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The challenge of developing leadership in a mass public service where previous notions of leadership have been narrow and limited only to senior positions is being taken up by the National Skills Academy for Social Care. This article describes the leadership development challenge in the English adult care sector, which is undergoing major policy and organisational change as a result of greater control of resources passing directly to people who need care support. The author sets out the initial guiding principles of the Skills Academy for Social Care and their approach to leadership development rooted in the values of the care sector and the reality of care and support work ‐ dispersed, low status, highly skilled and with a strong commitment to rights, entitlements and empowerment. In particular the Academy is adopting an emphasis on behaviours and personal attributes in its leadership approach that are informed by people who use care services who demand more responsive and personalised support. The article sets out a number of key principles on which the Academy will seek partnerships and collaboration to deliver greater engagement with leadership development across all who work in the sector.

This case study examines the reasons that the National Skills Academy for Social Care established the first national social care management trainee scheme for newly qualified graduates. Using information from the National Skills Academy Social Care Team and confidential interviews, this case study describes how the scheme was set up, its aspirations and initial responses from the 20 graduate trainees.

This short paper raises the question of ‘how can a leadership development centre provide leadership for established and experienced leaders in the care sector?’ Leadership development needs to attract and retain the commitment and interest of existing senior leaders, while at the same time providing a development experience and a direction that is clear and progressive. The National Skills Academy for Social Care intends to support the development of a stronger leadership voice for the social care sector and this paper sets out a partnership approach between the Academy and leaders from across the private, not‐for‐profit and statutory elements of the sector. The notion of ‘leading leadership’ is discussed and a way of working that both leads and follows is outlined, together with detail of the Academy's planned leadership development activity.

This issue is a selected bibliography covering the subject of leadership.

This article has been provided by the National Skills Academy for Social Care (www.nsasocialcare.co.uk) as part of a regular series for The International Journal of Leadership in Public Services. The Academy is an employer‐led organisation supporting excellence in learning and training in adult social care with a specific remit to develop leadership, management and commissioning skills in the sector. It is the first welfare‐related Skills Academy in the National Skills Academy network.

Aim of the present monograph is the economic analysis of the role of MNEs regarding globalisation and digital economy and in parallel there is a reference and examination of some legal aspects concerning MNEs, cyberspace and e‐commerce as the means of expression of the digital economy. The whole effort of the author is focused on the examination of various aspects of MNEs and their impact upon globalisation and vice versa and how and if we are moving towards a global digital economy.

Wonders whether companies actually have employees best interests at heart across physical, mental and spiritual spheres. Posits that most organizations ignore their workforce – not even, in many cases, describing workers as assets! Describes many studies to back up this claim in theis work based on the 2002 Employment Research Unit Annual Conference, in Cardiff, Wales.

Looks at the 2000 Employment Research Unit Annual Conference held at the University of Cardiff in Wales on 6/7 September 2000. Spotlights the 76 or so presentations within and shows that these are in many, differing, areas across management research from: retail finance; precarious jobs and decisions; methodological lessons from feminism; call centre experience and disability discrimination. These and all points east and west are covered and laid out in a simple, abstract style, including, where applicable, references, endnotes and bibliography in an easy‐to‐follow manner. Summarizes each paper and also gives conclusions where needed, in a comfortable modern format.

This paper presents recently published resources on library instruction and information literacy, providing an introductory overview and a selected annotated bibliography of publications covering various library types, study populations and research contexts.

This paper introduces and annotates English-language periodical articles, monographs, dissertations, reports and other materials on library instruction and information literacy published in 2020.

The paper provides a brief description of all 440 sources and highlights sources that contain unique or significant scholarly contributions.

The information may be used by librarians, researchers and anyone interested in a quick and comprehensive reference to literature on library instruction and information literacy.