Radical change needed, says CTUSAB President

“Improvements in the public sector productivity will most likely be achieved when there is a radical change to the systems, processes and practices that are now engaged.”

That is according to President of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB), Cedric Murrell, during day four of the Week of Excellence which was held at the Hilton Resort yesterday morning.

Murrell believes that the public sector must work towards achieving a seamless delivery of services, increased customer satisfaction and reduced costs. He added that there is also a need to replace traditional practices and procedures with simplified ones, as well as a need to upgrade public sector training and enhance leadership development.

The CTUSAB President also lauded the fact that Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Freundel Stuart, accepted the honour to be the champion of productivity and noted that this showed the magnitude of importance that Government has placed on the pursuit of productivity and excellence.

Murrell went on to announce that according to a global competitive report for 2014-2015, some of the challenges of doing business in Barbados related directly to labour, inefficient government bureaucracy, poor work ethic in the labour force and restrictive labour regulations. It was further highlighted that the aim of yesterday’s symposium was to deliver “implementable strategies to nullify those findings in that report and to set the stage for an improved and efficient public service and by extension the business environment in Barbados”.

The president of CTUSAB went on to note that he expects persons present to identify possible solutions to the challenges that confront them as well as come up with two possible solutions which can be implemented during the upcoming financial year. With the possible positive outcome of deliberations yesterday, Murrell added that they will possibly have the chance to redress the negative label of inefficient government bureaucracy and silence the critics of public officers.

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