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...n reform is needed most. Good leadership, to support staff motivation, will be more important than ever as civil servants face uncertainty and restructuring on a scale not seen for decad...

421 days ago

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Sir Bob Kerslake

...rsquo;m most proud of the way that DCLG has undertaken a very major restructuring whilst at the same time deliv...he year ahead, DCLG needs to move from becoming smaller through the restructuring process to becoming stronger...

53 days ago

Suma Chakrabarti

...ed a new operating model. This year we have worked to implement it, restructuring and reducing the senior civil...ls Service was launched on 1 April, bringing together two agencies, restructuring to reduce the layers of manag...

53 days ago

Blog posts

300+ ideas for improving efficiency and effectiveness

...services. These 300+ ideas mostly come from frontline staff who just want to improve things. As such, it is an antidote to big reengineering / restructuring / reforming projects that oft...

565 days ago

OMG - message of the new government

...We are going to check every single website. We will decide if they need to be kept and if they should be operated in the present form or need restructuring.Obviously it will be an enorm...

608 days ago

News

Former ministers call for greater expertise among policymakers

...he former ministers were responding to a report published last month by the Institute for Government, Making Policy Better, which called for a restructuring of the relationship between c...

179 days ago

FCO to retrain embassy staff

...cretary William Hague believes that essential diplomacy skills have been neglected, The Independent reports. This training will form part of a restructuring of the department to save mon...

179 days ago

Analysis_opinion

Opinion: Bernard Jenkin

...nd transformation of the relationship between public service providers and users will fail. The fundamental conclusion of our report is that a restructuring of the centre of government i...

124 days ago

Interviews

Interview: Bob Kerslake and Jeremy Heywood

...round the table defer to that experience and expertise,” says the cabinet secretary. Kerslake is already nearing the end of the programme of restructuring and job cuts within his own d...

6 days ago

Interview: Sarah Rapson

...duced from 4,000 to 3,500 people. Many of those lost were working on the ID cards project, but the organisation has also undergone significant restructuring. The Newport office will no l...

105 days ago

Features

Frontline: A library assistant on the effects of government policy on a public library

...ted with adult community services as part of an earlier cost-saving restructuring, so we now provide space for...the other hand, some changes have had a very positive impact. Staff restructuring has removed layers of managem...

111 days ago

Diversity on a shrinking platform

...ity practitioners is the “major focus on restructuring and downsizing”. The way in...chemes, departments have embarked on major restructuring activity which, in some cases...them.”GovernanceAs well as departmental restructuring, the diversity agenda may be...

179 days ago

Round_tables

The feeling’s mutual

...considering mutualisation. They’re interested in the idea, she explained, but have only just begun to explore the possibility as part of the restructuring process currently under way....

179 days ago

Special_report

Ministry of Justice: non-executive driectors

...ngineering group Doncasters, and in 2003 became chairman of the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus – the successor to British Steel. Credited with restructuring and reviving the group, Leng...

179 days ago

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Perm secs dragged feet on talks, says PCS’s Serwotka

The leader of the largest civil service union has blamed permanent secretaries for the failure of negotiations over proposed changes to civil service redundancy payouts.Speaking to Civil Service World, the general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), Mark Serwotka, said th...

Tags: restructuring, working hours, terms and conditions, fda, gmb, pcs, poa, unite, civil service pay, civil service pay

179 days ago

The multi-tasking methodology

Flexible friends: How Defra's project-based staffing system is reaping rewardsDefra has taken a leap into the unknown and abandoned the directorate structure that characterises Whitehall. Ruth Keeling finds out about flexible staff resourcing – and its potential to cull consultants and short-te...

Tags: richard price, restructuring, flexible working, civil service pay and conditions, public sector consultants, professional skills

753 days ago

Comments

Comment on "To cut or not to cut"

...  They are not naive or stupid (I mean we are getting to grips with 3rd World debt - why not our own?).  Instead, we should focus on restructuring our economies, our societies,...

860 days ago

Comment on "Manageing a Transition such as Reduction In Force (RIF) with Technology"

...ement and compliance audits for workforce separation resulting from restructuring, downsizing, on-going alignme...tion- Consistency and transparency- Risk Management and compliance- Restructuring efficiency- Workflow manageme...

336 days ago