Download or read book Where Business Fails written by James M. Gillies and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1981 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the back cover: The relationship between business and government which has characterized Canadian economic development for more than a century is changing, raising issues for business executives and government officials which they have never had to answer before. -- Why has the tension increased between business and government? -- Why has the government become more interventionist? -- Why are the traditional techniques that business executives have used in dealing with government no longer working? -- How should a corporation now organize its public affairs operations for maximum effectiveness? -- What is the future of the corporation in Canada? This study, based on the views of leading Canadian business executives, trade association officials, former federal Cabinet ministers and leading commentators on public policy making in Ottawa, answer these and similar questions.
Download or read book Budgeting Auditing and Evaluation written by Andrew Gray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As governments the world over work to sustain public policy and develop much needed policy initiatives, there is increasing need for better budgetary management and sound evaluation of both past and prospective policies. Budgeting, Auditing, and Evaluation presents in-depth, comparative examinations of budgetary processes in seven major Western governments (United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Spain, Sweden, and Finland). Contributors focus specifically on the important links between budgeting, auditing, and policy evaluation. The authors identify both commonalities and divergences and make comparative statements of the consequences of these for the policy process.
Download or read book From Rights to Needs written by Raymond B. Blake and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the family allowance phenomenon from the idea's debut in the House of Commons in 1929 to the program's demise as a universal program under the Mulroney government in 1992. Although successive federal governments remained committed to its underlying principle of universality, party politics, bureaucracy, federal-provincial wrangling, and the shifting priorities of citizens eroded the rights-based approach to social security and replaced it with one based on need. In tracing the evolution of one social security program within a national perspective, From Rights to Needs sheds new light on how Canada's welfare state and social policy has been transformed over the past half century.
Download or read book Breaking the Bargain written by Donald J. Savoie and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Breaking the Bargain, Donald J. Savoie reveals how the traditional deal struck between politicians and career officials that underpins the workings of our national political and administrative process is today being challenged.
Download or read book The Invisible Crown written by David E. Smith and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First edition published 1995; this edition, with new preface, 2013"--T.p. verso.
Download or read book Thinking Government written by David Johnson and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking Government: Public Administration and Politics in Canada, Fourth Edition introduces students to power relations between elected politicians and unelected public servants, while also covering important topics such as the institutions of the federal government, financial and human resources management, and accountability and responsibility. Johnson explores the ways that the ideological framework of this country shapes what Canadians, their political parties, and their governments think about policy actions and the responsibilities of public servants. The fourth edition is revised and updated throughout, and addresses the legacy of the Harper government on public administration in Canada. Comprehensive pedagogical supports for students highlight key issues in public administration to help connect theories to the reality of practice.
Download or read book Driven Apart written by Annis May Timpson and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the outset of second-wave feminism in Canada, women have advanced analyses of employment inequality that embrace their labour in both the public and domestic spheres. Through campaigns, task forces, and direct engagement with government departments, activists have argued that only when the Canadian state takes account of their roles as care-providers can women's full potential as worker-citizens be realized.
Download or read book Routledge Library Editions Public Enterprise and Privatization written by Various and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 4084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge Library Editions: Public Enterprise and Privatization (14 Volume set) presents titles, originally published between 1933 and 1991. The set covers both public enterprise and privatization and the impact they have had in the developed and developing world from the start of the twentieth century through to the early 1990s. Written by key figures in the field, it will be of particular interest to students of business, economics, finance and industry.
Download or read book Beyond the Bottom Line written by Timothy Wynne Plumptre and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1988 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the back cover: Subject to shifts of political mood, portrayed by the media as lazy and incompetent, hobbled by central agency regulations, criticized by auditors general, public service managers have a tough time of it....Is the good manager one who follows the rules, or the one who ignores lines of authority to get things done? Is the official who stays within the budget but doesn't deliver the program a better manager thlan the one who blows the budget but provides the public with a needed service? This book, one of very few on public sector management, suggests how to improve the system and foster management excellence.
Download or read book Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice written by Thomas Juneau and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates and issues in Canadian defence policy studies. The contributors examine topics including the development of Canadian defence policy and strategic culture, North American defence cooperation, gender and diversity in the Canadian military, and defence procurement and the defence industrial base. Emphasizing the process of defence policy-making, rather than just the outcomes of that process, the book focuses on how political and organizational interests impact planning, as well as the standard operating procedures that shape Canadian defence policy and practices.
Download or read book Towards a New Era written by M. L. Sondhi and published by Har-Anand Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada s Century written by John Meisel and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1995 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the 18 essays presented at a 1991 conference held in honor of the well-known Canadian political scientist John Meisel. Contributors explore key issues in Canadian politics including governance, Quebec's place in Canada, French-English relations, multiculturalism, the party system, electoral processes, the regulatory function, and aspects of culture and social science. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Nowhere to Go written by Nicole S. Morgan and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1981 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the effects that the baby boom is having in the federal service which managers will have to deal with. The author reports that there is a serious morale problem which, if left unchecked, will result in declining productivity and growing ineffectiveness. At the crux of the problem is evidence that inflation and policies of attrition have not only reduced the influx of college graduates into the lower levels of the public service, but have also put the lid on the rapid rate of promotion that was prevelant in the 1970's. The bottle-neck created by decision makers at higher levels who can no longer advance upward is being felt like a chain reaction throughout the system. There are indications that those who occupy both upper and lower levels of the public service hierarchy feel trapped in their current positions. The author puts forth a number of proposals she thinks will help to restore motivation and incentive in the federal bureaucracy. Average reading.
Download or read book Taking Stock written by Guy Peters and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1998-03-24 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distinguished scholars from six countries investigate the effects of reforms in a number of areas, including budgeting, personnel management, and accountability. While reforms have been beneficial in some of these areas, success has been far from universal. By comparing and contrasting measures in Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, contributors isolate and evaluate factors - such as individual political leaders and the complexity of government - that influence the success or failure of reforms. Contents: Introduction - B. Guy Peters (Pittsburgh) and Donald J. Savoie (Moncton) The Changing Role of the State - Bert A. Rockman (Pittsburgh) Managerialism Revisited - Christopher Pollitt (Brunel) What Works? The Antiphons of Administrative Reform - B. Guy Peters Public Sector Values and Administrative Reforms - Nicole de Montricher (École Normale Supérieure, Paris) Public Consultation and Citizen Participation: Dilemmas of Policy Advice - Jon Pierre (Göteborg) Making Public Policy: The Changing Role of the Higher Civil Service - Patricia W. Ingraham (Syracuse) Assessing Past and Current Personnel Reforms: The Pursuit of Flexibility, Pay-for-Performance, and the Management of Reform Initiatives - Hal G. Rainey (Georgia) Innovation in Public Sector Management - Michel Paquin (École nationale d'administration publique) A New Generation of Budget Reform - Naomi Caiden (California State) Central Agencies and Departments: Empowerment and Coordination - John Hart (Australian National) Restructuring Government for the Management and Delivery of Public Services - Peter Aucoin (Dalhousie); The Changing Nature of Accountability - Paul G. Thomas (Manitoba); Fifteen Years of Reform: What Have We Learned? - Donald J. Savoie
Download or read book Cadres Interm iaires written by Peter Aucoin and published by Institute of Public Administration of Canada. This book was released on 1989 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada s Official Languages written by Helaina Gaspard and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada’s official languages legislation fundamentally altered the composition and operational considerations of federal institutions. With legislative change, Canada’s public service has achieved the equitable representation of its two official languages groups, provided services to the public in both official languages, and has codified rights for public servants to work in their official language of choice. On paper, the regime is robust. In practice, there is a persistent divergence between policy and practice, as English dominates as the regular language of work in the federal public service. Through an historical institutionalist lens based on extensive archival research and semi-structured interviews, Gaspard shows that the implementation of official languages policy in the federal public service from 1967–2013 could not challenge the predominance of English as the operating language of the federal public service. The analysis of the roles of actors, ideas and institutions that influenced the policy implementation process show that a lack of structural change, inadequate managerial engagement, and a false sense that both official languages are equally ingrained in the public service explain the persistence of English as the dominant language of work. This book is published in English. - La politique sur les langues officielles du Canada a transformé la composition et les considérations opérationnelles des institutions fédérales. Grâce aux modifications législatives, la fonction publique du Canada a réussi à mettre en place une représentation équitable de ses deux groupes de langues officielles, assure la prestation de services au public dans les deux langues officielles, et a procédé à la codification des droits des fonctionnaires de travailler dans la langue officielle de leur choix. En théorie, le régime est robuste. En pratique, il existe un fossé entre politique et pratique, l’anglais s’étant établi comme langue dominante de travail dans la fonction publique fédérale. En adoptant une approche historique à cette question institutionnelle et au moyen de recherches archivistiques et d’entrevues mi-structurées, Gaspard fait valoir que de 1967 à 2013, la mise en oeuvre du programme de langues officielles à la fonction publique fédérale n’a pu influer sur la trajectoire de l’anglais comme langue prépondérante de travail. L’analyse des rôles des intervenants et des institutions qui ont façonné le processus met en lumière le fait que l’absence de changements structurels, l’engagement insuffisant des gestionnaires, de même que la perception erronée que les langues officielles sont toutes deux bien ancrées dans la fonction publique se conjuguent pour expliquer la persistance de l’anglais comme principale langue de travail. Ce livre est publié en anglais.
