Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher? : How Government Decides and Why.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Public Administration without Romance -- 2 Parliament: Try a Blank Piece of Paper -- 3 Ministers: Where Have All the Characters Gone? -- 4 The Prime Minister: Give Me Time to Learn -- 5 The Machinery: Running on Its Tracks -- 6 Let the Manager Manage So Long as It Squares with RPPs, DPRs, MAF, OCG, PCO, TBS, OAG, OLA, IBP, PSC, ATIP, CIEC, OPSICC, DAGs, QFR and That It Does Not Create Problems for the Minister and Deputy Minister or Draw the Attention of the Prime Minister and His Advisers -- 7 Program Evaluation: Turning a Crank That's Not Attached to Anything -- 8 The Public Service: The Ambivalent Institution -- 9 Management with a Capital M Never Interested Me Very Much -- 10 You Can Fudge Reports but You Cannot Fudge Rules -- 11 So What Happened to the Music Teacher? -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

An insightful account of the forces that shape Ottawa's expenditure budget and the relations between politicians and public servants.

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