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Reinventing civil servants: Public management development and education to meet the managerialist challenge in Australia
Dixon, John - In: Journal of Management Development 15 (1996) 7, pp. 62-82
traditional approach to public management development in the Australian Public Service (APS) was found wanting. By the end of the … 1980s it was broadly accepted within the APS that the correct management development path to follow involved the … articulation of management competences. The next challenge was to determine how best to inculcate these desired competences. Public …
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What do women want?
Mallon, Mary; Cassell, Catherine - In: Journal of Management Development 18 (1999) 2, pp. 137-154
This paper outlines a study designed to investigate the development needs of women managers in a large local authority in the North of England. The study arose as a result of a proposal to design a new development programme for women within the organisation. Both qualitative and quantitative...
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Co‐operation in the Development of Public Sector Management Skills: The SIDA Experience
Johnston, Anton; Dyrssen, Hallgerd - In: Journal of Management Development 10 (1991) 6, pp. 52-59
the development of public administration and public management in the Third World countries with which it co … when an international agency tries to provide support to improving public sector management. It considers the problems of … management has to be done through developing training institutions which also have a research and consultancy profile.  …
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UNDP′s Management Development Programme
Palmlund, Thord - In: Journal of Management Development 10 (1991) 6, pp. 48-51
The UNDP governing council established the Management Development Programme (MDP) in 1988 with a facility of $60 … governments′ management capabilities. The programme is open to all countries wishing to participate and it is the role of the MDP … to help governments to develop comprehensive programmes aimed at strengthening public sector management on a long …
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The Case Group: Setting up a Case Programme in Management Development
Pullen, John W. - In: Journal of Management Development 10 (1991) 3, pp. 53-63
The development of a case programme in the Canadian Centre for Management Development, a new institution mandated to …
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Quality services in local government: a bottom‐up approach
Gaster, Lucy - In: Journal of Management Development 15 (1996) 2, pp. 80-96
Contends that public service quality is necessarily a democratic concept. Because the public generally has no choice and/or is disempowered, dependent or excluded in relation to the services it is entitled to, quality, both in its technical and non‐technical dimensions, must be defined through...
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Cautionary tales of managing in the internal market
Marsh, Sheila - In: Journal of Management Development 15 (1996) 2, pp. 69-79
Contends that public service quality is necessarily a democratic concept. Because the public generally has no choice and/or is disempowered, dependent or excluded in relation to the services it is entitled to, quality, both in its technical and non‐technical dimensions, must be defined through...
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Performance management, decentralization and management development: local government in Europe
Hegewisch, Ariane; Holt Larsen, Henrik - In: Journal of Management Development 15 (1996) 2, pp. 6-23
Europe have resulted in similar national trends in human resource management. Compares public and private sector developments … in line management responsibility, remuneration, appraisal and management development in six countries: Denmark, France … Germany, local authorities generally lag behind the private sector in relation to performance management. Analyses the …
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Structural reform programme of Egyptian state‐owned enterprises
Youssef, Samir M. - In: Journal of Management Development 15 (1996) 5, pp. 88-99
Egyptian industry. The programme covers the areas of finance, physical assets and the management systems of companies. Contends …
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Coping with uncertainty: a psychodynamic perspective on the work of top teams
Jarrett, Michael; Kellner, Kamil - In: Journal of Management Development 15 (1996) 2, pp. 54-68
Drawing on project work in public and private sector organizations, considers the critical factors for managers of central support services of working in an internal market. Considering both public and private sector experiences, the roles of both supplier and customer managers are examined....
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