By T Haug, K V Grude and E S Andersen.The book sets out a unique methodology that has been developed and refined by the authors over 20 years. During this period it has been adopted as a standard approach by organizations all over the world. It highlights the close relationship between managing change and the key ideas of GDPM. The central focus is to develop an understanding of, and commitment to, managing successful and lasting change. Throughout the text, the authors constantly emphasize the need to develop people’s involvement and commitment to the project. The authors refer to this as ‘PSO’ (people, systems and organization). It gives detailed and practical guidance on how to plan, organize and control these PSO projects effectively by presenting the methods and tools that will increase significantly the probability of success.
The Commission for Racial Equality has begun consultations on a new guide for partnerships involving public authorities and others on their duty to promote race equality. A draft has been drawn up together with a questionnaire designed to get feedback on what the final guide should contain.’Public authorities and partnerships – a draft guide for consultation’ is being circulated by the CRE, which says it is keen to get comments from a wide range of organisations and individuals. The deadline for comments is May 7th.
A scheme designed to give more people from the minority ethnic communities first hand experience of the work of magistrates’ courts is to be tried out in London and eleven other areas after successful pilots in seven other parts of England and Wales.The Magistrates Shadowing Scheme is run jointly by the Department for Constitutional Affairs and Operation Black Vote. The aim is to enable nearly 100 people from black and minority ethnic communities across the country to shadow two mentor magistrates over a six-month period.The participants will observe court proceedings and watch how decisions are made. They will each be expected to spend at least 10 days sitting with their mentors on a broad number of cases, in a programme that has been devised by Operation Black Vote and the Magistrates’ Association.The launch of the London scheme marks the second phase of the Magistrates’ Shadowing Scheme, which will also cover Merseyside, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester, Watford and West Hertfordshire, Oxford, Derby & South Derbyshire, Bradford, Walsall, Vale of Glamorgan and Burnley. In each of the regions six to eight people have been selected by OBV and the local Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee. They are from a broad mix of African, Asian, Caribbean, Chinese and other minority ethnic communities. They will each attend a two-day seminar where they will consolidate and put into perspective what they have experienced.