The Role of Departmental Secretariats Personal reflections on the breadth of responsibilities today

• 1. autor: Podger, Andrew (auth)
• Format: Elektroniczne Rozdział
• Język: angielski
• Wydane: Canberra ANU Press 2009
• Hasła przedmiotowe: Political structure & processes; australia; government executives; officials; employees; secretaries; responsibilities; Departmental secretary; Public service
• Dostęp online: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Streszczenie

Andrew Podger's monograph, The Role of Departmental Secretaries, Personal reflections on the breadth of responsibilities today, is an important contribution to the broader public policy discourse in Australia. Andrew has been, at times, an unflinching commentator on issues of bureaucratic performance, accountability and responsiveness to government. Andrew's reflections are drawn from his own experiences within the inner circle of Australian policy-making. In this monograph, he presents a highly nuanced portrait of the role of Commonwealth departmental secretaries. Although a 'player' himself at key moments in recent policy history, Andrew is a dispassionate and thoughtful observer of events. This is not merely a memoir: this work is rich in analysis and Andrew offers a number of 'lessons learned' to be heeded (or not) by the present and future generations of policy practitioners.

Opis fizyczny

1 electronic resource (200 p.)

ISBN

OAPEN_459502

Ograniczenie dostępu

Open Access