01061pab a2200181 454500 180718b2010 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Ban, Carolyn Reforming the staffing process in the european union institutions: moving the sacred cow out of the road 2010 p.5-24. Mar Since the 1960s, the EU institutions have relied on a system of open competitions (or concours) for hiring staff, with only incremental changes. That system is now undergoing a major reform that is currently in the implementation phase. A policy analysis approach explains how the leadership of the European Personnel Selection office (EPSO) overcame resistance to change. Analysis from a public management and political sociology perspective sheds light on the challenges EPSO faces in the implementation and evaluation of the reform. - Reproduced. Administrative reform European Union International Review of Administrative Sciences N 86655 86655 86655 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 76, Issue no: 1 AR87115 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR