Author: Kithinji KiraguPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Public Service Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa
Author: Kithinji KiraguPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Public Service Reform in Namibia
Author: Andrew Ndeutalanawa NghidinwaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The study examined the effects of Public Service Reform in the appointments of management cadres in the Public Service of Namibia from 1990 to 2005. Specific focus was given to the Office of the Prime Minister, the core institution in the management of the Central Government operations. The study found that the need for a new post-colonial dispensation compatible with the requirements of statehood prompted the structuring of Government institutions. The Research Question explicitly sought to explain the extent to which the Post-independent Public Service Reform initiatives have transformed the structures and reoriented the government institutions to adopt the New Public Management principles, which can ensure efficiency and effective delivery of services. The legislative frameworks, particularly the Constitution of Namibia and the Public Service Act, 1995 (Act 13 of 1995), have provided the bases for analyzing the Recruitment Policy in the Public Service of Namibia. A systematic semi-structured interview with respondents has significantly unveiled a highly structured institution, with complex mechanisms of planning and executing programmes within managerial frameworks. The empirical research conducted for the study explored the political, economic, social and historical significance of Public Service Reform and indeed produced sufficient evidence confirming the adoption of new ways of improving performance and of enhancing accountability of the civil servants. Qualitative research methods were employed to evaluate the participants' daily life experience for the purpose of describing the Public Service Reform from the insider's perspective. The findings show that the traditional culture of administration is evidently being phased out and the New Public Management is gradually taking root. The Merit System has given way to new practices without loss of values that are generic to the selection of the 'right type of people' for the meritocratic Public Service. Nevertheless, the current managerial reform initiatives appear to be superficial, taking a pragmatic approach with no serious provisions for structural change. Options for Namibia should include adopting structural changes that responds to its social, economic and political conditions in the face of globalisation. The study has ultimately recommended Competency-Management as the best approach to achieve a meritocratic and professional civil service.
Privatization and Alternative Public Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: K. BaylissPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230286410
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
it is increasingly apparent that the privatization experiment in sub-Saharan Africa has failed. This book shows that the state is set to dominate service delivery for the foreseeable future in much of the region, and that the public sector must be considered as a viable policy option for the delivery of water and electricity.
Key Principles of Public Sector Reforms
Author: Joan NwasikePublisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
ISBN: 1849291810
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Key Principles of Public Sector Reforms contains case studies from Cameroon, Ghana, Grenada, India, Kenya, Rwanda, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania and Trinidad and Tobago on the policy reforms, strategies and methodologies that support national priorities and greater policy coherence for sustained development and growth.
Commonwealth Public Administration Reform 2004
Author: Commonwealth SecretariatPublisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
ISBN: 0117032492
Category : Commonwealth countries
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Commonwealth Public Administration Reform is a comprehensive resource for all those in public and private sectors and civil society who are engaged in reforming public administration. It includes in one volume the principal documents of major reform initiatives in the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management. It draws on the richly diverse experience of the association's 54 member countries, large and small, developing and industrialised. The 2004 edition brings together the knowledge and experience of leading experts from around the Commonwealth and covers: Reform strategies; Democracy and Security; Public-Private Partnerships; Human Resources Management; Information Systems; Education and Leadership.
Management of Public Service Reform
Author: Joan CorkeryPublisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 9789051994216
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The reform of public administration to adapt to the pressures and new requirements of an ever changing world has become a major global phenomenon. This study has been produced by the International Institute of Administrative Sciences and the European Centre for Development Policy Management.
Critical Analysis on Transferability of New Public Management to Developing Countries
Author: A. AmkongoPublic Sector Reform in Developing Countries
Author: Victor AyeniPublisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
ISBN: 9780850927115
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A country-by-country synopsis of the public sector reform programmes in 40 Commonwealth developing countries, with a profile of each country and an outline of the reform initiatives, implementation processes, achievements and problems encountered.
Thirty Years of Public Sector Reforms in Africa
Author: Paulos ChaniePublisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9970252321
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Over the past three decades, African countries have been reforming their public sector with a view to improving efficiency, effectiveness, accountability and transparency as part of efforts to improve the delivery of public services. Reform actions have included privatisation, public/private partnerships, commercialisation and adoption of private sector approaches in managing public organisations. This book, put together by OSSREA, reviews measures by African countries in that regard, the extent to which the measures have achieved their intended results, as well as the factors behind the failure to achieve those results, where this was the case.
Author: John M. Shaetonhodi