Public Employment and Management

GOV's work on public sector employment and management supports productive managerial change and improved personnel policies in the public service, integrating them with budgetary and other reforms to improve the responsiveness of government and the efficient delivery of public services.

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Employment in government in the perspective of the production costs of goods and services in the public domain - new report

05-Feb-2008

This document presents the new methodology for gathering comparable data on public employment and the resulting data. A further comparison is made between employment data in government and the costs of production of services of the public domain.

Review of human resource management in government: Belgium

25-Sep-2007

The review of human resource management in government in Belgium is the first country review of its kind to be carried out by the OECD. It builds on the work of the OECD Public Employment and Management Working Party (PEMWP) under the leadership of the OECD Public Governance Committee. The overall framework for the review was agreed by the PEMWP at its annual meeting in 2006. The report on Belgium reviews the design and implementation of government HRM policies within the context of larger government values.

Study on the Political Involvement in Senior Staffing and on the Delineation of Responsibilities between Ministers and Senior Civil Servants - OECD Working Paper on Public Governance 2007/6, July 2007

13-Aug-2007

Political involvement in administration is essential for the proper functioning of a democracy. Without this an incoming political administration would find itself unable to change policy direction. However public services need protection against being misused for partisan purposes, they need technical capacity which survives changes of government, and they need protection against being used to impair the capacity of future governments to govern.

Performance-based Arrangements for Senior Civil Servants: OECD and Other Country Experiences - OECD Working Paper on Public Governance 2007/5, July 2007

19-Jul-2007

How are performance-based arrangements at the individual level related to performance management arrangements at higher levels such as the agency or programme level? The report aims to provide practical lessons and insights into performance-based arrangements for senior civil servants, derived from country and practitioner experiences, into how to place senior staff within what might constitute an integrated performance regime. It is meant to be applicable to countries starting to work with such arrangements, as well as to countries wanting to improve their existing systems.

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Government work forces are ageing even more rapidly than the rest of society. This book reviews the experience of nine OECD countries in dealing with this challenge.

Ageing and the Public Service: Human Resource Challenges