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Continue reading →: Kotter’s Eight Step Model
The model is a change management framework for undertaking major organisational change. It views the change process from the perspective of the organisation. The steps/stages are: 1. A sense of urgency: A critical mass of employees at all levels who believe that change is absolutely essential must be created. 2.…
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Continue reading →: How to get people to listen to you
Most people don’t listen to understand, they listen to respond. So, if they are not listening to you and your ideas, it’s most likely because you’re not speaking in a way that makes them care. To be listened to you need to start with why they should care about your…
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Continue reading →: Shortlist Options Appraisal
Steps: 1. CBA or CEA Social Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA): Social Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Where wider social outcomes are not affected by the decision being appraised, Social CBA and Social CEA are in effect equivalent. Social CBA and Social CEA techniques are “marginal analysis” principally employed to consider changes between…
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Continue reading →: Glossary
A BBenefit-Cost Ratio (BCR): a ratio given by PVB / PVC which indicates how much benefit is obtained for each unit of cost, with a BCR greater than 1 indicating that the benefits outweigh the costs. Business As Usual or Counterfactual: the scenario that describes what would happen if nothing…
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Continue reading →: Acronyms & Abbreviations
AAH: Affordable HousingAONB: Area of Outstanding Natural BeautyAST: Appraisal Summary Table BBAU: Business as Usual aka CounterfactualBCIS: Building Cost Information ServiceBCR: Benefit Cost RatioBRE: Building Research Establishment CCBA: Cost Benefit AnalysisCEA: Cost Effectiveness AnalysisCORE: Continuous Recording of Lettings and Sales in England (DLUHC survey) DDAT: Development Appraisal Tool (Homes England)DfT:…
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Continue reading →: Assessing the Value for Money (VfM) of DLUHC interventions
The appraisal process is not a decision making algorithm; its objective is to support decision-making. The assessment should move beyond a narrow focus on Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs). The BCR is important, but it does not reflect all the impacts interventions may have on the strategic objectives that decision makers…
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Continue reading →: DLUHC Appraisal Guide
Economic Dimension/Case: Effective economic appraisal: Logical Change Process (HMT Green Book): The rationale for intervention (strategic dimension) The government will intervene to improve the welfare efficiency of existing private sector markets i.e., in the case of market failure, to ensure the provision of a service or investment which would not…
