Optimum articles from June 1995

Optimum archives from June 1995

The public service in a competitive world.
June 22, 1995... A nation's competitiveness is measured more by its brainpower than by its export volume. The opening up of the economy and the globalization of trade are forcing the public service to become more competitive. Its performance is becoming a...

Managing change: going around in circles ... but in the right direction.(Transcript)
June 22, 1995... There is no need for me to list all the social, economic, political and administrative issues that point to the urgent requirement for radical change in public administration. Academic papers, news releases and especially your day-to-day...

Beyond management audits: thinking outside the box.
June 22, 1995... Traditional management audits often do not provide managers with the help they need. The management audit has been the traditional method used to review operations in government organizations. As a methodology, its heyday was in the early...

Capital assets: planning for the '90s.
June 22, 1995... Better business and operational planning will help managers to rethink their approach to capital assets. To bring the deficit under control and to improve service to the public, the Government of Canada has initiated a major renewal of the...

Toward a transformation of the public service.
June 22, 1995... ". . . the new leaders will be . . . more like shamans than supervisors - people who encourage every member of the organization to dream a mutually beneficial dream." Warren Bennis(1) With a wealth-creation process depending mainly on new...

Beyond government: can the public sector meet the challenges of public-private partnering?
June 22, 1995... Many issues are currently arising for public sector managers from the implementation of public-private partnerships. Recent articles have described their attempts to derive lessons from the limited experience of the public sector with actual...

Commercialization of publicly funded technologies: successful team-building.
June 22, 1995... The mandates of Canada's publicly funded labs have at least three important components, according to a federal science and technology review currently being conducted: * to advance knowledge; * to improve quality of life; and *...