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Why are public sector efficiency savings so hard? (Part 2)
Thursday’s post discussed how difficult it is to make public sector processes more efficient. That goes some way towards explaining why public sector organisations find it so hard to make cost savings and productivity improvements. However, there...
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31 Jan 2011 9:49 AM
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Why are public sector efficiency savings so hard?
With the government demanding that the public sector do more with less, much has been written about public sector productivity and efficiency recently. I sometimes wonder if there are more people writing about it than actually doing it. That might …...
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27 Jan 2011 9:55 AM
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Should we break up the banks?
The head of the government’s Independent Commission on Banking, Sir John Vickers, confirmed at the weekend that a break-up of Britain’s banks is being considered. The idea has widespread support from across the political spectrum. Nick Clegg...
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25 Jan 2011 12:21 PM
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NHS reforms – who needs evidence when you’ve got a hunch?
Editors of the British Medical Journal, Tony Delamothe and Fiona Godlee, have written a scathing assessment of Andrew Lansley’s proposals for the NHS. They are writing from a doctor’s perspective rather than a manager’s yet they draw...
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24 Jan 2011 11:54 AM
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Some new bloggers (well, new to me anyway)
Since I last did an update like this a number of new blogs have appeared on my radar. Richard Blogger writes Conservative Policies Dissected. No prizes for guessing his political views but what I like about Richard’s blog, that is lacking from …...
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21 Jan 2011 10:14 AM
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Spending cuts will be tough enough without the social engineering
In today’s Guardian Andy Beckett paints a picture of what Britain might look like in 2015, once the government’s reforms are in full swing. It is a balanced article and he has taken soundings from a number of people with varying … Continue...
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20 Jan 2011 3:01 PM
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Banking bonuses work
Two articles yesterday claimed that bonuses don’t work. One from Simon Caulkin in the Daily Mail and the other from Aditya Chakrabortty in the Guardian. Both cite high bonuses in the financial sector, and the subsequent catastrophic collapse of...
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19 Jan 2011 8:52 AM
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Cameron’s impatience is no reason for the fire-sale reform of public services
David Cameron said yesterday that the government has “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform our public services”; “If not now, then when?” he cried. It’s rubbish, of course. Governments can reform public services...
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18 Jan 2011 11:02 AM
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HR, the banking crisis and the dictatorship of the moment
The appointment of Neil Roden, former HR director of RBS, as a partner in PwC’s HR consulting practice provoked an angry two-post response from consultant and prolific management writer Paul Kearns. There seems to be some history between the two...
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17 Jan 2011 12:53 PM
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My joke falls flat
I’ve been away for a couple of days running a session on change management for some clients. We went through a number of models, tool and techniques. To demonstrate one of them I dreamt up a fictitious NHS trust. The trust … Continue reading...
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15 Jan 2011 11:46 AM
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Huge bank bonuses – just part of the furniture
The government has decided it can’t, or won’t, do anything about the huge bonuses being paid out by investment banks. This comes as no surprise. High taxes and state intervention in companies are among the Conservatives’ worst taboos...
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12 Jan 2011 8:41 AM
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Putting Britain’s decline into perspective
Economic panic is rather like moral panic, only with slightly less hysteria. We’ve had economic panics for years but, since the financial crisis, they seem to be getting louder and more frequent. Not only is the country going to hell in …...
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11 Jan 2011 1:22 PM
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HR and Social Media Event – West London, 27 January
Jon Ingham will be running an interactive session on HR and Social Media for the West London CIPD branch later this month. Jon, as many of you will know, is an HR consultant, a former HR manager and an enthusiastic advocate of social media. … Continue...
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10 Jan 2011 6:25 PM
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Quango bonfire fizzles out
Government quango bonfires remind me of the fires we used to make as kids. When I was at primary school, a favourite holiday pastime was building bonfires. Someone in our gang would nick a box of matches, which was much easier in the … Continue...
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7 Jan 2011 10:15 AM
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The NHS reforms will kill all hope of productivity gains
It’s become something of a cliché to say that 2011 will be a defining year for the NHS but it is, nevertheless, true. The health service faces the biggest shake up since its foundation. According to the Financial Times, the legislation … Continue...
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6 Jan 2011 10:00 AM
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