merit based promotion

Symposium Part 3 Women - 00:16:00

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Symposium Part 3 Women
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00:16:00

Robin Sullivan discusses her role as a woman in Queensland public service at a time of structural change.

John Sosso - 01:11:36

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John Sosso
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01:11:36

John Sosso details ways in which the Borbidge Government remedied relations with the Public Service. He states his views on the merit principle and advancement in the service.

Mal Grierson - 00:17:06

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Mal Grierson
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00:17:06
Mal Grierson discusses the employment prospects at the time when computer technology was being taken up into many industries. He notes the number of recruitment campaigns from various companies including the federal government. He reflects on these experiences as a highly skilled young public servant and how that influenced his approach to maintaining staff as a Director General or Deputy Director General. He notes the importance of giving young employees opportunities for promotion. 

Mal Grierson - 00:13:51

Interview: 
Mal Grierson
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00:13:51
Mal Grierson details the challenge that education in computer technologies posed to the typical promotion structure of the public service and how the Public Service Board introduced an annual review process. He notes that after obtaining his economics degree he gained a higher promotion. To him this showed a trend towards valuing the individual skills of employees in the public sector.

Mal Grierson - 00:10:48

Interview: 
Mal Grierson
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00:10:48
Mal Grierson describes the mixed reactions around the public sector towards computer technology introductions. He discusses the regimented system of promotions that the public service worked under in his early years, however, computer skills posed a challenge to this structure.

Ruth Matchett - 00:15:16

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Ruth Matchett
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00:15:16
Ruth Matchett discusses acceptance of her as Director General, as the department had had a number of female ministers and it had been branded as a women's area. She discusses instances of sexual discrimation in her career, such as when she was regional director of the Department of Children's Services in Rockhampton, and she had not been entitled to the housing provided for that position, which instead went to her assistant – a married man with children, which effectively put his salary package higher than hers.
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