Public Sector Reform in New Zealand and Its Relevance to Korea

Public Sector Reform in New Zealand and Its Relevance to Korea

- Speaker: Donald Hunn, former State Service Commissioner, New Zealand

- Date : July 8, 1997.

"The old saying, 'if it ain't broken, don't fix it,' is likely to be as true of public sector organizations as it is of private sector companies. But in the public sector, the community impacts of change will be much greater and if the reform decision is directed to solving the wrong problem or not solving the right one, the downside effects are bound to be more serious. It is fascinating to explore options for reform and to move quickly into considering possible new systems and structure, but if the basic work on problem definition has been neglected, the whole subsequent process will be fatally flawed...”