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White Paper on Public Sector Reformbottlenecking in the process of the flow of work;• decentralisation, through devolution of authority to executive agencies orcreating a corporate entity to carry out the work; and• reducing the emphasis on tall structures, especially those which undulyreinforce practices of centralised planning and decision-making, createmanagement problems of communication, entrench excessive delays andweak implementation of programmes, and which discourage theteamwork approach needed for resolving difficult issues.The following actions will be taken in the organisational restructuring inministries and agencies.(i)tall organisational structures will be reviewed with emphasisbeing placed on blocks of carefully defined areas of activities (orprojects) under the direction and control of managers;(ii)managers will be held responsible and accountable for the setting ofobjectives and targets within the agreed ministry’s and department’snational development plan and strategic plan;(iii)line managers in ministries and departments will be empowered to makedecisions and take appropriate action on specific operations fallingwithin their scope and responsibility.(iv)The central control Ministries of Finance, Personnel Administration andMinistry of the Civil Service will giive more direct responsibility andaccountability to line ministries and agencies for their financial and
White Paper on Public Sector Reformhuman resources.Regarding (iv) above, the figure I reveals the heavy dependence of ministriesand departments on the two central ministries in charge of financial and humanresources. This situation is no longer feasible in modern management practice.With this in view, ministries, departments and agencies will be given greaterresponsibility and accountability for their budgetary allocations.Regarding the responsibility and accountability for human resourcemanagement;(i)there will be wider participation of ministries, departments andagencies in selecting and recruiting personnel at certain levelswithin the framework of specific guidelines and criteriaestablished by the Public Service Commission and administeredby the Personnel Administration Division.(ii)the Ministry of the Civil Service, the Personnel Administration Divisionin consultation with the Public Service Commission will provideguidelines to facilitate the participation of agencies in the selection andrecruitment process;(iii)ministries and departments will be responsible for ensuring that adequatefunds are available for the payment of personnel.
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