Roundtables

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  Policing in the 21st century

  2 Sep 2010

  Robert McFarland takes a look at, and comments on, the proposals in the government consultation document ahead of the the first annual Police Foundation conference on 7 September

• Shared services, shared objectives

  1 Sep 2010

  Collaboration is key to delivering more for less and outsourcing of delivery methods is one of the options open to government departments

• The next step for GPs

  31 Aug 2010

  GPs will need to have the skills, personality and inclination to drive through changes in the NHS and talent assessments could help to find the right people

• Reforming a state of reliance

  27 Aug 2010

  There are striking similarities between benefit claimants and civil servants says Floyd Millen, and a purge of the public sector should make the welfare system and a bloated public sector more fit for purpose

• Customer services: the next generation

  26 Aug 2010

  Delivery of services will be shaped around 'Big Society' with more community intervention - but the trick will be to not replicate the top-down bureaucracy it is designed to eliminate

• Public service 'spin outs'

  25 Aug 2010

  Employee-led mutuals are being used by the government to allow public sector workers to be their own boss - but are they unleashing transformation, or locking in the status quo?

• Deaf awareness: we need to do more

  24 Aug 2010

  With nine million people registered deaf or hard of hearing, public sector organisations have a duty to ensure employees are not excluded from the workplace

• Rebalancing the relationship

  23 Aug 2010

  With a change in legislation due early next year regarding the retirement age - it is important to recognise not only how it will affect employees - but also their employers

• Coalition cuts policy is all wrong

  20 Aug 2010

  Ministers asking frontline staff for ideas of where to cut are asking the wrong question, says Sarah Gillinson

• A good leader is much more than 'just a manager'

  19 Aug 2010

  How can public sector leaders foster teams that are motivated, engaged, confident and efficient even in the face of tough challenges? Jennie Harrison explains