Personnel reform in the states : a look at progress fifteen years after the winter commission
By: NIGRO, Lloyd G
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Contributor(s): KELLOUGH, J. Edward.
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ArticlePublisher: Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, December 2008Public Administration Review - PAR 68, p. 50-57Abstract: What trends in states' civil service reforms are evident since the winter commission's report? Its recommendations for modernizing state and local personnel sytems are discussed and related to the "reinvention" and New Public Management initiaives of the past 20 years. Many of these ideas have been adopted by state governments, but no single reform model has been followed by the states. While many of the management-oriented changes advocated by the Winter Commission are staples of states' civil service reforms, its emphasis on a "trust and lead" strategy based on public service values, partnership, and leadership in the public interest regrettably has not received sufficient attention.
What trends in states' civil service reforms are evident since the winter commission's report? Its recommendations for modernizing state and local personnel sytems are discussed and related to the "reinvention" and New Public Management initiaives of the past 20 years. Many of these ideas have been adopted by state governments, but no single reform model has been followed by the states. While many of the management-oriented changes advocated by the Winter Commission are staples of states' civil service reforms, its emphasis on a "trust and lead" strategy based on public service values, partnership, and leadership in the public interest regrettably has not received sufficient attention.
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