By Mick Marchington and Adrian WilkinsonPeople management and development specialists can no longer act as administrative agents of work and must play a much more direct role in the running of the organization. The organization’s purpose and drivers must be embedded into all activities. People Management and Development provides readers with a broad knowledge and understanding of the core areas of HR. 

The Government is attempting to forestall a threatened fire service strike by authorising an independent review on pay.Firefighters are calling for pay rises of up to forty percent, which they say are needed to bring them up from a very low starting point.
Like modernisation of the Police Service, the agreement by Government to look at pay levels is tied to an improvement agenda. 

Top management support has been brought in to help the Criminal Records Bureau on the road to recovery.Three senior independent figures, who have experience of operations similar to CRB, have been asked to take a fundamental look at the strategy and operations of the business. They will provide the Home Secretary with their initial views as early as next week.