tailieunhanh - GUIDE TO BIS 2012-2013

Of course, there are negative concerns as well. The most frequently mentioned is the fact that you are generally always working alone. Although you can often be more productive, for some, this isolation is too difficult to manage. Others find the lack of support staff to be daunting as they have to complete time-consuming tasks that in an office setting would be completed by others. A final challenge for home-based businesses is the difficulty some have in keeping their work and personal lives separate. Since the number of home-based businesses is growing. | GUIDE TO BIS 2012-2013 o I o Department for Business BI S Innovation Skills r FOREWORD Martin Donnelly Permanent Secretary The Business Innovation and Skills Department is at the heart of the Government s focus on sustainable and balanced growth. In this challenging economic climate it is vital that all our policies on higher education research and innovation skills enterprise trade and markets work together to support growth. Our policy remit is one of the widest in Whitehall and we welcome the range of challenge that brings. We are working across government with our Partner Organisations and the private public and third sectors to build a more dynamic and competitive UK economy with a clear industrial strategy. We want our department to be more flexible open and innovative. To achieve this we commit to each other s success we focus on what matters most and we empower BIS staff to deliver the Government s objectives. WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE THE Right conditions for BUSINESS TO SuccEeD CONTENTS VISION 3 ACHIEVEMENTS 4 OUR PLANS 5 OPERATIONAL PLAN 6 EFFECTIVE BIS 7 KEY DELIVERABLES 8 VALUES 9 THE BIS FAMILY 10 BUDGETS 11 MINISTERS MANAGEMENT 12 GOVERNANCE 13 CLOSING COMMENTS 14 APPENDIX PARTNER ORGANISATIONS APPENDIX MLO LOGIC CHARTS OUR VISION ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2011-12 OUR PLANS OPERATIONAL PLAN AN EFFECTIVE BIS KEY DELIVERABLES 2012-13 VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS THE BIS FAMILY BUDGETS MINISTERS AND MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE Nf OUR VISION AND HOW WE WILL DELIVER IT To achieve strong sustainable and balanced growth evenly shared across the country and between industries Create a more educated workforce that is the most flexible in Europe Supporting a labour market that is flexible effective and fair for both employers and employees Reforming the further education and adult skills systems to better meet the needs of learners and employers Creating a sustainable world-class higher education system open to people of all backgrounds Investing in apprenticeships to expand