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+BUT MOST PEOPLE WOULD AGREE THAT THESE DAYS ARE GONE FOREVER, AND THAT OUR PRESENT AD HOC ARRANGEMENTS NEED TO BE REPLACED QUICKLY BY COMPREHENSIVE MACHINERY INCORPORATING AGREED PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF PAY AND RELATED CLAIMS.-
MR. ROWLANDS SAID IT WAS THOSE STAFF WHO THREATENED OR TOOK INDUSTRIAL ACTION WHO ATTRACTED ATTENTION. THE PUBLIC HEARD LITTLE OF ALL THE OTHER CIVIL SERVANTS, SOME 115,000 OR SO, WHO WERE NOT CURRENTLY PRESSING A PAY CLAIM, NOR THREATENING THE COMMUNITY WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTION.
+I AM SURE IT WILL BE AGREED THAT WE MUST LOOK AFTER THE INTERESTS OF THIS GREAT SILENT MAJORITY, SOME OF WHOM ARE DELIBERATELY REFRAINING FROM ANY ACTION" WHICH MIGHT EMBARRASS THE COMMUNITY IN THE EXPECTATION THAT WE SHALL NOT OVERLOOK THE IR NEEDS.
+THIS MEANS, I SUGGEST, THAT WE SHOULD NOT REVIEW THE SALARY SCALES OF STAFF WHO ARE THREATENING INDUSTRIAL ACTION WITHOUT AT THE SAME TIME BEING PREPARED TO REVIEW THE SALARY SCALES OF THE SILENT MAJORITY.+
ON THE CURRENT REVIEW OF POLICIES FOR THE HOUSING OF CIVIL SERVANTS, MR. ROWLANDS SAID WORK ON THE REVIEW ITSELF WAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. HOWEVER, THE PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW WAS TO FORM A BASIS FOR CONSIDERING IMPROVED FORMS OF ASSISTANCE TO CIVIL SERVANTS AND THIS HAD REGRETTABLY PROVED A MORE DIFFICULT TASK THAN EXPECTED, NOT LEAST BECAUSE OF THE UPWARD TREND IN PROPERTY COSTS AND MORE RECENTLY IN INTEREST RATES.
+ INEVITABLY, THIS HAS HAD A BIG IMPACT ON THE ARITHMETIC OF POSSIBLE SCHEMES OF ASSISTANCE AND WHILE WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR APPROPRIATE SOLUTIONS I MUST WARN THAT THE WAY AHEAD MAY BE NEITHER QUICK NOR EASY.
ON THE SUBJECT OF STAFF CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS, MR. ROWLANDS BELIEVED THE AIM SHOULD BE TO DEVELOP THEM INTO MORE EFFECTIVE INSTRUMENTS FOR RESOLVING MATTERS WHICH WERE WITHIN THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT'S AUTHORITY.
ON GOOD STAFF MANAGEMENT HE SAID THERE WAS CLEARLY MUCH THAT REQUIRED TO BE DONE AND DONE WITH DESPATCH+. SOME OF THE MEASURES NOW BEING STUDIED WOULD NECESSARILY BE MEDIUM OR LONG TERM IN THE IR EFFECT, BUT THERE WERE THREE PARTICULAR MEASURES WHICH WE COULD AND SHOULD ADOPT NOW :
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+FIRST, WE SHOULD ATTACH MUCH GREATER WEIGHT TO SKILLS IN STAFF MANAGEMENT WHEN ASSESSING AN OFFICER'S SUITABILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT TO ANY POST OR RANK HAVING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES. I PROPOSE TO IMPLEMENT THIS FORTH. ITH.
+SECOND, WE SHOULD GIVE GREATER WEIGHT TO THE PROVISION OF AN ADEQUATE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY WHEN CONSIDERING THE DEPARTMENTAL PROPOSALS FOR EXPANSION OR REORGANISATION.
+THIRD, GREATER WEIGHT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE SUBJECT OF STAFF MANAGEMENT IN ALL RELEVANT DEPARTMENTAL AND CENTRAL TRAINING COURSES.+