University of Tasmania
Browse
Carroll - Managing globally the issues faced.pdf (175.87 kB)

Managing globally: the issues faced

Download (175.87 kB)
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 04:47 authored by Peter Carroll
The neglected, but increasingly important role of international activities in the work of Australian ‘domestic’, departments and agencies was the focus of two papers by Carroll in 2007 and 2008. The first reviewed the available literature, indicating how little attention had been paid to these activities and, in addition, established the fact of the rapid growth in such activities with a case study of the growth and development of DEST’s activities (Carroll 2007). The second examined the extent of the international activities of departments and agencies in the Australian Commonwealth Government and how those activities were organised (Carroll 2008). The aim of this paper is to continue the examination of those international activities by identifying and examining the challenges faced by Australian government departments and agencies as they expand their international activities. Its focus is upon departments other than those that have a specialized, largely international role, such as DFAT, for it is in these organizations that international activities have grown most rapidly in recent years. The paper argues that, while the challenges faced varies by organization, there are a number of significant, common and recurring issues, notably those related to organizational design, strategy, funding, staff recruitment and workloads and intra- and inter-departmental coordination. It is based on a detailed survey of the primary and secondary literature and, most importantly, a series of interviews undertaken by the author with those responsible for international activities in the Commonwealth Government in 2007-08.

History

Publication title

Proceedings of the Public Policy Network Annual Conference

Editors

Dr Linda Botterill

Pagination

EJ

Department/School

TSBE

Publisher

Australian National University

Place of publication

Canberra, Australia

Event title

Public Policy Network Conference

Event Venue

Australian National University, Canberra

Date of Event (Start Date)

2009-01-29

Date of Event (End Date)

2009-01-30

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Government and politics not elsewhere classified

Usage metrics

    University Of Tasmania

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC