Review: The New Synthesis of Public Administration Fieldbook
Review - Max Everest-Phillips
If there was ever a book not to judge by its title or its cover, it is this.
Commissioning Public Value: The Role of Civil Servants
Article - Peter Shergold
Civil servants should see themselves as the architects of new, flexible, cross-sectoral arrangements for creating greater public value.
Public Managers as Innovators: In Search of Design Attitude
Article - Christian Bason
Can public managers see themselves as active designers of innovation and change processes, involving both citizens and the government?
Fostering Mutually Constructive Engagement in a Globalised Singapore
Opinion - Vernie Oliveiro
An increasingly complex and diverse decision-making ecology calls for more productive relations between the state and civil society.
Public Institutions and the Productivity Imperative
Opinion - Gary Banks
An independent public institution could better identify, analyse and communicate the reforms necessary to improve national productivity
Editorial Digital Issue 3
Editorial - Alvin Pang
Engaging Citizens in the Digital Age
Article - Cindy Tan
As public engagement grows online, the Public Service will need a strong social media policy that integrates both online and offline strategies as well as mindset and role shifts in service delivery to truly reap the benefits of social media.
Public Engagement: The Gap between Rhetoric and Practice
Opinion - Kenneth Paul Tan
Deeply ingrained habits and structures may have to be shed before a more productive relationship can develop between the state and the public.
Editorial Issue 12
Editorial - Alvin Pang
Public Sector Transformation — Six Small Ways to Make a Big Impact
Opinion - Andrew Tan
The Singapore Public Service can ready itself for a more challenging environment with more thoughtful communication, collaboration and creative use of resources.