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HEMMED-IN MANAGERIAL CAPACITY [1 record]

Record 1 2008-04-16

English

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

By the 1960s, observers were diagnosing a policy/administration dichotomy-however, one in which the upper echelons of the public service would not sully themselves with managerial detail(1997-98). That emphasis contrasted sharply with the optimism of Canada's Glassco Commission, which had wanted as much to free hemmed-in managerial capacity as to generate it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
CONT

Dans les années 1960, des observateurs ont noté une dichotomie entre les politiques et l'administration - selon laquelle toutefois les fonctionnaires aux échelons les plus élevés ne s'abaissaient pas à s'occuper des détails liés à la gestion (1997-1998). Cette approche contrastait grandement avec l'optimisme exprimé par la Commission Glassco, au Canada, qui voulait supprimer le cadre rigide lié à la capacité de gestion et, en même temps, favoriser l'émergence d'une telle capacité [...]

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