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Abstract:Although welcome gains have been made towards greater equity for women in the public service in recent years, many issues have yet to be tackled adequately. The paper is essentially concerned with the problems which arise because EEO programs have been couched in managerial terms, as part of the recent management reform and improvement programs within the public sector. This technocratic approach is very masculine in style and largely requires assimilation to the dominant male form of management. In concentrating on formal organisational issues. EEO programs can deflect attention from a direct engagement with the relevant value matters. Nor is the relationship between the work environment and other institutions, most importantly the family, dealt with in the managerialist approach.

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1987.tb01439.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1987.tb01440.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract:The conditions of employment of a professional public service together with the wide‐ranging consequences of the actions of public servants combine to require considerable moral responsibility. Whatever political neutrality means for public servants, it does not mean moral neutrality. If public servants were never to exercise moral judgement in moments of truth there would be little justification for endowing the profession with the status and security it now enjoys. After some discussion of the origins of the professional public service, several recent cases of morally responsible public servants are reviewed and the arguments frequently given to avoid or trivialise morality are evaluated. My claim is that courage is the key to morality. The ordinary moral obligations that lie upon us all apply with added force to public servants. The truth that the eye of doubt beholds is that political neutrality brings moral responsibility.… the more civil servants, the more thieves…The Great Elector… not from the Castle … not from the village…Kafka… polite, upright,

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1987.tb01441.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

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Abstract:Part of the argument put forward in support of amalgamating local government authorities is that large councils have advantages of economies of scale. This article quantifies scale economies by a range of expenditure functions. It shows that amalgamation benefits may be as readily achieved through combining functions as in changing geographic boundaries. Furthermore, the study provides clear evidence that larger councils not only offer more services to ratepayers than smaller councils, but receive less support per capita than small councils from state and commonwealth government sources. This latter conclusion has important implications for those charged with the task of administering the scarce funds available through intergovernment financial arrangements.

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1987.tb01442.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

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Abstract:The effective management of state government property and the development of parcel‐based land information systems are inhibited by administrative, legal and accounting mechanisms dating from colonial days. For environmental and efficiency and effectiveness reasons, new ways of categorising Crown and other government land are required. A distinction needs to be drawn between operational and other property to enable mechanisms such as rent or interest to be applied to operational property. Land status as Crown land or freehold should no longer be a determinant of responsibility for management or financial accountability. In the process of reforming the machinery of government for property management, the opportunity should be taken to rearrange the responsibilities for the certification of title and for boundary establishmen

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1987.tb01443.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

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Abstract:This paper concentrates on the regulation of charitable organisations in the state of Victoria, where governments have sought to determine thebona fidesof these organisations by obtaining their financial reports. A survey of the financial reports of registered Victorian charities indicates, however, that a significant proportion of charities do not supply this information. This deficiency indicates that government judgements about thebona fidesof organisations cannot always be made, and the efficiency of regulation is therefore questioned. Other shortcomings in the regulation of charities are also identified. These include the problems incurred in seeking to implement these regulations and those which arise through the enforcement of the regulations themselves.

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1987.tb01444.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract:This paper advances the conjecture that external budgetary pressure on a bureaucratic hierarchical organisation, such as a hospital, can cause an imbalance in that organisation, whereby administrative practices may proliferate, an “inert” segment of the organisation may successfully resist change, and the clinical work, theraison d‘êtreof the organisation, may decrease markedly. First, a mathematical model for the behaviour of a single level in the organisational hierarchy is developed; secondly, the aggregate model formed by applying the single‐level model simultaneously to all levels in an organisation is examined. The approach presented may enable administrators to view and understand the behaviour of their organisations from a new and potentially usef

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1987.tb01445.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1987.tb01446.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1987.tb01447.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviewed in this article:JENNIFER M. SHARPE,The Administrative Appeals Tribunal and Policy ReviewMAREE BOWE (compiler),Sources of Victoria's heritage: catalogue of manuscripts held by the Royal Historical Society of VictoriaS.K. MUHKERJEE, J.R. WALKER, AND E.N. JACOBSEN,Crime and punishment in the colonies; historical statistics monograph No.6 Australia 1788–1988: A bicentennial history.PETER GRABOSKY and JOHN BRAITH‐WAITE,Of Manners Gentle: Enforcement Strategies of Australian Business Regulatory AgenciesC.V. BROWN, P.M. JACKSON,Public Sector Econo

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1987.tb01448.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY