Personnel policy and structural features of the Spanish Civil Service

Abstract

SUMMARY: I. IMPORTANCE OF THE PUBLIC FUNCTION. - II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GROUP: 1. THE TERM «PUBLIC FUNCTION». 2. MULTIPLE VISION. 3. SOCIAL SEGREGATION OF THE OFFICIAL? 4. VOLUME. 5. BASIC FEATURES IN SPAIN: A) Atomized. B) Decompensated. C) Deinformalized. D) Deprofessionalized. E) Verticalized. - lll. THE POWER OF BUREAUCRACY: 1. CORPORATE DIFFERENCES. 2. ZONES OF PENETRATION. 3. ACTION TECHNIQUES. - IV. THE STAFF POLICY: 1. NEED. 2. CHARACTERISTICS.