The Unconventional Civil Servant
Author : Charles Humble Dudley Ward
Publisher : London : M. Joseph
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 1938
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Author : Charles Humble Dudley Ward
Publisher : London : M. Joseph
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 1938
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Author : C. H. Dudley Ward
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 36,64 MB
Release : 1938
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Author : R. K. Kelsall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,77 MB
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136261052
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Shing Huei Peh
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 11,50 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9789814827218
Author : Shing Huei Peh
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Singapore
ISBN : 9789814642637
Author : Fred Mills
Publisher :
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,66 MB
Release : 2010-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781450208949
Culture trumps everything. That's the central theme of Civil Disservice, an impassioned call for genuine reform and renewal of the U.S. federal civil service. In this acerbic, fast-paced, and irreverent polemic, long-time government consultant Fred Mills offers a unique perspective on federal employment culture, gleaned from years of ground-level experience working with dozens of federal agencies and organizations. Mills argues that much of the dysfunction of our national government today has its roots in this culture in the norms, behaviors, incentives, and expectations that have come to define federal civil service. Mills goes on to deliver a pointed critique of civil service reform efforts to date, arguing that virtually none of these initiatives has recognized or addressed the underlying sources of the government's human resources management challenges. Instead, most attempts at reform over the past several decades have been little more than cosmetic exercises, focused overwhelmingly on tweaking the mechanics of federal HR. Predictably, these efforts have foundered, falling far short of expectations and in the end contributing nothing of lasting value to the quest for improved government performance. Civil Disservice challenges the next generation of federal sector reformers to dig deeper, to think harder, and to acknowledge and confront outdated assumptions about what it means to be a civil servant. Mills offers a vision of a future federal workforce designed to deliver results to the American people: a more responsive, flexible, and capable workforce, with an employment culture strikingly different from today's. Given the prospect of massive generational turnover during the coming decade, now is the ideal time for fresh thinking and unconventional ideas about reforming and renewing the federal civil service. Provocative, insightful, and refreshingly direct, Civil Disservice makes a powerful case for a new way forward.
Author : Geoffrey K. Fry
Publisher : Springer
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 34,93 MB
Release : 1969-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1349000345
Author : Susan Howson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1177 pages
File Size : 31,86 MB
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1139501097
By the time of his death the English economist Lionel Robbins (1898–1984) was celebrated as a 'renaissance man'. He made major contributions to his own academic discipline and applied his skills as an economist not only to practical problems of economic policy – with conspicuous success when he served as head of the economists advising the wartime coalition government of Winston Churchill in 1940–45 – and of higher education – the 'Robbins Report' of 1963 – but also to the administration of the visual and performing arts that he loved deeply. He was devoted to the London School of Economics, from his time as an undergraduate following active service as an artillery officer on the Western Front in 1917–18, through his years as Professor of Economics (1929–62), and his stint as chairman of the governors during the 'troubles' of the late 1960s. This comprehensive biography, based on his personal and professional correspondence and other papers, covers all these many and varied activities.
Author : Quentin Crisp
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 33,32 MB
Release : 1997-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141180533
A comical and poignant memoir of a gay man living life as he pleased in the 1930s In 1931, gay liberation was not a movement—it was simply unthinkable. But in that year, Quentin Crisp made the courageous decision to "come out" as a homosexual. This exhibitionist with the henna-dyed hair was harrassed, ridiculed and beaten. Nevertheless, he claimed his right to be himself—whatever the consequences. The Naked Civil Servant is both a comic masterpiece and a unique testament to the resilience of the human spirit. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author : Rodney Lowe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 16,7 MB
Release : 2020-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0429894767
This second volume of The Official History of the British Civil Service explores the radical restructuring of the Civil Service that took place during the Thatcher and Major premierships from 1982 until 1997, after a period of confusion and disagreement about its future direction. The book brings a much-needed historical perspective to the development of the ‘new public management’, in which the UK was a world-leader, and considers difficult questions about the quality of democratic governance in Britain and the constitutional position of its Civil Service. Based on extensive research using government papers and interviews with leading participants, it concentrates on attempts to reform the Civil Service from the centre. In doing so, it has important lessons to offer all those, both inside and outside the UK, seeking to improve the quality, efficiency and accountability of democratic governance. Particular light is shed on the origins of such current concerns as: The role of special advisers The need for a Prime Minister’s Department The search for cost efficiency Accountability to Parliament and its Select Committees Civil Service policy-making capacity and implementation capability. This book will be of much interest to students of British history, government and politics, and public administration.