THEME: GENDER, THE PROFESSIONS AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT - NON-THEME ARTICLES - DYSFUNCTIONAL EFFECTS OF LEAGUE TABLES: A COMPARISON BETWEEN ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PRIMARY SCHOOLS - While the performance measured by Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in education has apparently improved, concerns have been raised that they may have unintended or dysfunctional effects. Andy Wiggins and Peter Tymms compare ...

THEME: GENDER, THE PROFESSIONS AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT - NON-THEME ARTICLES - TRENDS AND ISSUES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL 'VOLUNTARY SECTOR COMPACTS' IN ENGLAND - This article evaluates the current attempt to develop local 'compacts' between local government and the voluntary and community sector, as a way of structuring the evolving relationships between these sectors. Stephen P. Osborne and ...

Nutley, Sandra, (2002)

THEME: GENDER, THE PROFESSIONS AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT - NON-THEME ARTICLES - REGULATORY CONTROL OF THE TRACK ACCESS CHARGES OF RAILTRACK PLC - John Stittle explains how the level of indirect subsidies by the Government to Railtrack had become excessive, and raises crucial questions that need to be addressed in settling the future shape of the railway industry.

Nutley, Sandra, (2002)

THEME: GENDER, THE PROFESSIONS AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT - NON-THEME ARTICLES - HAS THE PUBLIC SECTOR RETAINED ITS 'MODEL EMPLOYER' STATUS? - The authors investigate whether public sector organizations can still be considered 'model employers' as they were before the late 1970s. Philip Morgan and Nigel Allington focus on recent changes in the core and traditional non-traded areas of public sector ...

Nutley, Sandra, (2002)