Mal Grierson describes the heightened exposure to ministers in his role in the Administrative Services Department. And his relationship with ministers.
Mal Grierson details the possible reasons for his being chosen as responsible for Works. He labels Erik Finger as one of the figures influential in the choice, as well as Ross Dunning. He notes that this restructuring was a very dramatic time.
Mal Grierson discusses the energy for reform that came in with the Goss Government. He notes that reform focused on rationalising departments. In this time an Administrative Services Department was created, and included CITEC, and Ross Dunning became the Director General. In this restructuring he notes that all positions required employees to reapply for them, in particular many executive positions. He became Deputy Director General Works in 1990, this appeared a strange choice considering he was more familiar with services. He was chosen for the position to encourage change.
