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Realistic Timeframes Required to Plan Agency Rationalisations - IPA Research Report 25 Jun 10
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The research report 'Review of national non-commercial state agencies in Ireland' is written by IPA Researcher Muiris MacCarthaigh. The report is the first in the new 'State of the Public Service’ series from the IPA. The report analyses progress on agency rationalization. It also shows a wide variety of appointment procedures to the over 2,300 positions on Boards and governing authorities of non-commercial state agencies.
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Learning From Governance Failures 13 May 10
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Some of the most important and useful learning can result from looking at things that have gone wrong."We need to find ways to discuss and explore risks and failures in public service organizations in a way that is neither a ‘tick box exercise’ nor simply a search for scapegoats"said Brian Cawley, IPA Director General at the Governance conference in March.
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Crises Will Never Be Dealt With Unless There Are Profound Changes in Culture 16 Mar 10
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The economic and political crises that face the country will never be dealt with unless the culture and values of the political and administrative classes undergo profound change. Old cultures and values still nestle largely undisturbed at the heart of the administration said the Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly in an address to the Forum.
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Good Governance - “What We Have Been Makes Us What We Are” 16 Mar 10
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A discussion on values and rules should consider the events which created the demands for ethics legislation in Ireland.A question to be answered was “Who's minding the public interest?” said Gerry Kearney in his presentation ‘Good Governance -Culture, Codes and Law’ at the Forum on 9 March
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"Governance – Good or Bad, Depends on Culture" – Roger Latham Presentation, Governance Forum 9 Mar 10
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If an organisation operates on the traditional hierarchies of a machine world then it brings with it a portfolio of bad and challenging behaviour. “It's long been my view that if you want to change the people, you have to change the system” said Mr Latham in his paper ‘The Governance Agenda in Modern Organisation -- do we get what we deserve?’