Annual APS Census Data of the Dept of Finance's Property and Construction Division Years 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020
Dear Department of Finance,
I am a researcher with ProSocial World and we are examining the results of a cultural transformation intervention conducted by myself and Dr Robert Styles of Canberra with the Dept of Finance's Property & Construction Division in 2016-17. We recorded a significant improvement in the census data between 2016 and 2017. We are currently writing a research paper on the intervention and its sustained impact for a journal in the United States. For the purposes of getting more accurate data on the impact, we are seeking to establish a baseline of APS census data for the targeted division for a five-year period commencing from the 2015 APS State of the Service Census Report through to the year 2020. This will enable us to properly evaluate the impact of the intervention mapped to baseline year 2015 and evaluate its progress in terms of the APS Census indicators till the year 2020. We are particularly interested in how long the impact yielded sustained results post-intervention.
All data will be completely anonymised for publication purposes and your support acknowledged. ProSocial World is a 501c3-founded fully-research accredited Not-For-profit entity with a global footprint disseminating principles, tools and skillsets for a conscious cultural evolution towards collective trust and cooperation at different scales.
Our website: https://www.prosocial.world/
In summary we are seeking:
APS State of the Service Employee Census Reports for the Years: 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2020
Your kind release of these documents would be most gratefully appreciated.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Exmond E DeCruz
Development Catalyst, ProSocial World
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
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Dear Dr DeCruz
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Dear Dr DeCruz
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Business Enabling Services
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Classified by: [email address] on: 4/09/2023 5:00:48 PM