White Paper on Human Resource Management in the Public Service

January 1, 2015

National departments and provincial administrations employ approximately 1,2 million people, who account for more than 50% of all public expenditure. People are therefore the Public Service's most valuable asset, and managing human resources effectively and strategically must be the cornerstone of the wider transformation of the Public Service. Managing people in the South African Public Service has traditionally been seen as an administrative task undertaken by a specialist group of personnel functionaries applying centrally-devised egulations and prescripts. The White Paper on Human Resource Management sets out a policy framework which will accomplish the shift from personnel administration to human resource management.

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