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Focused Factory
by C. Wickham SkinnerU.S. business considers the "productivity crisis" a competition problem. One solution to the problem is the use of the "focused" factory system to increase productivity. This type of plant concentrates on performing a couple of manufacturing tasks extremely well. Overhead costs are lower and quality higher than in the typical factory. Current high factory costs are a result of "professionalism" in the plant and product proliferation. A manufacturing focus can be achieved through explicitly outlining corporate strategy, translating this strategy into manufacturing functions, examining the product system carefully, and reorganizing the system to produce a "congruent" focus.
Focused Fundraising: How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload
by Christopher M. Cannon Michael FelberbaumMaintain your focus, your productivity, and your sanity in the contemporary fundraising environment In Focused Fundraising: How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload, accomplished nonprofit management strategists and leaders Christopher Cannon and Michael Felberbaum deliver a must-read combination of the latest mindfulness techniques and operational strategies that will equip you to succeed in an increasingly chaotic, noisy, and confusing fundraising environment. You&’ll find concrete strategies to navigate the challenges of modern fundraising, including technology changes, scarce resources, and shifting donor expectations. In the book, you&’ll also find: Hands-on skills for sharpening your focus while those around you are giving in to endless distractions An insightful combination of big-picture views and micro-considerations that offer a practical roadmap to set and stick with your priorities Practical applications of tried and true mindfulness and nonprofit strategy research that you can implement immediately in your organizationAn essential, desk-side resource for nonprofit board members, managers, leaders, and team members, Focused Fundraising is a one-of-a-kind toolbox designed to help you tackle the challenges you face every day.
Focused Quality: Managing for Results
by Paul MurphyFocused Quality: Managing for Results is a book about using quality improvement as a means to enhance bottom line results. Written for managers in industry, services, healthcare and government, this important new book provides a focused approach on how to target critical improvement initiatives and insure their success.Prepare - Plan - Deploy - Transition are the steps in the improvement process that are covered in detail. Included are examples of how organizations have successfully accomplished each step. Practical lessons on how to and how not to implement quality and process improvement initiatives are given.Process assessment is crucial to identifying the importance of a process and defining the scope of what is involved in order to improve it. Before deciding to refine, redesign or reengineer an assessment is needed. Focused Quality: Managing for Results not only shows you how to do an assessment but also how to apply the results to improve the bottom line.Application is emphasized throughout the book with the focus on the managers role in leading the change effort. The authors have provided a set of questions that management should answer to determine if their organization is ready to effectively implement the improvement process. Realizing that even the best plans can go astray there is also a diagnostic check sheet to pinpoint the causes of and solutions for process improvement failures.
Focused: The Prepared to Win Mindset
by JJ MosesThe creator of the #1 professional and personal development program in professional sports reveals his winning playbook for unleashing your God-given potential.At 5'6" and from a small town in Iowa, JJ Moses recognized that his childhood dream of playing in the NFL was a long shot. To overcome the overwhelming odds, he knew he needed to be prepared for any opportunity God sent his way. Still, it took a disappointing start to his college football career for a switch to finally flip. What followed was the creation of an integrative method so trailblazing and effective that it propelled him to seemingly impossible heights of success. In fact, Moses not only became a seasoned pro on the gridiron&’s grandest stage, but he also realized that the same process he used to get a competitive edge could help others embrace their own winning mindset. When his playing days were over, Moses brought the &“Prepare to Win&” program to his former NFL team&’s front office, where it quickly evolved into the league&’s gold standard curriculum for motivating players to exceed their potential and become effective leaders. Thoughtfully weaving professional insight with emotional and spiritual guidance, Moses has now tailored his step-by-step strategy for a wide audience, unlocking the previously untold secrets to consistent high performance. As much for aspiring leaders as experienced executives, Focused is the blueprint for taking yourself, your team, and your community to the next level.
Focusing on Children's Health: Community Approaches to Addressing Health Disparities - Workshop Summary
by Institute of MedicineSocioeconomic conditions are known to be major determinants of health at all stages of life, from pregnancy through childhood and adulthood. "Life-course epidemiology" has added a further dimension to the understanding of the social determinants of health by showing an association between early-life socioeconomic conditions and adult health-related behaviors, morbidity, and mortality. Sensitive and critical periods of development, such as the prenatal period and early childhood, present significant opportunities to influence lifelong health. Yet simply intervening in the health system is insufficient to influence health early in the life course. Community-level approaches to affect key determinants of health are also critical. Many of these issues were raised in the 1995 National Academies book, http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10886 Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth. The present volume builds upon this earlier book with presentations and examples from the field. Focusing on Children's Health describes the evidence linking early childhood life conditions and adult health; discusses the contribution of the early life course to observed racial and ethnic disparities in health; and highlights successful models that engage both community factors and health care to affect life course development.
Focusing on Organizational Change
by William Q. Judge Jr.Never before have strategic leaders been confronted with so much overwhelming change. The traditional approach taken by the leader or leaders is to direct or control the organization's reaction on a monthly, weekly, or even daily basis. This approach is stressful and overwhelming for executive leaders, makes middle managers feel torn between honoring their senior leaders and listening to the demands of frontline employees, and is alienating for frontline employees. This approach is hardly a prescription for the pursuit of excellence, and does not enable the organization to be sufficiently agile or nimble to cope with the "white water" conditions in which the organization typically finds itself. This book offers an alternative to the traditional approach by focusing on building the change capacity of the entire organization in anticipation of future pressures to change. An organization's capacity for change is an eight-dimensional dynamic capability of an organization or organizational unit to successfully adapt to the changing organization-environment interface. In change-capable organizations, the strategic leader's role is more of an architect or designer of the organization in anticipation of oncoming change, rather than a commander or controller reacting to change. This approach unleashes the organization's creative potential while maintaining accountability, clarifies the roles of each and every employee in the change process while enhancing organizational flexibility, aligns organizational systems to facilitate change, and builds the organization's leadership pipeline for the future. Based on systematic research of more than 5,000 respondents working within more than 200 organization or organizational units conducted during the previous decade, this book offers a clear and proven method for diagnosing your organizational change capacity. Building on my previous consulting experience and anecdotal evidence, you will also learn how to enhance your organization's change capacity. While building organizational change capacity is not fast or easy, it is essential for effective leadership and organizational survival in the 21st century. This book provides guidance on how to do that essential work in the new millennium.
Fog Computing: Concepts, Frameworks and Technologies
by Zaigham MahmoodThis authoritative text/reference describes the state of the art of fog computing, presenting insights from an international selection of renowned experts. A particular focus is provided on development approaches, architectural mechanisms, and measurement metrics for building smart adaptable environments. The coverage also includes important related topics such as device connectivity, security and interoperability, and communication methods.Topics and features: introduces the core concepts and principles of fog computing, and reviews the latest research and best practice relating to fog/edge environments; discusses the vision for an Internet of Things (IoT) in terms of fog computing and other related distributed computing paradigms, such as cloud computing; presents a survey of the key issues and broader aspects of the fog paradigm, as well as the factors that affect adoption of fog computing; examines frameworks and methodologies for fog-based architecture design, improving performance, and measuring quality of experience; proposes tools and methodologies for analyzing large amounts of sensor data from smart city initiatives; describes approaches for designing robust services, management of data-intensive applications, context-aware data analysis, and vehicular networking; identifies potential future research directions and technological innovations in relation to distributed computing environments such as the IoT.This enlightening volume offers essential perspectives for researchers of distributed computing and computer networking, as well as for advanced undergraduate and graduate students pursuing interests in this area. Professional engineers seeking to enhance security and connectivity in their IoT systems will also find this work to be a valuable reference.
Fog Data Analytics for IoT Applications: Next Generation Process Model with State of the Art Technologies (Studies in Big Data #76)
by Sudeep TanwarThis book discusses the unique nature and complexity of fog data analytics (FDA) and develops a comprehensive taxonomy abstracted into a process model. The exponential increase in sensors and smart gadgets (collectively referred as smart devices or Internet of things (IoT) devices) has generated significant amount of heterogeneous and multimodal data, known as big data. To deal with this big data, we require efficient and effective solutions, such as data mining, data analytics and reduction to be deployed at the edge of fog devices on a cloud. Current research and development efforts generally focus on big data analytics and overlook the difficulty of facilitating fog data analytics (FDA). This book presents a model that addresses various research challenges, such as accessibility, scalability, fog nodes communication, nodal collaboration, heterogeneity, reliability, and quality of service (QoS) requirements, and includes case studies demonstrating its implementation. Focusing on FDA in IoT and requirements related to Industry 4.0, it also covers all aspects required to manage the complexity of FDA for IoT applications and also develops a comprehensive taxonomy.
Fojtasek Companies and Heritage Partners--March 1995
by Josh Lerner Samuel L. HayesThe Fojtasek Companies, a family business, faces several financing choices to address generational succession issues. Several buyouts have expressed interest in acquiring the firm outright; an investment bank has proposed a leveraged recapitalization; and a private equity group, Heritage Partners, has proposed a hybrid transaction.
Fokus Personalentwicklung
by Christine Böckelmann Karl MäderFokus Personalentwicklung’ ist ein Handbuch zu allen wichtigen Aspekten von Personalentwicklung im Bildungsbereich. Leserinnen und Leser finden darin klar und verständlich aufbereitetes Grundlagenwissen sowie auf die Schule abgestimmte praxisrelevante Konzepte, Instrumente und Anregungen: Das Werk zeigt Bezüge zwischen Personal-, Team-, Organisations- und Unterrichtsentwicklung auf.Es thematisiert Personalentwicklung als Führungsinstrument und beleuchtet wichtige Hintergrundaspekte zu Arbeit, Gesundheit und Berufslaufbahnen.Es beschreibt anschaulich, was unter einem Personalentwicklungskonzept für Schulen zu verstehen ist und welche Instrumente sich in welcher Form für den Bildungsbereich eignen. Personalentwicklung ist ein zentraler Eckpfeiler für eine gelingende Schulentwicklung und gleichzeitig eine große Herausforderung. Das Buch bietet bei der praktischen Umsetzung eine essenzielle Unterstützung für alle Schulleiterinnen und Schulleiter sowie Lehrkräfte, Dozierende an Hochschulen, Beratungsfachleute und Mitarbeitende von Bildungsverwaltungen. Des Weiteren enthält es einen profilierten Gastbeitrag von Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Sonntag, einem der bedeutendsten Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologen im Bereich der Personalentwicklung. Das Werk erscheint als komplett überarbeitete und ergänzte Neuauflage.
Fokussieren statt Sanieren: Die Toolbox für flexible und krisenfeste Unternehmensführung
by Matjaz GorjupEs gibt nichts Fataleres als ein Unternehmen, in dem die Routine regiert - und doch gibt es sehr viele Manager, die sich im Tagesgeschäft verzetteln und den Blick auf das Wesentliche verlieren. Dieses Verhalten ist lebensgefährlich, wie der Autor und Sanierungsmanager Matjaz Gorjup aus Erfahrung weiß. Denn im weich gepolsterten Schreibtischsessel übersieht man sehr leicht wichtige Zeichen und handelt zu spät oder nicht entschlossen und strukturiert genug. Je unsicherer die Zeiten sind, desto flexibler müssen Manager agieren können, um zuverlässig das Team weiterzuentwickeln, das Knowhow zu stärken und Ziele zu erreichen - auch wenn diese ständig an die aktuellen Gegebenheiten angepasst werden müssen. Dafür brauchen sie ein kompaktes, leicht zu bedienendes Werkzeug. In diesem Ratgeber stellt Matjaz Gorjup seine High-Performance-Umsetzungstoolbox (HPU) vor: entwickelt aus seinen Erfahrungen als Sanierungsmanager und seit vielen Jahren erfolgreich praxiserprobt. Das Konzept ist bewusst simpel gehalten. Der Autor konzentriert sich auf vier "harte" Management- und vier "weiche" Führungselemente, die er selbst seit vielen Jahren einsetzt und so Unternehmen erfolgreich saniert hat. Mit dieser Toolbox gelingt es, für ausreichend positive, konstruktive Spannung zu sorgen - sowohl im Meetingraum als auch an den Arbeitsplätzen der Mitarbeiter und im Kundenkontakt. Der Leser lernt, wie er den Wechsel zwischen Tagesgeschäft und strategischen Fragestellungen bewerkstelligen kann und damit verhindert, dass er entweder im Mikromanagement versinkt oder oberflächlich bleibt. Ein eindeutiger USP dieses Buchs ist die Bedeutung von Provokation, Bewegung und Spannung als Teil der Führungsarbeit. Nur so bleibt ein Unternehmen langfristig am Leben. Der Autor ermutigt Managerinnen und Manager, ganz bewusst zu provozieren und zu irritieren, damit das Team in Bewegung bleibt. Im Gegensatz zu den meisten anderen Management-Ratgebern gibt das Buch einen einfachen und praktikablen Weg vor, wie man sowohl die faktenorientierten Management-Instrumente wie auch die menschenorientierten Führungstools unter einen Hut bringt.
Folding Techniques for Designers: From Sheet To Form (how To Fold Paper And Other Materials For Design Projects)
by Paul JacksonMany designers use folding techniques in their work to make three-dimensional forms from two-dimensional sheets of fabric, cardboard, plastic, metal, and many other materials. This unique book explains the key techniques of folding, such as pleated surfaces, curved folding, and crumpling. It has applications for architects, product designers, and jewelry and fashion designersAn elegant, practical handbook, Folding for Designers explains over 70 techniques explained with clear step-by-step drawings, crease pattern drawings, and specially commissioned photography. All crease pattern drawings are available to view and download from the Laurence King website.
Folding Techniques for Designers: From Sheet to Form
by Paul JacksonMany designers use folding techniques in their work to make three-dimensional forms from two-dimensional sheets of fabric, cardboard, plastic, metal, and many other materials. This unique book explains the key techniques of folding, such as pleated surfaces, curved folding, and crumpling. It has applications for architects, product designers, and jewelry and fashion designersAn elegant, practical handbook, Folding for Designers explains over 70 techniques explained with clear step-by-step drawings, crease pattern drawings, and specially commissioned photography. All crease pattern drawings are available to view and download from the Laurence King website.
Foley's (Images of America)
by Lasker MeyerThe story of Foley's began in Ireland in the late 1800s when William L. Foley set sail for America. Ambition led him to Houston, where he opened a store and hired his two nephews, Pat C. and James. The nephews quickly felt an entrepreneurial urge to run their own store, so their uncle gave them $2,000 to get started. On February 12, 1900, the Foley Brothers Dry Goods Company at 507 Main Street opened for business. Approximately 44,000 residents visited the store that day, and sales of $128.29 were tabulated. Soon after Spindletop was discovered, Robert I. Cohen of Galveston bought the Foley Brothers company for his son George S. Cohen to operate. Cohen, along with the aid of six of the eight Meyer brothers from Galveston, built it into the largest store in Texas. In 1945, Fred Lazarus, from the department store clan in Ohio, came to Houston to visit his son at Ellington Field. He saw Houston's potential, and in 1946, Foley Brothers became Foley's, owned by Federated Department Stores.
Folgekonzepte für den Weiterbetrieb von landwirtschaftlichen Biogasanlagen: Investitionsrechnungsverfahren für die Modellbewertung
by Katharina ScherzingerMit dem näher rückenden Ende der ersten EEG-Vergütungsphase stellt sich für eine Vielzahl der Betreibenden von landwirtschaftlichen Bestandsbiogasanlagen die Frage nach geeigneten Konzepten für einen wirtschaftlichen Weiterbetrieb. In dem Band werden die relevantesten Folgekonzepte ermittelt und in Zahlungsstrommodellen dargestellt. Um einen möglichst hohen Erkenntnisgewinn über die Folgekonzepte für die Fortführung der Stromerzeugung und Biogasaufbereitung und die damit zusammenhängende Investitionsentscheidung zu erlangen, werden verschiedene Verfahren der Investitionsrechnung angewandt.
Folklore, People, and Places: International Perspectives on Tourism and Tradition in Storied Places (Routledge Advances in Tourism and Anthropology)
by Jack Hunter Rachael IronsideFolklore, People and Place is a contribution towards better understanding the complex interconnectivity of folklore, people and place, across a range of different cultural and geographical contexts. The book showcases a range of international case studies from different cultural and ecological contexts showing how folklore can and does mediate human relationships with people and place. Folklore has traditionally been connected to place, telling tales of the land and the real and imaginary beings that inhabit storied places. These storytelling traditions and practices have endured in a contemporary world, yet the role and value of folklore to people and places has changed. The book explores a broad range of international perspectives and considers how the relationship between folklore, people, and place has evolved for tourists and indigenous communities. It will showcase a range of international case studies from different cultural and ecological contexts showing how folklore can and does mediate human relationships with people and place. By exploring folklore in the context of tourism, this book engages in a critical discussion of the opportunities and challenges of using storied places in destination development. The case studies in the book provide an international perspective on the contemporary value of folklore to people and places engendering reflection on the role of folklore in sustainable tourism strategies. This book will be of interest to students, academics, researchers in fields such as anthropology, folklore, tourism, religious studies, human geography and related disciplines. It will also be of interest to scholars and practitioners of traditional ecological knowledge.
Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
by Sandra J. Sucher Matthew PrebleThe article discusses an intern for the technology security company Zantech addressing her concerns about her boss in Seoul, South Korea, regarding an inappropriate suggestion on misrepresenting her identity. An overview of the ethical aspects of addressing her concerns to the company’s management, including in regard to corporate culture and the ethical behavior of Zantech’s competition, is provided.
Follow This Path: How The World's Greatest Organizations Drive Growth By Unleashing Human Potential
by Curt Coffman Gabriel Gonzalez-MolinaWhat do the world's greatest organizations have in common? They know that their most valuable resource is human-their employees and customers. And the best companies understand two important facts: people are emotional first and rational second, and because of that, employees and customers must be emotionally engaged in order for the organization to reach its full potential. Gallup research not only bears that out, but has uncovered the secrets of creating and managing an "emotional economy" that will provide boom possibilities for your company. FOLLOW THIS PATH shows you how the traditional ways to engage people no longer apply in today's world. Instead, it offers a system it calls The Gallup Path, based on the proven, revolutionary strategies of the most successful businesses. You'll learn the prerequisites of an effective workplace, forge unbreakable bonds between employees and customers with the book's 34 Routes to Superior Performance, know the three crucial links that drive productivity and growth, discover the best employee and customer motivators, and much more. Ignore the emotional economy-and miss out on financial performance. Helping you build relationships one customer and one employee at a time, this important book offers a unique new path for your organization to follow. All you have to do is value and develop human relationships all around you to transform your business-starting today.
Follow This Path: How the World's Greatest Organizations Drive Growth by Unleashing Human Potential
by Curt Coffman Gabriel Gonzalez-Molina Ashok GopalFrom the coauthor of the bestselling "First Break All the rules" comes a book that teaches business leaders how to best utilize their "human capital" to achieve sustainable growth and profits in an environment of extreme competition.
Follow the Feeling: Brand Building in a Noisy World
by Kai D. WrightElevate your brand, rise above the crowd, and build tribe In Follow the Feeling, strategy advisor Kai D. Wright answers a critical question plaguing entrepreneurs, brand strategists, marketers, and leaders: how do you grow your brand in a noisy world? Analyzing 1,500 fast-growing companies from Alibaba to Zara, the Columbia University lecturer and Ogilvy global consulting partner unpacks five branding secrets. Starting with behavioral economic principles and ending with a new systems-based approach to brand building, Wright offers readers one metric that trumps the hundreds entangling brand value, feelings. Follow the Feeling will show you how to best build and position your brand so you can stand out from competitors, build a tribe, and engineer a positive feeling across five important branding territories—lexicon, audio cues, visual stimuli, experience, and culture. Sharing real-world lessons and practical advice he has gained helping everyone from Sean Diddy Combs and Meghan Trainor to Bank of America and HP develop and implement shareable, culturally-infectious branding strategies. Through storytelling, global research, and practical tips, this valuable book will help you and your organization: Efficiently create and deploy a comprehensive brand strategy across the organization Quickly launch new brands or reboot existing brands for growth Build tribes from audiences, consumers, clients, and partners Lean into the convergence of communication, culture, digital, and technology Regardless of industry or sector, branding is essential for companies, non-profits, and even individuals. Follow the Feeling: Brand Building in a Noisy World is a must-have resource for anyone from C-Suite executives to aspiring entrepreneurs seeking to unleash the full potential of their brand. And in this world of ever-increasing metrics paired with waning attentiveness, the most important signal of brand health is how you, through your brand, make people feel.
Follow the Leader
by Emmanuel GobillotMost leadership models start with trying to identify what great leaders do. In Follow the Leader, global speaker, consultant and leadership expert Emmanuel Gobillot answers a much more fundamental question to anyone wanting to become a great leader: 'what do great followers want?'. In this fast-paced and well-researched book, he identifies the key elements of leadership success and the proven pathways to developing the charisma we all seek in the leaders who truly inspire and motivate us. He breaks down the all-important 'charisma' into eight critical elements, explaining how each component works and offering practical development steps for each. Getting these steps right will transform good leaders into magnets for great followers, harnessing an unstoppable power for business achievement.
Follow the Money: 'Gripping and horrifying... witty and brilliant. Buy it' The Times
by Paul JohnsonWhat is the truth about Britain's finances?'This is a brilliant book. Buy it, read it and weep' The Times'This book is the antidote to naivety that our political class needs' Sunday Times Book of the Week'A treasure trove of killer facts' Guardian'Read it, absorb it, and understand how the country works' Laura Kuenssberg'Paul Johnson - the oracle of fiscal - has provided the perfect guide through this dense thicket of fiscal facts and fictions' Andy Haldane'If you want to understand why crazy politics routinely trumps economic rationality in government choices, read this' Robert Peston'Fire and passion, combined with the facts... Every politician should get a copy' Polly ToynbeePaul Johnson and the enormously respected Institute for Fiscal Studies aim to hold Government to account - without which politicians will get away with their half-truths, elisions and dubious claims.This is a forensic examination - by the man best placed to do so - of the way the state raises and spends £1 trillion of our money every year. To follow the money. To provide an explanation, of where that money comes from and where it goes to, how that has changed and how it needs to change.Government decisions determine the welfare of the poor and the elderly, the state of the health service, the effectiveness of our children's education, and how prepared we are for the future: whether that is a pandemic or global warming. As a society, we are a reflection of what the government spends.Johnson looks at what happened following the financial crisis of 2008-09 and the austerity years that followed. He examines the way that the government tackled the economy during Covid - when the UK budget shot up to over a trillion for the first time - and he analyses prospects for our future as we grapple with looming recession and the cost of living crisis.
Follow the Money: 'Gripping and horrifying... witty and brilliant. Buy it' The Times
by Paul JohnsonWhat is the truth about Britain's finances?'This is a brilliant book. Buy it, read it and weep' The Times'This book is the antidote to naivety that our political class needs' Sunday Times Book of the Week'A treasure trove of killer facts' Guardian'Read it, absorb it, and understand how the country works' Laura Kuenssberg'Paul Johnson - the oracle of fiscal - has provided the perfect guide through this dense thicket of fiscal facts and fictions' Andy Haldane'If you want to understand why crazy politics routinely trumps economic rationality in government choices, read this' Robert Peston'Fire and passion, combined with the facts... Every politician should get a copy' Polly ToynbeePaul Johnson and the enormously respected Institute for Fiscal Studies aim to hold Government to account - without which politicians will get away with their half-truths, elisions and dubious claims.This is a forensic examination - by the man best placed to do so - of the way the state raises and spends £1 trillion of our money every year. To follow the money. To provide an explanation, of where that money comes from and where it goes to, how that has changed and how it needs to change.Government decisions determine the welfare of the poor and the elderly, the state of the health service, the effectiveness of our children's education, and how prepared we are for the future: whether that is a pandemic or global warming. As a society, we are a reflection of what the government spends.Johnson looks at what happened following the financial crisis of 2008-09 and the austerity years that followed. He examines the way that the government tackled the economy during Covid - when the UK budget shot up to over a trillion for the first time - and he analyses prospects for our future as we grapple with looming recession and the cost of living crisis.
Follow the Money: 'Gripping and horrifying... witty and brilliant. Buy it' The Times
by Paul JohnsonTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'This is a brilliant book. Buy it, read it and weep' The Times'The antidote to naivety that our political class needs' Sunday Times, Book of the Week'A treasure trove of killer facts' Guardian'Read it, absorb it, and understand how the country works' Laura Kuenssberg'If you want to understand why crazy politics routinely trumps economic rationality in government choices, read this' Robert PestonPaul Johnson and the enormously respected Institute for Fiscal Studies aim to hold Government to account - without which politicians will get away with their half-truths, elisions and dubious claims. This is a forensic examination - by the man best placed to do so - of the way the state raises and spends £1 trillion of our money every year. To follow the money. To provide an explanation, of where that money comes from and where it goes to, how that has changed and how it needs to change.Government decisions determine the welfare of the poor and the elderly, the state of the health service, the effectiveness of our children's education, and how prepared we are for the future: whether that is a pandemic or global warming. As a society, we are a reflection of what the government spends.Johnson looks at what happened following the financial crisis of 2008-09 and the austerity years that followed. He examines the way that the government tackled the economy during Covid - when the UK budget shot up to over a trillion for the first time - and he analyses prospects for our future as we grapple with looming recession and the cost of living crisis.
Follow the Money: A History of the Audit Commission
by Duncan Campbell-SmithMost books on politics and government take a view from the top down. They focus on the individuals and institutions that set policies in place and make the laws. But how are these policies and laws translated into action on the ground, where their success or failure helps determine the day to day running of schools and hospitals, police forces and councils? This is the much less familiar territory explored by Follow The Money. It tells the story of the men and women responsible for keeping track of the money spent locally on public services since the early 1980s. What emerges is a rare behind-the-scenes account of the political world in which central government edicts come up against the reality of how things are made to happen at the grass roots. Follow The Money shows how the Commission has helped over 25 years to transform the management of public services, including the NHS, while mediating in an often tense relationship between central and local government from the Thatcher era to the years of New Labour. The result, encompassing a string of scandals and battles between town hall and Whitehall, is a compelling narrative for which an accounting qualification is most certainly not required.