The Work Foundation

The Work Foundation is an independent research consultancy advising organisations and policymakers about the changing world of work and corporate performance. We are dedicated to Good Work: we aim to improve the quality of working life and increase the effectiveness of organisations. We do this through ideas and evidence, through advice, and through advocacy and events

Reports

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Public Value: The Next Steps in Public Service Reform

The Work Foundation argues in the final report of a major consortium research project that the concept of ‘public value’ offers the most promising set of principles for future reform.

The UK and India: the other ‘special relationship’?

The debate over India’s entry in the global economy has so far mainly focused on the threat this poses to the competitiveness of the UK’s knowledge economy.

‘Good Work’: Job Quality in a Changing Economy

This paper sets out to explain why the quality of employment should be a matter of profound concern for government, employers and employees.

What's Happening

Party Conferences 2008

Party Conference

The Work Foundation held a programme of events which continued to push its Good Work campaign messages as well as tapping in to the political moment.

Photographs from the Liberal Democrat Party Conference

Photographs from the Labour Party Conference

Photographs from the Conservative Party Conference

Events

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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 - World-class Public Services: Engaging with Citizens and Staff

This half day conference supported by Adobe will explore how public service managers can deliver world-class public services with leading speakers from central government, health and the police talking about their experiences.

Tuesday, 21 October 2008 - Leading Beyond Boundaries - Partner Workshop

Organisational boundaries erode into more porous arrangements; customers have become stakeholders, competitors have become partners. Leaders in organisations now have to work across and beyond these shifting boundaries to remain competitive

Thursday, 23 October 2008 - Employment Law Seminar - Discrimination

Legislation around discrimination is an area of law that is constantly changing so keeping up to date is essential.