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The Role of Leadership in Public Sector Reform

 
 
A comprehensive report entitled Leadership in the Irish Civil Service: A 360° Review of Senior Management Capability has shown that “senior leaders are currently managing and leading without the authority, or indeed adequate control mechanisms, to effect real change”, as summarised by President James Browne recently. The project was a multi-level investigation of the nature and impact of human resource management practices on the Irish public sector and was led by Dr. Alma McCarthy of the J.E. Cairnes, School of Business & Economics. 

The research was endorsed by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, who said the Report was “very timely and strategically important as we forge ahead with public sector reform and modernisation in Ireland.”

Findings of the report were recently showcased to over 200 delegates attending the Conference on Leadership in the Public Service: Approaches, Capabilities & Challenges, hosted by the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC).

Over 140 senior managers from the Public Service participated in the study with over 1,200 leadership surveys completed. It concludes by setting out key recommendations for public sector leadership development and is likely to be of interest to Minister Brendan Howlin as he oversees the new Public Expenditure and Reform Department.


Author: Grace Walsh, Doctoral Student, Centre for Innovation & Structural Change

 

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