The Audit Commission is calling for greater openness about pay-off deals for council chief executives. In a report today it says 37 outgoing executives received more than nine million pounds and it is making recommendations designed to protect public money and the rights of those concerned.

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A new report on the social care system for older people is suggesting fairer funding arrangements and reforms to the benefits system. The proposals are published today by the King’s Fund, which suggests a revised version of the ‘partnership model’ proposed by the Wanless review is the fairest way of funding care in the future.

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By David A. J. Axson

Become a better manager by challenging the myths of commonly accepted management wisdom.

The author provides a humorous review of current management practice with a very serious message. The Management Mythbuster makes an entertaining case for questioning much of the conventional wisdom that pervades management today.

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