However, measuring workforce experience is complicated because no single person, department or function owns the experience from end-to-end.

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They no longer feel they are learning at a significant pace, they are not having a substantial impact on the group, department, function, or business.

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He said the department's registration function for accounts had its limitations, but that this was "not unreasonable".

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New government rules say all NHS trusts must become foundation trusts by April 2014, thereby proving they can run their services without going into debt and function independently of the Department of Health.

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Senator Le Sueur could make the appointment without consulting the States as it is a function that is under his department's control.

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For example, your human resource function will likely be managed by your general managers or finance department.

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Such has been the function of the stop-and-frisk activities of the New York Police Department, originally under its famed Street Crimes Unit, which developed an uncanny expertise at identifying those likely to be carrying illegal weapons.

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Which ever department was considering a policy change would carve out a group of 20 to 200 drivers, make them function as a separate business and test the results.

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The department's multi-discipline team "had neither the appropriate ethos nor processes in place to allow it to function effectively", the report said.

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