Navigating the Labyrinth: An Executive Guide to Data Management

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The most prominent of these was the establishment of the Civil Service Selection Board (CSSB) in 1945 which aimed to provide a meritocratic process for selecting senior administrators to the Civil Service Fast Stream. It was further reformed in 1982 after Sir Alec Atkinson recommended that there should be greater emphasis on attracting candidates from a wider social pool (Hennessy, P. Whitehall, 1981: 512–520). ↩ I don’t see anyone getting emotional. Maybe that’s because it’s sort of filtered out before [SCS]. But I think if someone did get very concerned, that would probably be frowned upon. Self-control is really prized.” — Oyinda, DD, high SEB this blinds them from considering the privileges they have enjoyed and their role in erecting socio-economic barriers to progressio Yet we should not overstate these qualifications. This ‘grandparent effect’ on life outcomes and social mobility is very small in comparison to parents. [footnote 87] And we should not forget that the vast majority of our interviewees identified their socio-economic origin as rooted in the occupational status and economic resources of their parents rather than their extended family.

I definitely don’t think I play a role. I think I am who I am at work. I’ve never consciously changed how I act to, sort of, be more obviously middle-class.What is clear in these narratives is the sense that socio-economic advantage only partially confers a sense of fit. As Nala and Ade explain, mastering dominant behavioural codes often requires command of a specific White middle-class culture, with a set of very specific cultural touchpoints. Appendices Appendix 1 Parental qualification by grade how would you describe the culture in your department – any different? [note for CS researchers: this is a key follow-up Q] I am pleased to see the level of engagement on this issue, and the detailed and considered thought that people have given in their responses. In turn, the Commission’s report concludes that for individual’s career progression, the mastery of this behavioural code, though sometimes seen as alienating and intimidating, is the primary key to accelerated career progression.

It is worth noting again here that a ceiling may still exist within the SCS. As mentioned, due to poor reporting within the CSPS, we are unable to see the socio-economic composition of the five grades that exist within the SCS. ↩The Treasury is the most socio- economically exclusive department From ‘getting in’ to ‘getting on’