The Civil Service Today
Published on 2. June 1988
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-631-15428-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is a basic undergraduate textbook about the British Civil Service and how it fits in with the business of administration and government. After a brief history of how the current status and structure of the Civil Service came into being and an examination of what the Civil Service "is", the book looks at such matters as "getting in and getting on", the working environment, relationships with ministers and possibilities for future change and reform.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
tables, figures, index, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-631-15428-0 (9780631154280)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
List of Tables and Figures ; Acknowledgements ; Prologue: some crises of the 1980s ; 1. Charting the Territory ; 2. How Things Came to Be ; 3. The UK Civil Service - Some Facts and Figures ; 4. The Universal Department ; 5. Recruitment and Training ; 6. Conditions of Service ; 7. The Working Environment ; 8. Ministers and Civil Servants ; 9. The Public Face of Private Government ; 10. Slimmer and Fitter: The Quest for Efficiency and Effectiveness ; 11. Conclusions: The Civil Service at the Crossroads?