Almost 800 people have been refused professional registration as social workers in the last five years, a quarter of them because of convictions, disciplinary issues or health matters. In its first report on its activity, the General Social Care Council says it has barred 23 other people from practice since it started registering social workers in 2003. 

Proposals have been unveiled which would give people more access to information about how efficiently their local council is being run. The Local Government Minister, John Healey, has begun a consultation on the plans and said he wanted council tax payers to be at the heart of a drive to save a further five billion pounds in local government spending over the next three years.
It is estimated that savings of that level would be worth 184 pounds a year to an average Band D council tax payer. 

By Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal
This new edition is filled with new case examples such as Hurricane Katrina and profiles of great leaders such as Mother Theresa, Thomas Keller, and others.
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