Serving the nation
Subtitle: 100 years of  public service
By: a Public Service and Merit Protection Commission publication.
Contributors: Australia. Public Service Commission.
Publisher: Public Service and Merit Protection Commission
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Barton, A.C.T
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Australia. Public Service Board -- History; Australia. Public Service Commission -- History; Civil service -- Australia -- History; Administrative agencies -- Australia -- History
Description: Rather than being a narrative or institutional history, this book takes a number of thematic approaches to the ideas and issues that have been central to the Service's development.
Notes: Commonwealth of Australia 2001.
Includes index, and "References and abbreviations": p. 233-248.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Foundations; title: Ch. 2. Changing Expectations; title: Ch. 3. The People; title: Ch. 4. Accountability; title: Ch. 5. The Leadership Group; title: Ch. 6.; title: The Employment Relationship; title: Ch. 7.; title: Change and Continuity; title: Departments of State 1901-2001; title: Departmental Secretaries 1901-2001; title: Public Service Commissioners and Chairmen of the Public Service Board 1902-2001; title: List of Illustrations; title: References and Abbreviations; title: Index.