REPORT SUMMARY - Demystifying the State - Dr Tony Burton

Some, like the Police Plans to reform the state typically focus on abstract ambitions and the Ministry of Social Development also implement policies. [...] for the state and underestimate its human and organisational The rest are Crown entities, like the Accident Compensation limits. [...] Limits of the state The most popular approaches to state reform change The people who work for the state are as inherently diverse as operations, such as contracting, or managerial approaches, any other large group. [...] At the top are ministers who work in the • The lack of the right information for those making Beehive. [...] Most work done by the state, even personal letters from ministers, is done by hierarchies of permanent officials who Reforming the state The best way to understand why the state may need reform is “institutional mismatch”.