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Record 1 1994-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Corporate Management (General)
CONT

Upward accountability, in the sense of officials being accountable to their ministers for delivering on the objectives set annually in the Plan, and Ministers accounting to their respective legislatures and publics.

OBS

For ministers, it means accountability to Parliament; for officials, it means accountability to their superiors and ultimately to ministers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
CONT

les fonctionnaires envers leurs supérieurs hiérarchiques, etc.

Spanish

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