Transform the civil service to make the nation competitive

When I read in the newspapers, “Job cuts, lean times await civil servants” (The Standard, June 23), I recall the words of Aristotle, the Greek philosopher. In his Politics, Aristotle said the state was a natural development, because man is by nature a political animal, as he is a social creature with the power of speech, socialisation and moral reason. The state can be a means for glory and good life of society, people.

What Aristotle didn’t say is that, “Man is an innovative, administrative animal.” This is so because no nation can advance politically, economically, technologically or even militarily, unless it also develops higher-level managerialism, administered by meritorious, core picket fence of civil servants.