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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Lodge, Martin |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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Competency and higher civil servants: symposium introduction |
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2005 |
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p.779-87. |
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| Summary, etc. |
`Competency' is a word that seems to have crept into the language of public administration and policy relatively recently, although largely under the radar of academic scholarship in Europe. This article introduces a symposium of papers that address key questions about competency management: how and why has it become popular and what are the implications of the spread of `competency' approaches? As the introductory paper, it outlines the intellectual background to competency approaches and outlines three interpretations of their development. One interpretation sees them as a passing fad; a `difference' interpretation seems them as a common label for widely varying patterns and practices; and a `sameness' interpretation treats competency management as a symptom of broader politico-administrative developments. - Reproduced. |
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Civil service |
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Hood, Christopher |
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Public Administration |
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