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Title

The state of the public service.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, c2008.

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Additional Authors

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• OECD Public Employment and Management Working Party
• OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate

Description

93 p. : col. ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Over the past 20 years, the management of the public service has changed tremendously in most OECD countries. First, governments have tried to reduce the size of their public employment to decrease the costs of producing government services, either directly or indirectly by contracting out the production of services to the private sector under the assumption that it would be more efficient. Second, in many cases, governments have tried to apply general good management principles to the management of public employees. As a consequence, many areas of public employment have lost their uniqueness and have become quite similar to the general employment system in the different countries. This book takes stock of the main changes in the management of public services across OECD countries. It also examines how countries manage to find a balance between, on the one hand, attention to fundamental values such as fairness, equity, justice and social cohesion to maintain political confidence in the government system as a whole and, on the other hand, a focus on efficiency, productivity and effectiveness.

Subject

• OECD
• Civil service > OECD countries
• Civil service > OECD countries > Personnel management
• Administrative agencies > OECD countries > Management

Note

• Also published in French under title: L'emploi public : un état des lieux.
• Joint project of the OECD Public Employment and Management Working Party (PEMWP) and the OECD Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development (GOV).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Employment Numbers and Compensation Costs -- Towards Employment Conditions in Central Governments that Are Closer to General Employment Rules -- The Delegation of Human Resource Management in the Public Service of Central Governments -- Managing the Performance of Employees in Central Governments -- The Delegation and Individualisation of Pay for Employees of Central Governments -- The Senior Management in the Public Service of Central Governments -- Annex - HRM Composite Indicators.

ISBN

• 9789264055940
• 9264055940

OCLC

• 307689571
• SCSB-12420742

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library