The design of government

Holmes, WN (2009) The design of government. Computer, 42 (5). pp. 102-104. ISSN 0018-9162

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Abstract

Government's inability to constructively simplify its operation and improve its control is depicted as a consequence of its style of departmental organisation, a style that promotes the interests of the department itself rather than of the community. It is argued that a governmental design that separates the study and evaluation of the community from the application of control would make social simplification possible.

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Keywords:	government, simplification, control system design, bureaucracy, reform
ID Code:	8681
Deposited By:	Mr Neville Holmes
Deposited On:	07 May 2009 11:56
Last Modified:	07 May 2009 11:56
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