Achievements and challenges for the Public Service Commission
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The Public Service Commission is a unique Canadian institution. Its mandate as a guardian of merit and the non-partisan character...
Managing for performance
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Performance management leads to either disdain or glee in public sector organizations. Both reactions rely on a faulty understanding on...
Case Studies: It pays to learn from others
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We live in times of significant demographic and technological transition across the broader public sector. People are leaving. New people...
Zero to hero: Changing municipal culture
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In terms of performance measurement, incentives for success and penalties for failure, public sector organizations operate in a paradigm detached...
The legacy of the scholar-practitioner
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As the pace of public service retirements has picked up, so have reports of questionable decisions and "wheel reinventions" arising...
Network defence: Layering the security solution
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The world of IT security is rapidly evolving. As quickly as new technologies emerge, the digital underground develops a new...
Building Relationships, Transforming Service
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CGE Vol.13 No.8 October 2007 Ron McKerlie is Ontario's Corporate Chief Information and Information Technology Officer.
Public executive disconnect?
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Quote of the week “Unless a public sector executive knows a great deal about the lifestyles and values of the...
A new breed of public servant
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Quote of the week “…civil servants may be intractable points of resistance.” — World Economic Forum Editor’s Corner A World...
The OPS workplace: Integrating positive values and ethics
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In a document entitled "Our Values at Work," the Secretary of the Cabinet in Ontario is telling members of the...