Governance Challenges for Public Sector Entities

  • “Whichever form an entity takes should fit its function but none can guarantee sound practice automatically follows.
  • Distributed governance, or the delegation of authority to public sector entities, brings advantages and risks.
  • Breakdown in interactions between board, executive, Minister and department can give rise to poor governance outcomes.
  • Despite laws, rules, policies, guidelines and experience, issues surrounding the governance of public sector entities (PBEs) constantly arise.” 

Pat Vidgen, Deputy Director-General, Governance, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Queensland examines some of the challenges and strategies available to promote community confidence in its PSEs and looks at why PSEs are needed and the critical success factors for good governance of PSE’s. 

Please Click Here to download a fully copy of the article by Pat Vidgen which was first published in the September 2011 issue of Keeping good companies , the Journal of Chartered Secretaries Australia. 

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