PSCI331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Crown Agency, Human Resource Management, Westminster System
12 Mar 2016
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Week 5 - october, 19, 2015: the administraive execuive: the public service. Consituion: all execuive authority is vested in the queen. In pracice it is exercised by the cabinet: poliical execuive. Formulate policy: introduce legislaion and manage government: administraive execuive (public service) Machinery to implement execuive prioriies and plans. Many units: departments, commissions, crown corporaions and other agencies. Structure, composiion, mandate, powers, procedures: subordinate legislaive authority. Used mainly for appointments: contract or agreement. Ministers can create special commitees or inquiries. Advisory: no authority to spend or regulate: ontario drinking water advisory council: advises ontario minister of. Environment on water policy, legislaion, standards: administraive subdivision. Within porfolio, ministers can create new divisions or branches to address. Enabling statue/ legislaion: gives authority to minister to direct operaions; delegates responsibiliies to oicers (eg. deputy ministers) Minster accountable to parliament for acions of department. Crown agency: a unit established to service some speciic policy purpose (deliver services, regulate aciviies: raionales; why created.
