people reading this will be able to think back a couple of years or so to the launch of the Improvement and Efficiency agenda.

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TRANSFORMATIONAL WHAT?

(15.06.10)

The buzz phrase 'Transformational Change', like many other management buzz phrases, has become embedded in everyday speak in many organisations, public and private sector, to the extent in many that it no longer has the ability to shock or to thrill.  Jaded managers and staff see the idea of transformational change as yet another term bandied about to give a sense that something important is happening, while masking the fact that most people are continuing to do what they've always done.

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Raising Team Performance - An Introduction to the Strength Deployment Inventory® (SDI®) and Motivational Value Systems (MVS)

(21.05.10)

Would you like to understand more about what motivates yourself and those around you and in your team and how to manage conflict situations?

The Strength Deployment Inventory® (SDI®) is a tool that could help you to understand and improve your self-awareness, reduce and manage conflict and build better working relationships.

For more information please see the attached article.

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