Delegated Legislation
| Date | 01 June 1944 |
| Published date | 01 June 1944 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1944.tb02604.x |
CONTEMPORARY
TOPICS
AND
REPORTS
Existing methods
of
training on “live” work under personal supervision should be
Movement from branch
to
branch in early years
d
service should be developed
The following supplementary training should
\be
adopted in appropriate cases:
1.
Vocational lecture courses for those engaged on special
or
new techniques.
Clerical Officers promoted
to
this class should be encouraged
to
study privately on
the lines suggested in paragraphs
39-42.
2.
Conferences, as described in paragraph
35.
3.
Special training in staff supervision and office organisation.
4.
The study of ,business and industrial methods, for certain officers above the
basic grade.
Some of the recommendations made
for
the Administrative Class are applicable to
continued.
systematically, though some specialisation is essential in Executive work.
the highest levels
of
the Executive Class.
PROFESSIONAL
AND
TECHNICAL
CLASSES
Report
so
far as these are applicable to their work and grade.
These officers should be trained on the lines
of
the general principles set out
in
this
ADMINISTRATIVE
CLASS
After going through the same departmental reception arrangements as Clerical and
Executive entrants, the Assistant Principal should be trained concurrently on the following
lines
:
(i) Central Training; (ii) Departmental discussions, talks, visits, etc.; (iii)
“
Live
”
work in his Department.
The Director of Training and Education should be responsible
for
the central training
scheme comprising lectures, reading and discussions on Civil Service administration.
The training centre should serve as a clearing house of ideas about administrative
problems.
After the initial course, training should be continued departmentally, with especial
emphasis on mobility and adaptability. The cadet should not normally spend more
than
two
years in any one branch.
As
many cadets as possible should serve a period of duty as private secretary
either to
a
Minister or to a senior official.
In Departments with
a
regional
or
divisional organisation or si,milar facilities cadets
should have a period
of
service in the
“
field.”
TRAINING
FOR
HIGHER
ADMINISTRATION
There should be a break in the early thirties, apart from that given by transfers
within the Service, for those likely
to
hold positions
of
high responsi.bility.
We do not recommend secondment
to
business, but see scope for visits to commerce
and industry in Departments where officers particularly need a closer understanding
of
business.
Departments such as the Ministry of Health and Board
of
Education should consider
and report on .the possibility of secondment to local authorities.
Selected civil servants should ‘be granted sabbatical leave for approyed study or
research in this country and abroad. Opportunities
should
be given for studying the
public administration
of
other countries, and transfers to branches
of
the Home Service
outside the United Kingdam including the Dominions, to the Foreign and Colonial
Services and,
if
appropriate, to the Indian Civil Service should be arranged.
Some
of
the proposals made for the Administrative Class should be applied
to
selected members of other classes, especially the Executive, Professional and Technical.
Delegated Legislation
NEW
SELECT
COMMITTEE
On the 17th May, replying
to
a
motion by Mr. Molson, the Home
Secretary
(Mr.
Herbert Morrison) said:
“. . .
the Government think that the
time has come when we should accept the establishment of-and we
should
all
do our best successfully
to
work
it-a
scrutinising committee
.
.
.”
for
Statutory
Rules
and
Orders
and
other
instruments
of
delegated legislation.
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