The late John Murray, Professor and Head of the Business School at Trinity College Dublin, was a long-time observer and supporter of reform in the Irish public service. He was a member of the Committee for Public Management Research and also served on a steering group overseeing organisation capacity reviews. John was also a good friend of the IPA, as a member of the board and subsequently as chairperson from 2004 to 2006. In 2007 John delivered a paper at the IPA national conference. The paper was primarily about organisation capacity reviews. However, the introduction is a wonderful commentary on capacity in the public service. It is a paper I return to again and again for its eloquent and insightful comment on the role and responsibility of senior public servants. With the permission of John’s family, this introduction is published here in order to bring it to a wider audience. The full paper is available from the editor.

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公共服务能力和高级管理人员的作用

已故的都柏林三一学院商学院教授兼院长约翰·默里 (John Murray) 是爱尔兰公共服务改革的长期观察者和支持者。他是公共管理研究委员会的成员，还曾在监督组织能力审查的指导小组中任职。John 还是 IPA 的好朋友，曾担任董事会成员，随后在 2004 年至 2006 年期间担任主席。2007 年，John 在 IPA 全国会议上发表了一篇论文。这篇论文主要是关于组织能力审查的。然而，引言是对公共服务能力的精彩评论。这是一篇我一次又一次地回到的论文，因为它对高级公务员的作用和责任的雄辩和有见地的评论。在约翰家人的同意下，此处发布此介绍是为了将其介绍给更广泛的受众。全文可从编辑处获得。