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  • Back Office Efficiency: Shared Services

    Case Studies

    Fairhurst P, Reilly P | Oct 2010 | Foundation Trust Network, NHS Confederation

    This report presents case studies of organisations who have improved the efficiency and effectiveness of their back office functions by developing shared service operations. Eight case studies are presented in this report. These are Anglia Support Services, Berkshire Shared Services, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire partnership, Cheshire HR Shared Service, Knowsley Health and Wellbeing, LaSCA, NOMS and Southwest One.

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    The 2010 RCVS Survey of the UK Veterinary and Veterinary Nursing Professions

    Robertson-Smith G, Robinson D, Hicks B, Khambhaita P, Hayday S | Oct 2010 | Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)

    This report presents the results of the 2010 surveys of the Veterinary and Veterinary Nursing professions, carried out on behalf of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). Where possible and appropriate, results are compared with those of previous surveys. The aim of these surveys is to provide RCVS, and other interested parties, with an evidence-based view of the veterinary surgeon and veterinary nurse professions, and the changes taking place within them.

  • Evaluation of the Advancement Network Prototypes

    Final report

    Newton B, Gloster R, Sissons P, Fearn H, Whitehurst D | Oct 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

    In recent years there have been several key developments for employment and skills guidance policy that have led to the formation of a number of initiatives, including the Advancement Network Prototypes.In 2009, the Department for Business,...

  • Skills Priorities Statement for the South East of England 2011-2012

    Evidence Base Report

    Hillage J, Cox A, Sissons P, Higgins T | Sep 2010 | South East England Development Agency

    The South East Skills Priorities Statement explains the vital role skills play in attracting inward investment, developing high growth sectors, increasing innovation and driving up enterprise.Equally, for individuals, skills are critical to...

  • IES Annual Review 2010

    Sep 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

    IES Annual Review 2010

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    Assessing the Impact of the New Student Support Arrangements (NSSA) on Higher Education Institutions

    Institutional case studies

    Pollard E, Bates P, Coare P, Hunt W, Miller L | Sep 2010 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

    This report sets out findings from qualitative research with a range of higher education institutions in England to explore the impact of the new student support arrangements on the policies, planning and behaviour of universities and higher education colleges. It brings together findings from an initial investigation, prior to the introduction of the arrangements, with experiences after these had been in place for just over three years.

  • Jobcentre Plus Equality Legislative Requirements Review

    Gloster R, Oakley J, Sigala M, Cox A | Sep 2010 | Department for Work and Pensions

    Revised equality duties covering seven equality strands were due to come into force in 2011 - at the time of the review the duties covered race, gender and disability. This report draws on 97 qualitative interviews with Jobcentre Plus staff to provide insight into staff perceptions of their individual and collective responsibilities for implementing the equality duties, views about the training and support they had received about the equality duties and to capture their experiences of working with customers, employers, other partners and colleagues in upholding this legislation.

  • Workforce planning during bleak times

    A public sector view

    Robinson D | Sep 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Deep budget cuts were hitting the public sector in 2010, and would have a big impact on central and local government and on the NHS in the following years. The challenge for the public sector over the short and medium term was to plan workforce reductions to get not only the best possible outcome for service delivery, but also a sustainable workforce to carry the organisation into the future.

  • Better...Together

    A case study

    Garrow V | Sep 2010 | Health and Safety Executive

    Better...together is the story of a small internal team which championed the people and cultural aspects of change during and after HSE's move from a split headquarters in London (Rose Court) and Bootle to a single HQ in Bootle (Redgrave Court). Better...together has not been a 'culture change' programme as such; it hasn't re-examined corporate values for example but it was 'a good time to look at identity'. It has, therefore, played an important role in highlighting the importance of organisational culture at a time when HSE was about to undergo a significant period of change.

  • Team Coaching: a literature review

    Hicks B | Sep 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This literature review aimed to draw on emergent empirical academic evidence, practitioner articles and case studies, to answer five questions: 1. What is team coaching? 2. How is it different from other team development techniques? 3. When is it appropriate to use? 4. What is the evidence that it works? 5. What is the future for team coaching?