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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988

A

PARTICULARLY WORRYING, ACCELERATING AND THIS GREATER PROPORTION

OF

ALTHOUGH THIS RATE OF INCREASE WAS NOT WAS THERE WERE SIGNS THAT THE RATE OF GROWT!!

GOVERNMENT ABSORBING COULD RESULT IN THE MANPOWER THAN WAS DESIRABLE, HE SAID.

PRODUCTIVITY;

TO INCREASE

SIR DAVID SAID THAT TO KEEP THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC

MUST DO ALL IT PRIVATE SECTORS RIGHT, THE CIVIL SERVICE

AND TO EFFICIENCY; RAISE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EXISTING SERVICES.

AND

COULD IMPROVE

ΤΟ

THE

"WE MUST ALSO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC SECTOR

MORE FROM THE RESOURCES THAT ENCOURAGES MANAGERS TO GET CONSUMING: THAT IS, TO SEEK BETTER VALUE FOR MONEY.

ADMINISTRATION

MANAGEMENT THEY ARE

HAS

MAKING BEEN "TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE CHANGES IN ITS ANNUAL PLANNING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROCEDURES.

MAJOR

POLICY SECRETARIES MUCH CLOSER INTEREST IN

OUT BY CARRIED

BOTH

"THESE ARE DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO ENCOURAGE TO TAKE A CLEARER VIEW OF PRIORITIES AND A

BY ACHIEVED

THE PROGRAMMES WHAT IS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.

BEING

FORMAL ESTIMATES AND IN THE GOVERNOR ADDED THAT IN BOTH THE

WAS PLACING MUCH GREATER DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT, THE ADMINISTRATION EMPHASIS ON THE RESULTS IT INTENDED TO ACHIEVE RATHER THAN SIMPLY VOLUME OR VIGOUR OF ITS ACTIVITIES.

THE

"IT IS

GIVING

PRIORITY

ΤΟ

EXPLOITING

ADVANCES IN

OFFICE

AUTOMATION AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY.

**AND IT CONTINUES

ACTIVELY

то ΤΟ LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES

THE GOVERNMENT WHERE THERE OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND MANAGEMENT

PROVIDE SERVICES THROUGH BODIES OUTSIDE ARE CLEAR ADVANTAGES IN TERMS FLEXIBILITY," HE SAID.

TAKEN TOGETHER,

REPRESENTED

A

SIR DAVID SAID THESE REFORMS, MAJOR MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE TO THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A WHOLE.

THE CIVIL SERVICE TO SHOW "THEY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT IT IS EQUAL TO THE IMPORTANT MANAGERIAL DEMANDS PLACED UPON IT.

"THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHICH I BELIEVE THE CIVIL SERVICE SEIZE WITH BOTH ENTHUSIASM AND CONFIDENCE," HE ADDED.

WILL

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