Civil Servant/Minister Relationship Models

Civil servants serve the ministers by providing them with the relevant information, that allows them to make informed decisions

ADMINISTRATIVE

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Ministers provide the vision and drive, while civil servants fill in the detail using their research, experience and knowledge

WHITEHALL COMMUNITY

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Civil servants have their own agenda which obstructs government in their struggle for power

ADVERSIAL

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Civil servants serve their own interests by creating a bureaucratic empire that is financially inefficient and gets in the way

BUREAUCRATIC EXPANSIONISM

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*BONUS QUESTION* What was the name of the BBC show, which can be said to have illustrated the adversial model?

YES MINISTER

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Ministers provide the vision and drive, while civil servants fill in the detail using their research, experience and knowledge

WHITEHALL COMMUNITY

Civil servants have their own agenda which obstructs government in their struggle for power

Civil servants serve their own interests by creating a bureaucratic empire that is financially inefficient and gets in the way

*BONUS QUESTION* What was the name of the BBC show, which can be said to have illustrated the adversial model?

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