Scoop Audio: UK Public Service Guru David Coats Talks Public Service Improvement & Management
Interview & Image Alastair Thompson
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David Coats of the UK Think Tank, The Work Foundation
UK based public service management expert David Coats – from The Work Foundation - is in New Zealand for a little over two weeks as a guest of the Department of Labour (DOL) and the Public Service
Association (PSA) to discuss his views on how to improve the public service.
Scoop caught up with him at the PSA offices in Wellington this morning for a wide ranging interview on what is wrong and
right with public service management and communication with the public.
Listen To The Full Interview (21 minutes):
Tomorrow Mr Coats is presenting his paper "Reviving the Public: A New Governance and Management Model for Public Services " at Victoria University's Rutherford House. (Download Full Report From PSA.org.nz - Msoft Word .Doc Format – 71pages – 573kb)
Next week he will be presenting at public meetings hosted by the DOL and PSA in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland.
For more background on the PSA's "Partnership for Quality" with the NZ Government see… What is Partnership for Quality?
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