TY  - BOOK
AU  - Podger, Andrew
AB  - Andrew Podger’s monograph, The Role of Departmental Secretaries, Personal reflections on the breadth of responsibilities today, is an important contribution to the broader public policy discourse in Australia. Andrew has been, at times, an unflinching commentator on issues of bureaucratic performance, accountability and responsiveness to government. Andrew’s reflections are drawn from his own experiences within the inner circle of Australian policy-making. In this monograph, he presents a highly nuanced portrait of the role of Commonwealth departmental secretaries. Although a ‘player’ himself at key moments in recent policy history, Andrew is a dispassionate and thoughtful observer of events. This is not merely a memoir: this work is rich in analysis and Andrew offers a number of ‘lessons learned’ to be heeded (or not) by the present and future generations of policy practitioners.
DO  - 10.26530/OAPEN_459502
ID  - OAPEN ID: 459502
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1166410890
KW  - australia
KW  - government executives
KW  - officials
KW  - employees
KW  - secretaries
KW  - responsibilities
KW  - Departmental secretary
KW  - Public service
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/42e314f3-85f0-498c-8c76-205f1a24f832/459502.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33632
PB  - ANU Press
PP  - Canberra
PY  - 2009
TI  - The Role of Departmental Secretariats : Personal reflections on the breadth of responsibilities today
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