Leadership in the British Civil Service (Routledge Revivals)

Leadership in the British Civil Service (Routledge Revivals)
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9781136451737
ISBN-13 : 1136451730
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Synopsis Leadership in the British Civil Service (Routledge Revivals) by : Richard A. Chapman

First published in 1984, this book examines the style of leadership amongst senior civil servants and its impact on administrative reform by investigating the work of Sir Percival Waterfield who was First Civil Service Commissioner from 1939 to 1951. He was responsible for setting up the Civil Service Selection Board which was the key institution in the pioneering new approach to personnel selection initiated in Britain after the Second World War. It has been regarded as the model for personnel recruitment in other contexts and for civil service recruitment in other countries. The book raises fundamental questions about the criteria for recruitment and promotion of leading officials in British central government and offers a rare glimpse of the day to day work of top civil servants and the administrative culture in which they operate.

The Civil Service Commission, 1855-1991

The Civil Service Commission, 1855-1991
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 0714653403
ISBN-13 : 9780714653402
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis The Civil Service Commission, 1855-1991 by : Richard A. Chapman

This book is a history and analysis of the government department most important in the development of the unified Civil Service in the United Kingdom.

Gender, rhetoric and regulation

Gender, rhetoric and regulation
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 331
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ISBN-10 : 9781784996208
ISBN-13 : 1784996203
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Gender, rhetoric and regulation by : Helen Glew

The Civil Service and the London County Council employed tens of thousands of women in Britain in the early twentieth century. As public employers these institutions influenced both each other and private organisations, thereby serving as a barometer or benchmark for the conditions of women’s white-collar employment. Drawing on a wide range of archival sources – including policy documents, trade union records, women’s movement campaign literature and employees’ personal testimony – this is the first book-length study of women’s public service employment in this period. It examines three aspects of their working lives – inequality of pay, the marriage bar and inequality of opportunity – and demonstrates how far wider cultural assumptions about womanhood shaped policies towards women’s employment and experiences. Scholars and students with interests in gender, British social and cultural history and labour history will find this an invaluable text.

Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on the Civil Service 1st-28th Day, Wednesday, 24th February, 1954- Friday, 4th March, 1955

Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on the Civil Service 1st-28th Day, Wednesday, 24th February, 1954- Friday, 4th March, 1955
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 696
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433038446401
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Synopsis Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on the Civil Service 1st-28th Day, Wednesday, 24th February, 1954- Friday, 4th March, 1955 by : Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Civil Service, 1953-1955

Holding Government to Account

Holding Government to Account
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9781040266168
ISBN-13 : 1040266169
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Holding Government to Account by : Henry C Midgley

The National Audit Office has played an important role in the checks and balances of the UK parliamentary and political system over the last 40 years. This new book, more than just a history of the UK’s supreme audit institution, examines the very definition of accountability through both an historic and an academic lens, critically exploring questions about the role of audit in a democracy and how well it is working. Holding Government to Account draws on several unique sources of evidence, including interviews with senior officials from the National Audit Office and the civil service, as well as senior parliamentarians with experience of the NAO’s relationships with government and legislature. These interviews are supplemented by an analysis of previously unpublished manuscript material in the National Archives, examination of NAO reports and parliamentary and other reports focused on accountability. The book begins with a history of the National Audit Office in the context of the UK’s wider history. It then offers an overview of the constitutional, political and human legacies of the Exchequer and Audit Department, followed by a close examination of the National Audit Office’s leadership and decision-making from inception in 1984 through to the present. The authors conclude with an exploration of the way in which the meaning of public sector audit has evolved over time, in accordance with its wider political, ideological and material context. In doing so, they demonstrate that any question about the National Audit Office’s future and organisation is really a question about what democracy and good government mean in a modern bureaucratic state. Holding Government to Account will be of keen interest to students enrolled in courses on accounting, public administration, law and politics as well as to politicians, civil servants and Supreme Audit Institutions internationally.

Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on the Civil Service First Wednesday, 24th February, 1954-[twenty-eight Day, Friday, 4th March 1955. Appendices 1-2 Index]. 1955

Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on the Civil Service First Wednesday, 24th February, 1954-[twenty-eight Day, Friday, 4th March 1955. Appendices 1-2 Index]. 1955
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Total Pages : 638
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ISBN-10 : UCBK:C026037510
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Synopsis Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on the Civil Service First Wednesday, 24th February, 1954-[twenty-eight Day, Friday, 4th March 1955. Appendices 1-2 Index]. 1955 by : Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Civil Service, 1953-1955

Monthly Labor Review

Monthly Labor Review
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951D029288771
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Monthly Labor Review by :

Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.