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  Large Scale Change - NHS Mobilisation

  Garrow V, Cox A, Higgins T | May 2010 | NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

  NHS Institute commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies to undertake work to understand how social movement theory could provide insights into how to reconnect the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention message to the core values of staff and create a ‘contagious commitment’ to rapidly increasing quality and driving down costs. This report is structured around a visual summary of the social movement literature.

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  European Restructuring Monitor Quarterly - 2010, Issue 1

  Hurley J, Riso S, Salvatore L, Billingham D, Schulze-Marmeling S, Broughton A | May 2010 | European Monitoring Centre on Change

  Though no longer in recession, the EU economy remained fragile, with growth well below trend rates. Unemployment continued to rise, though at a slowing pace (it stood at 9.6% in the EU27 in February 2010).

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  Public/private sector sickness absence: the impossible divide

  Can the gap between public and private sector sickness absence levels ever be closed?

  Knott S, Hayday S | Apr 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This article examines explanations for the differences between public and private sector performance when it comes to sickness absence levels and suggests that some simple changes in public sector policy and practice could make a very real difference, provided that the public sector follows the general public trend, selects the 'value' or 'basics' range of products, and makes the best use of 'well-worn clothes'.

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  Employment and Skills: six critical priorities for the next government

  Meager N, Hillage J | Mar 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

  With over 40 years’ experience of policy evaluation and labour market research in the UK and abroad, the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) gathered a wide range of evidence on the most important issues that needed to be tackled to raise employment and skills levels across the economy. IES identified half a dozen important policy issues to be first across the desks of the new ministers with briefs relating to education, skills, health, welfare and work, and some of the solutions needed to consider to help tackle these key issues.

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  Moving Goods Safely 3

  Evaluation Report

  Wilson S, Tyers C, Carta E | Mar 2010 | Health and Safety Executive

  The Moving Goods Safely 3 (MGS3) intervention took place during 2007 and 2008, and targeted risks associated with the movement of goods in the logistics, warehousing, road haulage and goods delivery sectors. This report presents the findings of an evaluation carried out during 2008/09, and after the intervention had ceased.

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  Learning from the downturn - An employer perspective

  Chubb C, Reilly P | Mar 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

  The aims of the research were: to see whether organisations were responding to economic problems differently than in the past; and if so, to consider why they were adopting these strategies; to assess how well the strategies had worked; and to consider whether such initiatives might have longer term beneficial impacts, not just on the bottom line but on factors such as employee engagement and workforce flexibility.

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  Review of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework

  Brown D, Mercer M, Buchan J, Miller L, Chubb C, Cox A, Robinson D | Mar 2010 | NHS Employers

  The NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) is a generic competency framework that was intended to define and describe the knowledge and skills that NHS staff need to apply in their work to deliver quality services; provide a single consistent framework for staff reviews and development; and influence the pay progression of non-medical staff. This independent review identifies the barriers to the successful implementation and use of the KSF, and makes recommendations for change and improvement to support widespread adoption and effective usage.

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  Evaluation of the Advancement Network Prototypes - First Interim Report

  Newton B, Sissons P, Gloster R | Mar 2010 | Learning and Skills Council

  This report documents the findings from the first phase of the evaluation of the Advancement Network Prototypes. The Prototypes formed part of the development work leading up to the implementation of the adult advancement and careers service (aacs) in autumn 2010. The Prototypes were managed by the Learning and Skills Council and tested a broad range of approaches to delivering services, offered through a range of channels centring on face-to-face services enhanced in some cases by web resources and planned telephone lines.

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  Evaluation of the Advancement Network Prototypes - Second Interim Report

  Newton B, Gloster R, Sissons P, Fearn H, Whitehurst D | Mar 2010 | Learning and Skills Council

  This report documents the findings from the second phase of the evaluation of the Advancement Network Prototypes. The Prototypes formed part of the development work leading up to the implementation of the adult advancement and careers service (aacs) in autumn 2010. The Prototypes were managed by the Learning and Skills Council and tested a broad range of approaches to delivering services, offered through a range of channels centring on face-to-face services enhanced in some cases by web resources and planned telephone lines.

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  An Integrated Evaluation of Acas Workplace Projects

  Based on survey and case study findings

  Broughton A, Pearmain D, Cox A | Feb 2010 | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

  This report summarises the findings of an evaluation of Workplace Projects. The evaluation consisted of a telephone survey and four in-depth case studies of organisations. The aim of the evaluation was two-fold: to evaluate the impact of Acas Workplace Projects on client organisations; and to illustrate why, how and to what effect a selection of Workplace Projects had been commissioned.