Michael Barber shares the secrets of a successful government and provides suggestions for carrying out lasting improvements in public life Billions of citizens around the world are frustrated with their governments. Political leaders struggle to honor their promises and officials find it near impossible to translate ideas into action, resulting in cynicism with the government and the political process. Why is this and how can this vicious spiral be reversed? In this groundbreaking book, Michael Barber draws on his wealth of experience working for and with government leaders the world over to present a blueprint for how to run a government. Using contemporary cases from every continent and classic examples from history, he makes a compelling case for a new approach. From Downing Street to Punjab, Charles I to Churchill, this book shows that the solution is less about ideology and more about clear priorities and meticulous planning.

How to Run a Government: So that Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy

Politics & Social Sciences

BARBER, Michael

Politics & Government

Penguin Uk

With a wealth of both professional experience as government advisor and from his own journey overcoming a rare skin cancer diagnosis, Michael Barber offers an accessible guide on how to set and achieve even the most challenging of goals.\nDrawing on historic visionaries and modern heroes - from Mary Fischer and Rosa Parks to Paula Radcliffe and Gareth Southgate - Barber presents a unique combination of personal anecdote, historical evidence and interviews from inspirational figures to unpack the route to success.\nWith both frank honesty and humor, Accomplishment is set to empower readers with a blueprint of how they, too, can achieve greatness.

Accomplishment: How to Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Penguin

Michael Barber shares the secrets of a successful government and provides suggestions for carrying out lasting improvements in public life Billions of citizens around the world are frustrated with their governments. Political leaders struggle to honor their promises and officials find it near impossible to translate ideas into action, resulting in cynicism with the government and the political process. Why is this and how can this vicious spiral be reversed? In this groundbreaking book, Michael Barber draws on his wealth of experience working for and with government leaders the world over to present a blueprint for how to run a government. Using contemporary cases from every continent and classic examples from history, he makes a compelling case for a new approach. From Downing Street to Punjab, Charles I to Churchill, this book shows that the solution is less about ideology and more about clear priorities and meticulous planning.

How to Run a Government: So That Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy

Allen Lane.

Michael Barber has spent many years advising governments, businesses and major sporting teams around the world on how to achieve ambitious goals on time. In this book he applies the wisdom he has gained from dealing with large, complex organizations and elite athletes to help anyone tackle their most challenging goals.Drawing on the stories of historic visionaries and modern heroes - from Galileo to Rosa Parks, Harold Macmillan to Paula Radcliffe - Barber uses personal anecdote and proven strategy to map the route to success and navigate the difficulties that arise along the way.Whatever it is that you aspire to do - run a marathon, transform a school or provide a business of public service to millions - this book will inspire you to get going and to bridge the gap between hope and reality.

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

The chief focus of this book is on the extent to which British teachers organized collectively in unions are able to influence educational policy development, and the methods by which they do so. In line with the aim of the series to concentrate on current issues and emerging trends, the book explores the future potential of teacher unions' influence.The author concentrates on the history and development of one of these unions, the National Union of Teachers, since the middle of the last century, and then looks generally at the main strands in the literature on teacher unions, considering both the nature and content of union influence and the means by which this influence is exercised.

Education and the Teacher Unions (Issues in Education)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Continuum Intl Pub Group

The chief focus of this book is on the extent to which UK teachers organized collectively in unions are able to influence educational policy development and the methods by which they do so. In line with the series' aim to concentrate on current issues and emerging trends, the book explores the future potential influence of teacher unions. The author covers the history and development of these unions in the UK since the middle of the last century, reviews the main strands in the liteature on teacher unions, and considers both the nature and extent of union influence and the means by which this influence is exercised.

The 1944 Education Act was a crucial piece of British legislation - one of the most important this century. It was passed against a background of war and growing popular demand for social reform. It provided a framework for the education service which remained largely intact for almost fifty years. Since 1988, however, with the introduction of a National Curriculum and competition between schools, the workings of the Act have been largely dismantled.In The Making of the 1944 Education Act, Michael Barber presents a lively evaluation of the Act - its background, passage and effect - fifty years after it was introduced. He looks briefly at the frustrated attempts at reform between the wars and how the upheaval of World War II created the right conditions for successful legislation. The book then follows the passage of reform and quotes liberally from contemporary sources such as the Times Educational Supplement and Hansard to illustrate its narrative. It is a fascinating history of educational policy, and of British culture and politics towards the end of the war.

The Making of the 1944 Education Act (Cassell Education)

The 1944 Education Act was a crucial piece of British legislation - one of the most important this century. It was passed against a background of war and growing popular demand for social reform. It provided a framework for the education service which remained largely intact for almost fifty years. Since 1988, however, with the introduction of a National Curriculum and competition between schools, the workings of the Act have been largely dismantled. In The Making of the 1944 Education Act, Michael Barber presents a lively evaluation of the Act - its background, passage and effect - fifty years after it was introduced. He looks briefly at the frustrated attempts at reform between the wars and how the upheaval of World War II created the right conditions for successful legislation. The book then follows the passage of reform and quotes liberally from contemporary sources such as the Times Educational Supplement and Hansard to illustrate its narrative. It is a fascinating history of educational policy, and of British culture and politics towards the end of the war.

Making of the 1944 Education Act (Cassell Education)

Administrative Law

Continuum International Publishing

This overview of the British education system explains the crisis which has beset it and proposes radical and far-sighted solutions. It explores the issues from the perspectives of pupils, parents, and teachers, and proposes a complete reconstruction of the teaching profession.

The Learning Game: Arguments for an Education Revolution

Sociology

Gollancz

This is a story of unfailing tenacity and courage in the face of impossible odds. It tells the tale of an unlikely group of friends who live in a post-war world of amazing technology, untold wealth, and apparent beneficence. But there is a problem with the world. Somehow none of its inhabitants seems to be aware that they live under a protective shield in a vast area of the open terrain of a once beautiful earth. Nick West begins to see images, waking dreams, of places and events he has never witnessed in his life. His view of the authorities, of his environment, of his life, begins to change. The ruling Administration that built the shield starts to appear threatening. Its citizens are unaware of the nature of their existence, and of their government; they passively indulge in every government program and activity. Nick assembles a team of Resistance fighters who develop their unique abilities. Together they work to uncover the terrible truth about the powerful government that labors so hard to keep its subjects imprisoned under the shield.

Blind Man's Bluff

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

iUniverse

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How to Run a Government: So that Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy

Accomplishment: How to Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things

How to Run a Government: So That Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy

Accomplishment: How to Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things

Education and the Teacher Unions (Issues in Education)

Education and the Teacher Unions (Issues in Education)

The Making of the 1944 Education Act (Cassell Education)

Making of the 1944 Education Act (Cassell Education)

The Learning Game: Arguments for an Education Revolution

Blind Man's Bluff