APPOINTMENTS TO THE HIGHEST GRADES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE - DRAWING THE CURTAIN OPEN

RICHARDS, DAVID

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, n.º 4/1996, pág. 657

1. Introduction: top appointments in Whitehall - a procedure cloaked in secrecy. 2. The authorized version: chatting behind closed doors - the senior appointments selection committee. 3. Keeping the door ajar - the civil service commissioners. 4. Succession and career plans: what is involved?. 5. "Sir Humphrey is leaving, what is to be done?". 6. The top appointments procedure in practice...