We describe an evaluation undertaken on contract for the New Zealand State Services
Commission of a major project (the Administrative Decision-Making Skills Project) designed to produce a model of administrative decision making and an associated
teaching/learning packagefor use by government officers. It describes the evaluation of a
philosophical model of decision making and the associated teaching/learning package in
the setting of the New Zealand Public Service, where a deliberate attempt has been
initiated to improve the quality of decision making, especially in relation to moral factors.
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