FMI JOURNALThe 3-P Approach to Public Sector Governance – Principles, Process and PerformanceBrian ShaneÂand Patricia LaffertyIn a previous article – Issues Interfering with Effective Governance in the Canadian Public Sector (Shane & Lafferty, 2008a), we addressed a number of systemic issues that severely limit the effectiveness of Canadian federal public sector governance. We noted that existing governance practices are characterized by inconsistent, idiosyncratic, personalized approaches to public sector decision making, relying often solely on the human dynamics within senior level committees. In other words there was no set of governance best practices upon which to lay a foundation of effective decision making.As a result, the generally poor quality of federal public sector departmental governance practices has resulted in many instances of: Duplication of effort and overlap of initiatives across the organization in developing solutions that are needed by all core business lines...
