The contents:
Introduction
You Can’t Polish a Turd
Basic Skills
Government Philosophy for Beginners
Obstrucius – The first and greatest
Burocrates – The Greek perspective
Futilius - The study of committees.
Dillayus – Out of the shadow of Futilius
The 5 Paradigms of Government
Don’t Make a Decision
Cover Your Arse
Show No Initiative
Use As Much Jargon As Possible in Your Communications
Make Sure Nobody Really Knows What You Do
The Civil Servant’s Haiku and the Politician’s Prayer
Getting a Job Within Government
Understanding Your Work Colleagues
Drama Queen
The Bitter Old Man
The Administrator
The Sports Freak
The Boffin
The Entrepreneur
The Slacker
The Communications Hierarchy
Running a Successful Meeting (internal clients)
Running a Successful Meeting (external clients)
5 Ways to Brighten a Dull Day
Cultivate a Grudge
Invent Some Jargon
Invent Jargon with Acronyms
Write a letter to the Minister that you know
will come to you to answer
Start a Rumour
5 Signs that you have been Successfully Insitutionalised
Intermediate Skills
Writing a Letter
Dealing with Other Departmental Branches
Communications
Human Resources
Finance
Helpdesk / IT
Project Management
Policy Development
Solving a Policy Problem – The Bog
Basic Jargon
Strategic Planning
Employing a New Staff Member
Advanced Bureaucracy
Reviews, Restructures and Reorganisation
Scheduling and Avoidance
Crisis Management
Government Efficiency Drives
Dealing With the Minister’s Office
Working with Boards
Board Members
Support staff
Writing a Report for the Board
Overarching Phenomena and Contemporary Thinkers
Dark Matter and its Relationship to Bureaucracy
That is the contents and to give you a taster I have included some linkis to various chapters below.
You Can't Polish a Turd
Classic Government Philosophers
5 Paradigms of Government
The Politician's Prayer
5 Ways to Brighten a Dull Day
Running an internal meeting
Running and External Meeting
Writing Government Policy
Strategic Planning
Government Efficiency Drives
Dark Matter and Bureaucracy
