POLS 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Alex Himelfarb, Learning Organization, 130 Departments Of The First French Empire

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2250
• Professor: Tim Mau

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Serving others: values of organization/personal values match, autonomy on job/direction, travel opportunities, variability in the job. Opportunities for promotions: flexibility/ work-life balance, benefits, location, interesting work, apply university degree education. Size of the public sector: public sector employment is enormous. 427,093 in 2011, including reservists and military personnel. 282,352 in 2011 (of which 217, 224 is the core public administration and. Health and social service institutions, provincial and territorial. Universities, colleges, vocational and trade institutions, provincial and. Source: statistics canada, cansim, table 183-0002 and 183-0004. Ultimately, the ability of government to provide services effectively and efficiently depends upon a competent cadre of civil servants. Good government requires good people (lavigna and hays, 2004, p. 237). How can the public sector compete in that respect: right people, at the right times, in the right places, recruit the best and the brightest in the face of significant pressures, aging work force. 75% of workers are from 49 to 60s.