Foreword

The morning of my arrival at the Public Service Commission, my colleagues presented me with a book entitled The Biography of an Institution. Written by Professor J. E. Hodgetts et al., it was all about the first sixty years of this organization. The commission is not well known outside of the public service so I was pleased to read such a comprehensive piece of work about the organization for which 1 had just begun to work as president. It would appear that change and challenge have always be..

Foreword

The morning of my arrival at the Public Service Commission, my colleagues presented me with a book entitled The Biography of an Institution. Written by Professor J. E. Hodgetts et al., it was all about the first sixty years of this organization. The commission is not well known outside of the public service so I was pleased to read such a comprehensive piece of work about the organization for which 1 had just begun to work as president. It would appear that change and challenge have always be..

the Progress of the Economic Development of British Guiana.

Statistics relating to British Guiana (especially population data) are not highly developed; the majority of those which have been garnered, while they cannot give a detailed exposition of the economy can, however, illustrate generally the trend of postwar economic development

Les organisations du secteur public peuvent-elles apprendre ?

Ces dernières années, on s’est beaucoup préoccupé de la gestion de l’information dans les organisations, ainsi que les défis pour que celles-ci puissent s’en servir et s’adapter. Les organisations sont censées attacher de l’importance à l’information, pouvoir tirer les leçons de l’expérience et s’adapter aux circonstances nouvelles. Si la plupart des publications traitent essentiellement des organisations du secteur privé, les organisations du secteur public, et en particulier les administrations au sein desquelles s’exercent leurs activités, font l’objet d’importantes réformes et doivent relever des défis comparables...

Defending a Contested Ideal

In 1908, after decades of struggling with a public administration undermined by systemic patronage, the Canadian parliament decided that public servants would be selected on the basis of merit, through a system administered by an independent agency: the Public Service Commission of Canada. This history, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Commission, recounts its unique contribution to the development of an independent public service, which has become a pillar of Canadian parliamentary democracy

Evolução dos teores de nutrientes em tecidos da Cv. Cabernet Sauvignon.

A evolução dos teores dos nutrientes nos diferentes tecidos da videira pode indicar épocas de maior absorção e/ou de translocação dos nutrientes na planta. Essa informação permite uma fertilização racional da videira. Com esse objetivo, durante o ciclo vegetativo de 1993/94, conduziu-se um experimento em vinhedo da cv. Cabernet Sauvignon/S04, com doze anos, conduzido em latada e considerado livre de viroses