Description
This book details and analyses public sector reform, carried out by the 4th Labour Government between 1984-1990. Contents: 1. The theoretical underpinnings of Public Sector restructuring in New Zealand 2. State-owned enterprises 3. The State Sector Act 1988 4. Chief executives and the senior executive service 5. Industrial relations and personnel policies under the State Sector Act 6. The changing structure of public expenditure 7. Financial management reform 8. Accounting, auditing, and accountability 9. Reorganizing the machinery of government: objectives and outcomes 10. Devolution and decentralization 11. The management of change: the social and personnel perspective 12. Biculturalism and the public sector 13. Equal employment opportunity and state sector reform 14. Ethos and ethics 15. Conclusion.
