This report presents a review of the evidence regarding the successful adoption of promising practices in UKorganisations. Promising practices are defined for the purposes of this report as management practices that are newto the organisation (e.g. Total Quality Management, Supply-Chain...

A productivity gap has been identified between the UK andits leading international competitors such as the US, France,Germany and Japan. The adoption of leading edge workingpractices, it is argued, can help UK firms close that gap.But the UK currently lags behind its major competitors in this...