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Trust appears to be central in the development of effective
workplace and negotiating relationships. However, much of the discussion
presumes an understanding of what "trust" is. Seeks to
examine the nature of trust and suggests that it relates to risk and the
expectations of interacting parties. The means by which trust is
established through negotiation, as part of the process of reaching
agreement, are explored.

Before discussing the types of services that are required I would like to look, just briefly, at some of the recent history in the provision of services.Edith Bennett was the Director of the Family Welfare Division in what is now Community Services Victoria. Those of you who have been around for more than ten years will remember her. She once said that what we need is a range of flexible services. Being rather young and believing I knew it all I thought at the time that this was a load of simplistic rubbish. How could something so simple be true. The field likes to make these things complex. However, looking back I feel she had made a key point that is perfectly obvious now.

AbstractIsolated in the south Atlantic, St Helena is now one of Britain's more intractable colonial responsibilities. In this paper a senior official with recent experience of the island describes three aspects of its situation which need to be handled in parallel; political advancement, the revival of economic enterprise and formulating an assured British aid policy together with clarification of links with Ascension Island and Britain. The analysis extends understanding of the difficulties of a remote microstate.

The concept of strategy as applied to purchasing has not attracted the attention of many writers in the management field. The reasons are not difficult to find. They reflect the diminished attention paid by top management and management academics to the purchasing field as a whole. The point has been made by Ammer that top management often perceives purchasing as performing a "passive" role: "His (the purchasing manager's) performance is considered to be satisfactory (a) if he operates his department efficiently (as measured by operating costs…) and (b) if he does not antagonise the executives who really do make a direct contribution to company objectives."