22
Wednesday, November 15, 1972
CERTAIN MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT RECOMMENDATIONS ALREADY
BEING IMPLEMENTED BY GOVERNMENT
Recommendations made by the management consultants on how to make the
best use of Government's staff resources are still in the form of "discussion
drafts" but Government is already implementing some of them in selected areas.
This was stated today by the Colonial Secretary, the Hon. Sir Hugh
Norman-Walker, in the Legislative Council.
we must make sure that
Sir Hugh said: This procedure, of trying out recommendations in
pilot test areas as we go along, is of basio importance
the existing machinery which has served its purpose well can take the input
of a higher voltage without complete rewiring."
-
He hoped the results of the exercise would be visible before the
exercise itself is completed.
"The Government is a large and complex organisation, and complete
implementation of all the recommendations may take up to three or four years,'
he said.
He said the consultants' recommendations fall into four main categories
first, the improvement of existing procedures; second, the adoption of entirely
new procedures based on management by measurement of objectives and output;
third, improvements in the recruitment and development of manpower resources;
and fourth, a number of long term suggestions.
The first three categories are either being or will be experimented.
The fourth part consisting of long term recommendations has only reached the
stage of preliminary discussion, he said.
J
On medical