PAP 3340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Memorandum, Westminster System, Responsible Government

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 3340
• Professor: David Brown

Document Summary

Briefing note to a new deputy minister. Background information on what they should know about their new responsibilities: line department, not a central agency, board or public corporation. Executive summary provides narrative account of key information, urgent issues (half page) Major linkages to government and parliamentary sites provided in the assignments module, use of additional sources encouraged. 3 pages point form plus annexes and bibliography. Cut and paste information attribute sources: up to date information as much as possible. Situating people and work in the larger organizational context: leadership models, individual and group incentives and dynamics. Public service operated in a public and political context: legal/rational state has a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force (weber, legitimacy is rooted in constitution, rule of law, democratic institutions and citizen/taxpayers" 11224 Elements of the constitution: written constitution. Some basic principles: constitution similar in principle to the uk. Westminster model, canadian features: representative government.