Either way, this is a potential hindrance to the reconceptualisation of the public sector into a more customer-oriented service and suggests that public sector managers need more training in management skills.
However, although it is understandable in terms of the government's transformation policy, it is of concern that the majority of public sector managers are vastly inexperienced, having been in management positions for less than five years.
It is not - where the private sector comes in to manage public services, they have to poach public sector managers to do the job.
Private sector managers were also more likely to have a commerce or management background while those in the public sector were more likely to have a health or medical background (p 0.000).
Public sector managers reported that they felt most competent in planning (3.96), self management (3.95) and leading(3.91) and least competent in terms of legal/ethical competencies (3.59) and their specific health care skills (3.59).
Are public sector managers gagging staff to cover up failings?
Public sector managers are not alone in their complaints.
Moreover, only 16% of private sector managers reported an increase in their training budgets in 2011 and this dropped to 15% of third sector managers and 1% of public sector managers.
Ironically, in this area, public sector managers have an advantage which they must exploit.
