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White Paper on Public Sector Reformdevelopment which will focus inter alia on:• human resource planning, job analysis and evaluation;• recruitment, selection, appointments and placement of personnel;• performance appraisal, promotion, discipline, training,competency building, career and succession planning;• salary and pay administration - including incentives; and• human resource management information systems.(iii) the role of the Public Service Commission: This role must be reevaluatedin the context of the growth and complexity of the publicservice and the need to decentralize some personnel functions to attainbetter management and accountability in line ministries.The government’s policy for achieving improved human resource managementwithin the public sector embraces the building of leadership capability forchange. A leadership that is genuine and committed will assist in developingthe quality of human resource management needed to transform Barbados into aproductive and competitive nation.2:3:5 Financial ManagementContinuing demands for funds and services, and the expressed need forfinancial restraint in the light of the overall competition for financial resources,make it critical for the government to take serious action to achieve the prudentfinancial management within the public sector.The above comment is made against the backdrop of concerns expressed by the
White Paper on Public Sector ReformAuditor General in various reports and other findings which speak among otherthings, to the following:• the lack of proper systems of internal control;• the poor keeping of financial records and the obtaining of timely andaccurate financial information to inform planning and decision-making;• weak management and supervision of the accounting functionmanifesting in:(i) tardy, if any, reconciliation of bank accounts;(ii) lack of supporting documents accompanying payments as well asunauthorised expenditures; and(iii) payments made without contracts and procedures relating to theaward of contracts.Associated problem areas highlighted in financial management relate to:• the continuing reliance on outdated financial procedures, rules andregulations;• the prevalence of weak financial planning; poor materials management;• the presence of idle plant and equipment;• the abuse of plant and equipment and the overall management ofproperty;• the system of allocating financial resources to ministries and departmentsas a consequence of the centralized nature of the process;• the lack of value for money audits; and fundamentally,• the rigidity of the financial system itself.The government has already engaged the services of Consultants to advise on
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