Portrait of an 'Outsider' as Permanent Secretary in Whitehall: The Life and Times of Michael Bichard -- An Un-Mandarin Like Mandarin?

Autor/inn/en	Ribbins, Peter; Sherratt, Brian
Titel	Portrait of an 'Outsider' as Permanent Secretary in Whitehall: The Life and Times of Michael Bichard -- An Un-Mandarin Like Mandarin?
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Administration and History, 54 (2022) 4, S.375-396 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0620
DOI	10.1080/00220620.2021.2005554
Schlagwörter	Public Officials; Public Agencies; Educational History; Educational Administration; Government Employees; Political Power; Biographies; Local Government; Work Experience; Career Development; Educational Policy; Administrator Role; Employment; Peer Relationship; Public Sector; Political Attitudes; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Einrichtung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Politische Macht; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Gemeindeverwaltung; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Berufsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Dienstverhältnis; Peer-Beziehungen; Öffentlicher Sektor; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper reports a study of permanent secretaries who served at the Department for Education (DfE) from 1975 to 2011. Located within a context of theories that explain how government bureaucracies operate, it focuses on Michael Bichard. Appointed in July 1995 when attempts were being made to open Whitehall to non-career civil servants, he retired in May 2001 having served 21 months with a Conservative and 48 months with a Labour Secretary of State. He was an unusual permanent secretary. An outsider, state school and red-brick university educated whose father had been a docker, his prior service was in local government. Inter alia, the paper traces his background and career; his role in the merger of the Departments for Education and Employment (DfEE); his relationship with his Secretaries of State; his contribution to education policy; and his estimation of his style and achievements. Consideration is also given to the value of external appointments and to the merits of a descriptive based approach to the study of public sector administration. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01