Public Servants as Partners for Growth
Toward a Stronger, Leaner and More Equitable Workforce
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Getting it right
restructuring the government workforce
At a time of limited financial and human resources, adjusting and reallocating the public service workforce have become policy priorities. Strategic workforce planning and management are crucial here, so that governments are not caught in a purely reactive mode and resort to taking more immediate cost reduction measures that are ultimately detrimental (budget cuts imposed in an undifferentiated way, job cuts, recruitment freezes). Possible paths for reform include shared services, outsourcing, creation of arm’s-length agencies, developing a more flexible HRM system, redeployment arrangements, strategic reviews, and movement of staff to sub-national levels of government. But the workforce implications of any public service reform need to be considered and planned for from the outset, if governments are to secure and build capacity, maintain trust and morale, ensure continuity while meeting changing public service needs, and improve efficiency, productivity and value for money.
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