Balancing narrow and broad public service professionalism: Experience with the New Zealand g-reg qualifications framework
- Administration & Society
- 53(3), Mar, 2021: p.410-438
For many years, governments around the globe have been called on to increase the professionalism of their public services. The New Zealand Government Regulatory Practice Initiative (G-REG) is an illustrative example of a network of government agencies responding to this call by providing a program of standardized training for public servants. This article maps, explores, and interrogates this example to obtain a better understanding of whether a standardized program can help to nurture and increase the professionalism of a community of public servants. It finds that the main challenge of such an undertaking is finding a balance between narrow professionalism (technical expertise and knowledge) and broad professionalism (acting proficiently and ethically). – Reproduced
Regulatory delivery, Regulatory practice, Public service training, Public service skills, Narrow professionalism, Broad professionalism