Executive Agencies, Ministers, and Departments

Environmental management system adoption by government departments/agencies

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the adoption of an environmental management system (EMS) in government departments involved in one Australian state and identify the key factors that contribute to successful adoption. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected through semi-structured interviews conducted with environmental coordinators involved in the EMS adoption. The external cons...

Performance Management in Practice: A Comparative Study of Executive Agencies

This article reports a study of performance management practices in four functions across four European Union member states (Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). The focus is on how and to what extent performance indicators influenced the top management of the agencies concerned and the degree to which performance data were used by ministries as steering instruments. The r...

European Conference of Ministers of Transport Council of Ministers

The Ministry and Its Ministers

the central Health Department of this country to the position it ought to occupy if he were allowed to hold office for a mere matter of three, or perhaps six, months. In face of these rapid changes not only is continuity of policy impossible, but vigour and initiative are out of the question. The fleeting incumbent of the office is fortunate if he is able to acquire a preliminary general acquai...

European Conference of Ministers of Transport Council of Ministers

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