The role of e-governance in facilitating information needs in higher learning institutions: The case of Mzumbe University in Morogoro, Tanzania
June 2011
E-governance is defined as the use of Information and communications technology (ICT) by different actors of the society with the aim to improve their access to information. There have been different initiatives by the government, such as laying down foundation for network management centres, to facilitate the use of ICT and the focus has been to use them more efficiently and effectively. ICT is a major...
Global recession: Does New Public Management (NPM) work in Macedonia?
June 2011
The paper examines the argument that NPM is inappropriate to Macedonia on account of problems such as corruption, low administrative capacity and political decentralization. In making the points, the critical literature review of the developing countries experience with new public management (NPM) was used, as well as the comparative approach with the main characteristics and results of NPM in Macedonia...
Corporate governance and maximization of shareholder value: Theoretical analysis from Francophone countries in Africa
June 2011
This research looks at the theoretical impact of corporate governance on shareholder value maximization in some Francophone countries in the CFA Zone in Africa. Data from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and Gabon covering the period 2005 to 2009 were used and theoretical analysis done. Theoretical results show that, though highly dispersed, both within and between enterprises, corporate...
Governance and government in public administration
May 2011
More and more public administration and management scholars have referred to the “new governance” and argue that the focus of the study of public administration today should be on governance, rather than government. The research discusses what is governance and how governance terminology changes the research focus of public administration. It highlights what is encompassed on the study of...
Air pollution kills 15,000 Bangladeshis each year: The role of public administration and government's integrity
May 2011
The paper explores the susceptibility of the urban population of Bangladesh to air pollution, recommend measures to be adopted for prevention of air pollution. The large number of children, street children, local streetwalkers, and rickshaw pullers in Dhaka City are at particular risk from this air pollution. Young children are mostly exposed to cadmium (Cd) through inhalation of smokes and contaminated soils...
Strengthening intra municipal decentralisation through physical accessibility of services and openness in service delivery: The case of Morogoro Municipal Council
May 2011
Decentralization is a term which has gained popularity in development literature and has been a fundamental mode of administration which empowers grass root community to bring about development by themselves. In Tanzania, intra municipal decentralization is a new concept. It emerged in Western Europe in six Scandinavian countries as a result of amalgamation reforms. The study focused on localization with two...
A demand of value based higher education system in India: A comparative study
May 2011
Higher education system is essential for national, social and economic development of the country. There is a need of value based higher education system which empowers youth for self sustainability by inculcating employment skills and hence reducing poverty. India's higher education system is the third largest in the world. This paper includes the comparative study of components of value based higher...
New examples of territorial democracy: Participatory balance
April 2011
The work is intended to illustrate the application of the participatory balance as a means by which democratic participation aims to overcome the mistrust between citizens and governors. Participatory balance can be defined as a decision-making procedure which entails opening public administration to citizens so that they participate actively and directly in the decisions made concerning the objectives and...
Local self-government in Ukraine: Strategic priorities and problems of realization
April 2011
This article is dedicated to the issues of the current state of some problems in Ukraine in the direction of development and reinforcement of the system of local self-government as a display of the most important element of local democracy. In the context of reformation, which now takes place in Ukraine, this topic and relevant problems are very topical as an example of formation of local democracy on...
External reserve holdings in Nigeria: Implications for investment, inflation and exchange rate
April 2011
The paper investigates the impact of change in external reserve positions of Nigeria on domestic investment, inflation and exchange rates. Using a combination of Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Vector Error Correction (VEC) methods, it was observed that change in external reserves in the country only influences Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and exchange rates and no influence of it was found on domestic...
An empirical analysis on the reformation of organization: Governance and relationship perspectives
April 2011
This article is drawn from the governance and relationship perspectives. It discusses what factors will enhance the government’s administrative efficiency and effectiveness and how to improve organization performance. For the first question, this article founds some factors including: organizational structure, management mechanism, resources and ability, partnerships, and so on. As for the second issue...
Dismantling the Government: The reorganisation reform of Taiwan’s central government (1987 – 2008)
March 2011
In order to confront the dual challenge of a complex governance environment and a fiscal crisis, the Taiwan government has followed in the footsteps of many Western nations in advocating government reform. Over the past two decades, the reorganisation of the Executive Yuan (Central Government) has been implemented over several ruling governments of either the KMT or the DDP parties, and under the ruling of...
Isomorphic processes and social legitimacy of institutionalizing municipal community safety councils (MCSCs) in Kosovo
March 2011
The public administration system of newly emerging nations and countries are more prone to be homogenized due to the rapid external and internal socio-political uncertainties and changes. The multi-ethnic Kosovo in Europe is one such entity. It is unique due to the fact that, it was governed by the United Nations Multinational Executive Mission that has left a considerable legacy and influence over the...
A study on involvement and commitment of employees in Turkey
March 2011
The previous searches indicate that job involvement of individuals in the workplace have important effect on individual and organizational outcomes. In theoretical level, this study aimed to explore the relationship between employees’ job involvement and their feeling of organizational commitment. For that aim, the survey was performed among the employees currently working at two multinational companies...
An exploratory study into employee perceptions of knowledge management in two service units in the public sector
March 2011
The purpose of this study is to gain knowledge on, or insight into, employee perceptions about the factors that contribute to the strategies for managing knowledge, employee perceptions about knowledge management processes to convert tacit into explicit knowledge, employees’ views regarding the implementation of knowledge management strategies and, perceptions about the ways in which knowledge...
Ethnic politics and its implications for the survival of democracy in Nigeria
February 2011
Nigeria is a multi-ethnic nation with cultural differences between its component ethnic groups. From the north to the coast, the range in types of social system, dress, diet and languages far exceeds that to be found elsewhere in the world. This diversity has resulted into two major problems namely: problems arising between the larger ethnic groups and the hostility that derives from competition between...
Reading the relationship between governance and public relations regarding two paradigms
February 2011
In this study, the concepts of culture, public relations and governance as well as the relationships among them have been studied with regard to the critical theory. How the concepts are read and perceived determine how they are signified and known; and what is known about them defines how they are perceived. What we perceive and internalize build our social practices. In Bourdieu’s terms, the...
Improving public management as a development imperative: Developing a practical research approach for Bangladesh
February 2011
Public management in developing countries like Bangladesh is characterized by long bureaucracy, unnecessary procedures, and they are not customer (citizen) friendly. Many a times, there is good intention from politically elected officials and career public managers. But they are not aware of the basic rules of the game and modern management practices. Most of the public sector management reform studies are...
Energy poverty and the leadership question in Nigeria: An overview and implication for the future
February 2011
Energy resources remain the key to industrialization of any nation especially when judiciously and effectively harnessed for developmental purposes. More so, energy availability and its proper harnessment is a strong factor in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nigeria and other countries. The place of foresighted leadership in all these cannot be overemphasised. Unfortunately, Nigeria is...
Role of public administration and microfinance in alleviating the poverty thorough participation and empowerment of people - case studies from India
January 2011
Poverty is a situation where people are mainly deprived of income generating activities and access to formal financial system. Strategies to address poverty primarily include promoting opportunity and participation. Poverty amongst forest dwelling communities in India, presents challenge for administrators. Exploitation and ineffective public service delivery are major factors affecting poverty alleviation...
Evidence of democracy? The relationship between evidence-based policy and democratic government
January 2011
The preceding decade has witnessed the production of a substantial volume of scholarship dedicated to exploring the concept of evidence-based policy – the idea that ‘at the heart’ of properly developed public policy is ‘the best available evidence’. Concomitantly, ‘evidence’ has secured an unparalleled pride of place (at least, rhetorically) among policy-makers, who...
Recreating government: Entrepreneurship and proverbs in public administration
December 2010
Corruption in the Cameroon public service is beyond any language to describe. As people gasp for speech, they use proverbs to express the situation. Civil servants stroll in and out their offices. Work time is set by government from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. The people set their own time as they think fit. It was observed that half the working population start work at 9:00 am and leave offices at 2:30 pm instead of...
Intra-class struggle in Nigeria
December 2010
The paper examines how elite competition for power and dominance resulted in the manipulation of ethnicity as a means of political mobilization to gain advantage to strategic position in competition with contending factions of the elite. Thus, the elites are engaged in intra-class struggle in order to access power and resources. The outcome of this reveals that the pursuit of parochial interests among the...
The development of the concept of the "one best method" in public administration
December 2010
The notion that there is one right way of accomplishing a given task had an influential role in the theory and practice of public administration. This theoretical paper presents the impact of the scientific approach on the founding literature of the science of public administration. The main reform proposals that emphasized this concept will be presented through the early writings in the field. Then it...
Public procurement and corruption in Bangladesh confronting the challenges and opportunities
December 2010
In new democracies like Bangladesh code of conduct, the ethics and issues of conflict of interest have not been accorded a high priority for legislative and administrative reforms. To discuss the role of public administration in Bangladesh and recommends measures to be adopted to prevent corruption in public procurement. Information on global and regional in connection to procurement and corruption were...
Linking research evidence to health policy and practice
August 2010
Evidence based policies in public health are receiving increasing attention and importance for organizing, funding and delivering the health services. The world health organization’s, task force report on health system research states, “millennium development goals will not be attained without new research addressing health system constraints to delivering effective interventions” (World...
Dynamics of land for urban housing in Tanzania
August 2010
With increased movement of population in search for better settlement and employment, more people tend to be concentrated in urban areas. This article identifies the dynamics of land for urban housing in Tanzania with specific reference to Songea municipality. The article remarks on one hand, weaknesses in the existing institutional framework for urban planning and delivery of land services, unnecessary...
Determinants of key favorable environment for entrepreneurship development: An empirical study of some selected companies in Bangladesh
July 2010
The global economy is creating substantial changes for organizations and industries throughout the world. These changes make it necessary for business firms to carefully examine their purposes and to devote a great deal of attention to selecting strategies. These strategies are in pursuit of the levels of success that have a high probability of satisfying multiple stakeholders. In response to hyper-globalized...
Local government’s priorities, within the framework of the 4th programming period 2007 - 2013 (ESPA), as parameters of local development. The Greek experience
July 2010
The motive behind the writing of this project was the start of an attempt to modernize and reform local government organizations (LGOs) through their operational programmes, in combination with the new programming period, by means of the national strategic reference framework (ESPA), which was emerging throughout the Greek State. Essentially an attempt is being made through a literature review to set out how...
Research into citizens’ attitude towards electronic municipal services (e-local government)
May 2010
Use of the internet in the provision of services may prove an important advantage in improving the operation of local government, and an efficient means of providing citizens with better quality services. Although the implementation of corresponding practices depends on the ability of citizens in the community to adopt and use such service-providing systems. Actions taken by local government (1st level)...
Which way to Tehran? Pre-emptive air strike, cumulative diplomacy, technical isolation and the Iranian nuclear crises
May 2010
The issue of nuclear proliferation and its impact on the security of humanity remains the critical focus of policies and scholarships on international security since the decade following World War II. Thus, it is within this context that the Iranian nuclear programme has received so much resistance by Washington despite the lack of proof that the former been a signatory of the non-proliferation treaty has a...
The economics of rebuilding fisheries in Korea: National comprehensive approaches
March 2010
Korea’s coastal and offshore fisheries have experienced a reduction in their catch in the early twenty-first century. The total catch from coastal and offshore fisheries dropped from 1.7 million tonnes in 1986 to one million tonnes in 2004. To address such catch reduction, conventional fish stock enhancement programs have been constantly developed and implemented. However, as fish stocks have been...
Basic concepts with Erol Gungor: Nationalism, culture-civilization, cultural shift and intellectual
February 2010
Erol Gungor is one of the important persons in Turkish Sociology. It is well known that, in spite of having a short life time, he had a great influence on sociologists after his time. He reconsidered argumentive concepts in the Turkish sociology which began with Ziya Gokalp, and eliminated confusions and difficulties over thetehe concepts and made them much more clear and distinct. Key...
From entrepreneurial state to state of entrepreneurs: Ownership implications of the transformation in Mexican governance since 1982
February 2010
This paper aims to analyze the ownership implications of the transformation in Mexican governance since 1982. The turning point of the implementation of a new model of development was prompted by the Mexican State financial crisis of 1982, after a period of steady economic growth. The entrepreneurial State since then has been under the attack of new business elite, who are the direct beneficiaries of the...
The road to African integration: A historical perspective
December 2009
The integration of Africa into a full union has always been on the agenda of African politics, yet the African Union still remains an empty box. This paper reviews the history of the activity of a key integrating institution like the OAU, now AU. It is found that two things are critical in explaining the reasons why no consensus has been reached so far: first, lack of a sustained commitment on the part of the...
Estimation of effect size in a meta-analysis of series of validity studies on matriculation examinations in Nigeria
December 2009
The study formulated an algebraic path from the series of studies meta-analyzed on the validity of the University Matriculation Examination (UME) in Nigeria; in order to obtain a unique and common metrics with a view of making the results to convey the same interpretation. The study determined both the individual and overall effect sizes of 30 empirical studies. It also established the significant difference,...
Decentralisation by devolution in Tanzania: Reflections on community involvement in the planning process in Kizota Ward in Dodoma
November 2009
This paper provides a discussion on Decentralization-by-Devolution (D-by- D) in planning process in Tanzania a focus being on Kizota ward in Dodoma. The paper provides findings on how grassroots level is involved in preparing the three years strategic plan and its implications towards solving socio-economic problems at grassroots level. The study employed a combined research design where case study design and...
An estate valuer’s assessment of the Lagos state land use charge law 2001
November 2009
Increasing demand for provision of urban and rural infrastructures and other expenditures have dictated governments at all levels and world over to raise funds through taxation. In Nigeria, Lagos State Government passed into law land use charge on properties within its territory to increase internally generated funds. This paper assessed the provisions of the law and determined the effects on stakeholders. In...
Non-profit organizations in public policy implementation
November 2009
The surge in employment of non-profit organizations (NPO) in the implementation of policies and public management, domestic or international, calls for theorizing how they operate. They have to somehow resolve two challenges to their existence: (a) to elicit commitment from governments and other donors; (b) to receive involvement from volunteers in their projects. Partly the NPOs approach these questions...
Conflicting narratives of observation reports on Cameroon’s 2004 presidential election and the problematic role of the state bureaucracy in the electoral process
October 2009
This article portrays the legal framework applicable and assesses the impact of the several mentioned irregularities, especially if they were of sufficient magnitude or scope to change the proclaimed winner in the October 11, 2004 presidential election. Controversies and uncertainties over allegations of irregularities reflect the problematic role of the State bureaucracy, serious inadequacy and lack of...
Political influence on bureaucratic growth and social responsiveness: A case of Ondo State, Nigeria
October 2009
This study takes a critical look at the ways through which political office holders manipulated recruitment into the public service of Ondo State between 1999 and 2003. It holds that the phenomenal rise in the size of the public service of Ondo state during this period was due largely to political exertion; something akin to the spoils systems in the 18th century United States. The cost implication of...
The concept of the university as learning organization: Its functions, techniques and possible ways of making it effective
September 2009
Learning organization is a concept that is becoming an increasingly widespread philosophy in our contemporary society. It has a strong humanistic orientation, being a place where people continually expand their capacity to produce results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured and where people are continually learning how to learn together. In order to implement learning...
Challenges in implementing code of conduct within the public sector in Anglophone West African countries: Perspectives from public managers
August 2009
This paper reports on a focus group study of senior and middle-level public managers’ perceptions about barriers to the implementation of code of conduct in the public sector in five Anglophone West African countries. The paper adopts a qualitative research strategy using focus group interviews for 35 serving senior, middle and junior level manager drawn from the five Anglophone West African Countries...
Management of Nigerian health care institutions: A cross sectional survey of selected health institutions in Abuja Nigeria
August 2009
Health services management, which is described as the process of mobilizing and deploying resources for the efficient provision of effective health services, has taken the center stage in business discussions across the globe. Poor management is unanimously blamed for the diminishing fortunes of most health industries. The present study was designed to review the managerial skills of health administrators and their...
The language of politics and political behaviors; rhetoric of President Olusegun Obasanjo and the 2007 general elections in Nigeria
July 2009
Leadership succession in liberal democratic regimes is expected to take place under an electoral process that can be adjudged as free and fair and where citizens exercise their inalienable right to elect leaders of their choice. It can however correctly be inferred from President Olusegun Obasanjo’s rhetoric prior to the 2007 general elections in Nigeria that the option for citizens to determine who...
Kuwaiti female leaders’ perspectives: The influence of culture on their leadership
July 2009
This research revealed the interactions between the Kuwaiti culture, gender, and leadership from the perspective of 5 Kuwaiti female leaders. Within a qualitative design approach and narrative inquiry methodology, the researcher interviewed 5 Kuwaiti females who shared their stories about their personal and professional experiences about the interactions between culture, gender, and leadership. The analysis...
Fiscal solidarity: Key benefits and pitfalls for Spain to lower their fiscal conflicts
June 2009
On December 6th, 1978 the Spanish population implemented its new constitution by means of a referendum and finalised the transition process from the Franco regime to a modern democracy based on a parliamentary monarchy. In the next 30 years the fiscal power and the expenditure autonomy of the 17 regions, called Comunidades autónomas, increased constantly. But on the other hand, in some regions –...
How will climate change transform African local governance? – Assessing the role of civic engagement
June 2009
The impact of climate change viewed from the poverty context of the region will deepen the plight of the continent. Nonetheless, the engagement of the asset of local governance will bring about a lot of opportunities owing from the fact that governance is about creating opportunities with, through and for society. In the face of climate change in Africa local governance will create a number of opportunities...
Science entrepreneurship: Challenges and opportunities in India
May 2009
The rise of economy and information technology is fast transforming the intellectual property and technology commercialization in the developing world, particularly in India. absence of awarenesss, strong domestic pressure groups, lack of consortium of IP attorneys and scientists, biotechnology firms and private sponsored research coupled with increase in brain drain have tremendously affected growth of...
Supranationalism between the nation-state and international cooperation
May 2009
On one hand, supranationalism is a level of international cooperation while on the other hand it is a model of institutional structure present in the European studies, or, in a broader view, in international relationships, as well as a method of cooperation, or integration rather, which depends on positioning the international interactions on the supranational level. The purpose of this article is to examine...
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