Tag: APS

It is not lost on anyone who has closely read the Ahead of the Game: Blueprint for the Reform of Australian Government Administration or ‘Moran Report’ (after Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet head Terry Moran) that this was very much an initiative of Kevin Rudd’s. ...

In a wide-ranging speech to heads of agencies and members of the Senior Executive Service, Kevin Rudd has outlined the Government's agenda for the Australian Public Service (APS)...

A recent survey has found that Government employees have mixed feelings about their jobs. They are the most likely to hate their managers, hate their colleagues or be bored at work, yet they are the most likely to say they intend to stay working where they are for at least the next decade.

The annual survey by Seek Ltd Satisfaction and Motivation, found that 28% of Government employees are not happy with the quality of overall management where they work, 17% hate their boss and 7% hate the people they work with...

Despite advances in project management and programme implementation in the Australian public sector, it seems that the APS has not yet 'turned the corner', but is learning from developments in project management that should lead to an increased rate of project successes.

In a recent speech to the Australian Institute of Project Management, Auditor-General Ian McPhee, acknowledged the importance of project management to the APS as a result of increasing program complexity and a growing interdependence between the APS and external parties...