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- Analyse and explain the prerequisite conditions for effective cultural investment in place, for example leadership, infrastructure and long-term strategy.
- How can we best measure quality and effectiveness within our workforces (taking account of the range of outcomes we want to deliver)? How does this vary for different types of workers and at different stages in their careers?
- Increasing the attractiveness of the Met as a 21st century employer
- What are the best front and back-end management practices and how do they influence project performance?
- How do staff qualifications and experience levels impact the delivery of programmes and their outcomes?
- • How can schools effectively monitor and evaluate the impact of provision they make for children with SEND? How should progress and attainment be assessed for those with different types of SEND?
- How can we best develop the uncertainty tools and products referenced in the Uncertainty Toolkit? These will primarily be publication of the common analytical scenarios in TEMPro, the revision of TAG Unit M4 and improving future proofing decision making processes and their guidance across the department.
- What are the best methods for measuring actual productivity and efficiency against forecasts in large complex organisations?
- Why has construction sector productivity declined in the UK and in other countries in the recent years? Are there examples of policies across the world which have successfully addressed this?
- How does the governance and assurance of major projects relate to effective decision making?
- How can we ensure AI increases public sector productivity?
- What methods are best to isolate the impact of one service provided by the DIT service from others we provide?
- • How can we better understand the link between governance and school performance (including both achieving and thriving)? How can we improve the diversity of governing bodies?
- How can good data help to ensure successful delivery of major projects?
- Innovation drivers and barriers: How can innovation support be better tailored to different types of firms and the specific barriers they face? To what extent is innovation in firms persistent and what factors influence this?
- Understanding what works to improve the quality and resilience of the sport and physical activity system through better business models and regulation.
- Understanding perceptions of organisational justice and fairness in relation to promotion and selection procedures
- What has been effective in supporting businesses to adopt digital technologies? What difference have these made to productivity?
- Developing team leaders at all levels, who are inspiring, confident and drive performance
- Promoting a learning culture and maximising learning from challenging experiences
- What are the most effective school management practices relating to staffing, resourcing, finances, and purchasing? What tools and approaches provide the most support to school leaders carrying out these practices?
- What capabilities are needed to deliver successful major projects and how are they built and distributed?
- What are the organisational challenges and opportunities facing HE and FE institutions?
- How can we better support school/setting leaders to drive improvements in early years education?
- What makes a difference in the management of school estates? What can be done to improve management of the school estate?
- • What models of management and professional development of frontline and back office roles support efficient and safe use of data and technology including AI?
- • Which approaches to school leadership, management and governance help create the right environment for all children to learn, and how can they be more widely embedded?
- How can innovative forms of commissioning and effective cross-sector collaboration improve outcomes at local levels?
- We would like to better understand the overall determinants of investment and location decisions, including how board sentiment might override other financial considerations.
- How do schools and colleges become more financially efficient over time? What are the drivers of that behaviour and how can it best be stimulated, supported and replicated?
- Micro productivity: To what extent does AI impact firm level productivity?
- What activities do school trust leaders prioritise to improve their schools' performance?
- How can it be ensured that regulatory regimes and interventions are coherent,
effective, proportionate, and agile, influencing transparency and understanding to
enable effective regulation thus offering confidence to industry to innovate?
- Where applicable, what is needed to understand how assets can operate safely
beyond their original design life?
- How can the Civil Service develop world-class leaders at all levels, who are inspiring, confident and empowering?
- What are the contexts in which the different types of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) are likely to be most useful? Are new standards for module interfaces required to facilitate the use of MMC? If so, in what terms should they be defined?