ABSTRACT
The tendency in changes in the management of human resources systems in the organization for economic co-operation and development OECD countries is characterized by the gradual decentralization of central elements of the service to their own departments. This has been experienced in countries with a long tradition in their civil service, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, and also in those with more recent systems, such as Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and other Scandinavian countries. In the case of Great Britain, civil service reform was the result of a long historical process. In the 19th century, the Treasury considered it necessary to make a diagnosis of the civil service, and put Charles Trevelyan and Stanford Northcote in charge. Their report harshly condemned the nepotism, incompetence and other defects of the system that were inherited from the 18th century.
