A local authority is following the Coalition Government and beginning its own public debate on spending and the future of public services. Bristol City Council has launched a major consultation which will run over the next several months.

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Council leaders say a locally based system to protect tenants’ rights could be the way to replace the soon-to-be abolished Tenant Services Authority. The scrapping of the Authority has been announced by the Housing Minister, Grant Shapps, who said last week that it had wasted a scandalous amount of money and was ‘toast’.

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By Esther Cameron

Making Sense of Change Management examines managing and leading change in an organization. It covers key scenarios including re-structuring, cultural change and IT-based process change.

It is aimed at anyone who wants to understand why change happens, how it happens and what needs to be done to make change a welcome rather than a dreaded concept. It offers considered insights into the many frameworks, models and ways of approaching change and helps the reader to apply the right approach to each unique situation.

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