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Recruitment in the Public Service, with Special Reference to the New South Wales Public Service
Author(s) -
Murray George
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.313
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-9299
pISSN - 0033-3298
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9299.1938.tb02103.x
Subject(s) - service (business) , civil service , government (linguistics) , public administration , work (physics) , public service , business , state (computer science) , service quality , quality (philosophy) , public relations , political science , marketing , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , epistemology , computer science
SUMMARY The functions of the State have so expanded that the public service has become of utmost importance: The need for an efficient civil service led England to abolish patronage in making appointments to the service: Similar reforms were attempted in Australia as early as 1862, but it was not until the passing of the New South Wales Public Service Act in 1895 that the reforms found very adequate expression: The operation of this Act has done much to improve the quality of the New South Wales public service, although the principles underlying the Act have been constantly violated: The present recruitment policy fails to attract the most desirable recruits to the service: There is urgent need for building up an administrative division to deal with the higher work of Government.