Management and Leadership

Includes public sector management, and operations and production, as well as general management and leadership.

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Weathering the storm: the 2013 business continuity management survey

Annual survey of UK business organisations looking at their preparations to ensure they can continue to operate during emergencies or extreme conditions (business continuity management).

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The contrasting world of charities

This briefing summarises research funded by ESRC into the resourcing of charities in affluent and deprived areas in the United Kingdom.

Creating effective partnerhsips with civil society organisations

This briefing summarises research conducted by the Third Sector Research Centre, which is part-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, which examined recent changes to partnership working between the state, the market and civil society, and the different forms of partnership, strategic alliances and mergers.

Women on boards

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A report describes progress in 2013, two years on from the Lord Williams Review, in improving the representation of women on the boards of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies, in terms of both actual numbers and implementation of the Review's recommendations.

Weathering the storm: the 2013 business continuity management survey

Annual survey of UK business organisations looking at their preparations to ensure they can continue to operate during emergencies or extreme conditions (business continuity management).

Directors' remuneration reforms: frequently asked questions

A Frequently Asked Questions document is presented on the government's intended legislation increasing the power of shareholders over the remuneration of directors, and imposing new duties to publish details of remuneration and remuneration policy.

Stuck in the middle: middle managers and change

Richard Newton, manager, consultant and author of the CMI Management Book of the Year 2013 - The Management Book, examines the role of middle managers in making change initiatives a success.