The UK experience of public administration reform / Richard Jarvis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jarvis, Richard.

Contributor:

Commonwealth Secretariat.

Series:

Country profiles series

Commonwealth profiles series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Great Britain.

Public administration.

Politics and government.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

vi, 64 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

[Rev edition].

Place of Publication:

London : Commonwealth Secretariat, [2002]

Summary:

Public sector reform has moved on apace since the first of the Commonwealth Profile Series was launched in 1995 when the principles of New Public Management (NPM) were in an early stage of adoption. Since then, the various civil services described in the series have undergone radical change in scope, organisation and approach rendering a revision timely. Now up-dated and completely revised, these re-issued Country Profiles continue to be an accessible and valuable source of reference which attempt to both describe and analyse the often tumultuous and controversial public sector reforms which have taken place in contributing countries since 1995. Practising bureaucrats, diplomats, political and academic audiences will find this revised series invaluable in seeking to benchmark best practice in public sector reform across Commonwealth member countries.

Contents:

2 Constitutional and Legislative Framework 2

The Legislature 3

3 Central Government 5

The Cabinet 5

Cabinet Committees 6

Ministers 7

Political Advisers 7

Main Government Departments 8

Duties and Responsibilities of Ministers 9

Duties and Responsibilities of Civil Servants 10

Structure of Central Government Departments 11

Civil Servants 13

4 Devolved Administrations 16

Scotland 16

Wales 17

Northern Ireland 18

Relations with the UK Government 19

5 Local Government 20

Local Government Reform 22

6 Other Public and Municipal Services 25

Non-departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs or Quangos) 25

The Armed Forces 26

The Police Service 26

The National Health Service 26

Education Services 29

Government Statistical Services 30

Audit Services 31

7 Public Utilities 33

8 Legal Framework for Civil Service and Public Administration 36

Civil Service Order in Council 1995 38

Civil Service (Transfer of Functions) Act 1992 40

The Civil Service in the Devolved Administrations 40

9 Core Values and Key Features of the UK Civil Service and Public Sector 43

10 Human Resource Policies for Civil and Public Servants 45

The Civil Service 46

Recruitment and Selection 46

Senior Civil Service 48

Pay and Grading 49

Performance Appraisal and Management 50

Training and Development 51

Career Progression and Manpower Planning 53

Pensions and Welfare Services 53

11 Public Administration Reform in the 1980s and 1990s 55

Aims and Methods 55

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Reforms 57

12 Current Reform 58

Modernising Government 58

Civil Service Reform 59

Office of Public Services Reform 62.

ISBN:

0850926998

OCLC:

49394482