The Civil Service College has won a contract to train top and middle ranking European Commission civil servants. Several hundred officials from Brussels will be helped to develop key management competencies including leadership, business planning and performance management.The timing of the contract is important because of the imminent announcement of a civil service reform agenda as part of the modernising government programme. 

Autumn 2000 will see the launch of the world’s first learning and work bank. This Internet portal will be the starting place for anyone who wants to explore both the jobs market and learning opportunities. 

Fitzgerald I, Stirling JIndustrial Relations Journal, (UK), Mar 1999 Vol 30 No 1
Start page: 46. No of pages: 15
Uses case study research at a UK metropolitan fire brigade to explore how organizational change, driven by the financial restrictions placed on the public sector by central government, has affected industrial relations. Sets out how fire brigades are funded and the performance targets they are expected to meet.