"Inception Point: The Use of Learning and Development to Reform the Singapore Public Service fills a gap in current literature on Singapore's modernisation. While the political leadership of the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his People's Action Party (PAP) government were key t...

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1. Verfasser:	Low, James (Civil servant) (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Singapore World Scientific Publishing Company Pte Limited 2018
Schlagworte:	Civil service / Singapore / History Civil service reform / Singapore / History Electronic books Singapore / Officials and employees / In-service training Singapore / Officials and employees / Training of
Online-Zugang:	UBY01 URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Zusammenfassung:	"Inception Point: The Use of Learning and Development to Reform the Singapore Public Service fills a gap in current literature on Singapore's modernisation. While the political leadership of the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his People's Action Party (PAP) government were key to Singapore's modernisation, the role of policy implementation was one shouldered by the Singapore Public Service, a story thus far neglected in literature. Inception Point argues that the Singapore Public Service used executive development and training to introduce reforms across the bureaucracy. In so doing, the bureaucracy constantly adjusted itself to help modernise Singapore. In the 40 years between decolonisation in 1959 and 2001, when the training arm of the bureaucracy became a statutory board, training had been used firstly, to socialise the bureaucracy away from its colonial-era organisational culture to prepare it for the tasks of nation-building. Subsequently, civil servants were mobilised into an 'economic general staff' through training and development, to lead the Singapore developmental state in the 1970s and the 1980s. The Public Service for the 21st Century (PS21) reforms in the 1990s was the epitome in harnessing development and training for reforms across the bureaucracy."--
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) Neglect : the origins of Singapore's administration and training (1819-1959) -- Early political socialisation : the Political Study Centre and staff training (1959-1969) -- Toward managing the 'developmental state' : the Staff Training Institute (1971-1975) -- Symbolism and tinkering : the Civil Service Staff Development Institute and the Civil Service Institute (1975-1996) -- The first dedicated leadership training initiative : Civil Service College (1993-1996) -- Instrument for reforms : aligning the Civil Service College for PS21 (1996-2001) -- Conclusion : training and development as inception point of reforms
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (291 pages) illustrations (some color)
ISBN:	9789813235076