By Cindy VentriceThe book describes what employers and employees each expect from recognition, why most recognition efforts miss the mark, and what readers can do to give morale and productivity a genuine, lasting boost. Drawing on dozens of real-life examples, Ventrice shows that effective recognition is more about integrating recognition into the daily routine of the workplace, and less about “special events.” She outlines the key elements of effective recognition – praise, thanks, opportunity, and respect – and explains why good working relationships are at the core of all effective recognition. Make Their Day!! shows how anyone within an organization can contribute to the process of developing recognition practices that are meaningful because they are practical. It will help everyone interested in improving recognition by spending less money to obtain better results.
The Public Finance Initiative will continue to fund a wide range of public sector capital projects, but there will be changes resulting from new Treasury guidance. There will be expansion in the areas of social housing, urban regeneration and waste. The potential for new methods of financing projects, for example, through “framework funding” for small PFI schemes will be explored. Conventional procurement methods in preference to PFI will be used in areas such as IT and for small value projects. In the longer term PFI procurements are likely to decline.Among the reforms being introduced will be a change in the value for money assessment which will block attempts to secure benefits at the expense of employee terms and conditions.
Many national and local initiatives to regenerate disadvantaged communities and tackle wider social exclusion are failing to reap the benefits of joined up working. Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that the barriers to joined-up working remain formidable and there is much that still needs to be done to overcome them. The barriers stand in the way of more integrated working between area regeneration programmes and wider initiatives, such as ‘welfare to work’ schemes that target individuals.Local Strategic Partnerships in England, Community Planning Partnerships in Scotland and Community Strategy Partnerships in Wales have been introduced to bring greater coherence to efforts to promote social inclusion. But the researchers found that the partnerships, on their own, are failing to deliver partnership working and other practical steps need to be taken to promote joint working.
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