01375pab a2200169 454500 180718b2005 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Ingraham, Patricia Wallace Common sense, competence, and talent in the public service in the USA: finding the right mix in a complex world 2005 p.789-803. In the career civil service the US federal government has long been guided by a merit system. This article traces how the principle of merit in appointment and promotion has developed since the nineteenth century and examines contemporary applications of competency frameworks in the US - their development, character, strengths and weaknesses. If core competency discussions and frameworks are to have a broader impact at both the government wide and the agency level, the frameworks will have to be disentangled. Existing notions of competencies for the political appointees, the leadership echelons of the career service, the rest of the career service, the entire government, central agencies, individual agencies, and badly needed future leaders not only suggest superhuman abilities, but also contain seriously conflicting expectations. - Reproduced. Civil service - United States Civil service Getha-Taylor, Heather Public Administration 69429 69429 69429 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 83, Issue no: 4 AR69885 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR