Working lives - Unlocked potential
By Carol Harris
How hard is change management in the NHS? According to Leeds North West primary care trust chief executive Lesley Smith, ‘70 per cent of all organisational change programmes fail’, but the rewards of success are considerable.
Making sure that change actually happens is, she says, a key issue driving her PCT’s decision to create a programme to develop its managers.
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23rd February 2006
Postgraduate training - Servant to two
masters
Business is slow for MBA providers as potential students are put off applying in favour of specialist public sector courses. But many people still believe broader training
is essential, reports Rebecca Coombes.
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Jeremy Thorne - On negotiating
Commissioning services is becoming increasingly challenging. There are very large sums of money at stake, and while the areas for contract negotiation were historically peripheral, they are now very significant.
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Interview techniques - Preparing student nurses for jobs
Last year, the school of nursing and midwifery at Leicester De Montford University created a day dedicated to preparing its third-year students for interviews. Previously, interview preparation was a neglected area, input was not formalised and the contribution was usually offered only by students' personal tutors.
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Healthcare support workers - Determining training needs
The education of healthcare support workers will be a key part of the restructured workforce during the move to a new pattern of health and social care services.
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Graduate Management Admission Council
Association of MBAs