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THE MCKINSEY REPORT ON HONG KONG
1. You may wish to see Mr Clinton's letter to me of
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2. I suggest that only the introduction and the table of
contents of Volume 1 are worth reading at this stage.
separate summary paper which has been submitted separately
for Mr Royle's talk with Dr Copisarow is a more digestible
account of the scope of the investigation. I have sent a
separate copy of Appendix B in Volume 1 on the Personnel
Management of the Hong Kong Police to the Overseas Police
Adviser for his information.
3. As Mr Clinton makes clear in his letter, the rather
meagre recommendations in Chapter 1 of Volume 1 are already
being implemented. The difficulties begin in Chapter 2
"Introducing New Machinery". This introduces the whole
Mr Clinton and his
concept of "Management by Objectives".
staff have been to this country to examine how these ideas
have been applied to a number of Government, Local Government
and commercial organisations. We have also given them what
help we can through contacts with the Civil Service Department
and our own Administration.
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Personalities intrude into the implementation of
Chapter 3 on Establishments. The recommendations boil down
to two fundamentals, longer term management planning, and
efficient management with a human face; the implication is
that neither of these fundamental requirements are present
at the moment.
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