Bureaucratic careers : anglophones and francophones in the Canadian Public Service / Christopher Beattie, Jacques Désy, Stephen Longstaff.: Z1-1963/1-2-11-PDF
« How well do the operations of the Public Service reflect the duality of Canadian society? This in the broadest sense is the question with which our study began. Like the governmental bureaucracies of other modern, affluent countries, the Canadian federal Public Service faces three requirements which organizations in the private sector do not always share: first, it must be open to and representative of the population it serves; second, it must be sensitive to the needs and wants of diverse population and interest groups; and third, it must provide services and information in an idiom that is understandable to the population at large. In this study it is the first problem—the problem of participation and representation—that engages our attention » -- Introduction, page xliv.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Commission royale d'enquête sur le bilinguisme et le biculturalisme, organisme de publication. |
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| Title | Bureaucratic careers : anglophones and francophones in the Canadian Public Service / Christopher Beattie, Jacques Désy, Stephen Longstaff. |
| Series title | Documents de la Commission royale d'enquête sur le bilinguisme et le biculturalisme ; 11 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | Bilingual-[English | French] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Édition numérisée de l’imprimé [par le Bureau du Conseil privé]. Comprend des références bibliographiques. Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Section I: Research Aims and Design -- Historical Background and Research Design -- Section II: The Structure of Federal Administration -- A Cross-Section of the Federal Public Service -- The Five Departments: Their Major Characteristics -- Career Types and Representative Bureaucracy -- Section III: The Human Resources Drawn into the Public Service -- The Social Origins and Education of the Careerists -- Work Experience Outside the Public Service -- Joining the Federal Administration -- Section IV: The Public Service as a Career Setting -- Career Patterns -- Getting to the "Top" -- Satisfaction with Career -- Satisfaction with Community -- Section V: Four Special Careers -- Introduction -- The Finance Officer: Policy-Maker in a Glamour Department -- The Agricultural Researcher: Scientists in an International Community -- La carrière de traducteur: un certain refuge -- The Patent Examiner: Engineer in Search of Security -- Section VI: Language and Culture -- Les connaissances linguistiques et l'emploi des langues -- L'acculturation des francophones, un processus singulier? -- Taking French Lessons: One Step Towards a Bilingual Public Service -- Anglophone Reaction to the Emphasis on Bilingualism and Biculturalism -- La réaction des francophones aux promesses du bilinguisme et du biculturalisme -- Conclusions -- Section VII: Appendices -- Notes to Chapters. Texte en français et en anglais. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism : Information Canada, 1972. |
| Author / Contributor | Beattie, Christopher, 1941-1977 auteur. |
| Description | 1 ressource en ligne (xlv, 652 pages) : graphiques. |
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| Subject terms | Bilinguisme -- Canada. Biculturalisme -- Canada. Fonction publique -- Canada. |
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