The Home Office has welcomed a radical new product aimed at making young people think twice about crime.Funded jointly from the public and private sector, every secondary school in Greater Manchester is set to receive a copy of the computer ‘game’, together with an accompanying teachers handbook.

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Local councils are getting together with the business community for a series of regional meetings dubbed ‘Listening to Business.’The seminars are being organised jointly by the Local Government Association and the British chambers of Commerce.

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J Pendlebury, F Meston and B Grouard

This book describes the dynamics of change, its causes, what’s at stake, and the criteria for success. Then it puts forward a practical method for driving change, whether it be a simple evolution or a major transformation. The authors show how efficient organisations use change to reinforce their position, control their activity and their future and how a large part of the process involves the motivation and development of people.

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