Managing change : the evolving role of top public servants.
- London : Commonwealth Secretariat, 1999.
- ix, 48 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- no. 7 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48).
Recent reforms have put tremendous new demands on the people at the top of the public service. Almost everywhere the emphasis is on doing "more & better with less." This study is an inquiry into how permanent secretaries around the Commonwealth see their jobs. It is based on extensive interviews & surveys of senior officials in over twenty-five Commonwealth countries