State of the service report / Australian Public Service Commission

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Australia. Public Service Commission
Holding Library Call Number
ISBN 0977559033
Holding Library
Australian Public Service Commission
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Canberra : Australian Public Service Commission, 2002-
Issue
(2005 - 2006)
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The Australian Public Service Commissioner is required, under the Public Service Act 1999, to report to the Agency’s Minister on the state of the Australian Public Service each year, for presentation to the Parliament. The Australian Public Service Commission prepares the State of the Service Report in collaboration with APS agencies. It shows how the APS supports the Australian Government, the Australian Parliament and the Australian people. Reporting on the Commonwealth Public Service commenced from 1902, by the Public Service Commissioner or Board of Commissioners, under the legislation in force at the time. This collection brings together reports on the state of the Australian Public Service from Federation to the present day. These reports form a valuable record of the history and contributions of the Australian Public Service. You can explore the State of the Service Report collection through Trove. Select 'Explore' or 'Search' to start browsing this collection.

Contents

State of the Service Report 2005-06 1
No title 3
No title 4
No title 4 , 5
No title 7 , 8
No title 9 , 10
No title 11 , 12 , 13
Challenges facing the APS 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19
Statistical snapshot Chapter 2 21 , 22
Size of the APS 22 , 23
Ongoing and non-ongoing employees 23 , 24 , 25 , 26
Part-time employees 27 , 28
Classification structures 28 , 29 , 30
Mobility within the APS 30 , 31
Educational qualifications 31
Age profile 32 , 33
Length of service 34
Location 34
Diversity trends 35 , 36
Engagements and separations 36 , 37 , 38 , 39
Re-engagement and prior service 39 , 40 , 41 , 42
Demography of the SES leadership group 42 , 43 , 44
Key chapter findings 44 , 45
Job satisfaction, communication and productivity Chapter 3 47 , 48
Employee engagement 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57
Communication 57 , 58 , 59 , 60
Productivity 60 , 61 , 62
Key chapter findings 63 , 64
Chapter 4 65 , 66
Embedding the APS Values and Code of Conduct 67 , 68 , 69 , 70
Operation of the Code of Conduct 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80
Merit and access to APS employment 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87
Review of employment actions 87 , 88 , 89 , 90
Key chapter findings 91 , 92
Equity and diversity Chapter 5 93 , 94
Workplace diversity 94 , 95 , 96 , 97
Women in the APS 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101
Indigenous employment 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114
People with disability 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123
Employees from a non-English speaking background 123 , 124 , 125 , 126
Age diversity 127 , 128 , 129
Work-life balance 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136
Bullying, harassment and discrimination 136 , 137 , 138 , 139
Safe workplaces 139 , 140 , 141 , 142
Key chapter findings 143 , 144
Learning and development Chapter 6 145 , 146 , 147
Identification of development needs and access to learning and development 147 , 148 , 149 , 150
Amount of off-the-job learning and development 150 , 151
Effectiveness of learning and development in improving performance 151 , 152
Priority development areas 152
Key chapter findings 153
Leadership and management Chapter 7 155 , 156 , 157
Leadership 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169
Management 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175
Kev chapter findings 176 , 177
Organisational capability Chapter 8 179 , 180
Workforce planning 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185
Remuneration 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192
Record keeping 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198
Key chapter findings 198 , 199
Agency governance Chapter 9 201 , 202
International initiatives 202 , 203 , 204
Governance developments in 2005-06 204 , 205 , 206
Governance policies, procedures and structures 206 , 207 , 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213
The relationship of governance to key employee engagement indicators 213 , 214
Key chapter findings 215 , 216
Whole of government Chapter 10 217 , 218 , 219 , 220
Whole of government systems 221 , 222 , 223
Whole of government culture and capability 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230
Key chapter findings 231 , 232
Working with the Australian community Chapter 11 233 , 234
Delivering services to the public 235 , 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , 245
Review of administrative action and decision-making 246 , 247 , 248 , 249
Working with external stakeholders 249 , 250 , 251 , 252 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 257
Engaging with the community 257 , 258 , 259
Key chapter findings 259 , 260
Agency achievements and the way forward Chapter 12 261 , 262
A secure nation 262 , 263
A strong and prosperous economy 263
A culture of enterprise and innovation 264
A fair and decent society 264 , 265
A sustainable environment 265
International cooperation 265 , 266
The national story—celebration and commemoration 266
A flexible, efficient and responsive public service 266
Conclusion 267
Management Advisory Committee agencies’ key achievements, 2005-06 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277 , 278 , 279 , 280 , 281
APS agencies (or semi-autonomous parts of agencies) and APS employees as at 10 April 2006 Appendix 1 283 , 284 , 285 , 286
State of the Service survey methodologies Appendix 2 287 , 288 , 289 , 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294
Evaluation methodology Appendix 3 295 , 296 , 297
Factor analysis Appendix 4 299 , 300 , 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305
Glossary 307 , 308 , 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 314
No title 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 324 , 325 , 326 , 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332 , 333 , 334 , 335 , 336 , 337 , 338 , 339 , 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 , 344 , 345
Evaluation questionnaire 349 , 350
No title 351 , 352

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