This article examines the impact on disabled children and their families of the Children Act 1989 from the author's perspective of close involvement in this area of policy from 1992 to 2005. It argues that the inclusion of disabled children explicitly for the first time in children's legislation...

The belief that the pursuit of business self‐interest through wealth creation can lead to community well‐being need not be a contradiction in terms. However, it requires greater visibility in the form of effective management systems to communicate and reinforce corporate values both inside...

This paper presents experiences gathered by the author during a twelve‐month period in an enterprise agency, Tyne & Wear Enterprise Trust Ltd, providing a service to small and medium‐sized manufacturing firms in the fields of product diversification and innovation.

If our experience is typical, management development advisers can find themselves relatively isolated and removed from continuous contact with management. Information to plan an overall management development strategy is often not available to them and their effectiveness is confined to dealing...

Activity in groups is a central feature of human social and work behaviour. Membership of a variety of groupings, both temporary and permanent, small and large, is characteristic of most life experiences. The valuable contribution that groups can make to both individual satisfaction and growth...