Examines the effects of economic structural adjustment programmes on employers and workers. Advocates a tripartite consultation approach whereby workers’ and employers’ representatives are encouraged to participate alongside governments in economic and social policy formulation, from an...

Examines the impact of compulsory competitive tendering on the management of UK local government. The changing managerial skills required under conditions of competition are considered alongside overall changes in the role of local government. Drawing directly from the authors′ recent research...

Arises from a concern with the relationship between providers of management education programmes and their client groups. Addresses two issues: what the author considers to be the core requirements necessary for the design of effective tailor‐made management education programmes; how this...