POL 2042 COMPARATIVE INSTITUTIONS Tutorial Programme 2013 Tutorial hand-in assignments Weekly hand-ins will be a primary component of your tutorial work. • Tutorial hand-ins must be submitted in hard copy into your tutors’ pigeon holes with your name‚ student number‚ tutor and tutorial group number clearly marked‚ and electronically on VULA by 12:00 p.m. on the Monday of the week in which it is due. • Weekly hand-ins not submitted in the week that they are due (i.e. Fridays
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The PDCA cycle consists of four major components‚ each of which can be subdivided into the necessary step-by-step problem-solving activities. The first component is Plan. Before any corrective action is taken to prevent leakage in public funds‚ information must be collected on what is the root cause of this problem‚ what is the possible solution that can be developed and which alternative is the best for implementation. All of this needs to be done by people carefully selected on the basis of their
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Ghana LawsCIVIL SERVICE ACT 1993 (PNDCL 327) Section 1-Establishment and continued existence of the Civil Service (1) The organisation in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Act known as the Civil Service is‚ and shall‚ subject to this Act‚ continue to be‚ the Civil Service‚ in so far as the continuation is consistent with article 190 of the Constitution .(2) In accordance with article 190 of the Constitution‚ the Civil Service forms part of the Public Services of Ghana
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Leading and Managing in Organizations Robert Bontempo Handout ‘Chris Cunningham and Stover Industries’ was given out for the students to read. They were asked‚ “What would you do as a manager to fix the problem?”. Bontempo stressed ‘do’ rather than rephrase the problem. The problem is a sales manager called Chris who is taking it upon himself to instruct production to fill his orders regardless of their other tasks. A discussion followed in which students suggested various actions that
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Paige Eastman Professor Hackett English 11 January 29‚ 2015 Government Cutting Military Spending Robert J. Samuelson’s article‚ “The Dangerous Debate over Cutting Military Spending”‚ is precise and to the point. The article states a clear view of the inaccurate reasons the government is cutting military spending‚ and how he believes they are just excuses. The reasons that the government is cutting military spending‚ according to Samuelson‚ breaks down to four contributing factors. The four factors
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Comparison Matrix Essay Melissa L Cantwell‚ MHA Grand Canyon University: RES-811 January 13‚ 2015 Comparison Matrix Essay Studying leadership styles to determine if there are trends or dominant styles that represent best practices is critical for leaders in any field. An effective method for studying this information is conducting literature reviews and comparing their findings. Wright and Pandey’s (2010) article‚ “Transformational Leadership in the Public Sector: Does Structure Matter?”
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Define the Problem: Identify the major issue of the case‚ what are the problems and sub-problems Bob Salinger‚ CEO of Tidewater Corporation‚ a manufacturer of luxury boats‚ is facing a dilemma of whether or not to fire Ken Vaughn who is troubling the company with his misconduct. The problems they faced includes Ken Vaughn being the best artist in the industry when comes to designing boats. The company’s top management fears that if they fire him‚ there is high chance of him working with some other
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Introduction Henri Fayol (born 1841) who is a classical management theorist‚ and published (in 1916) his ideas of a management style that seems to categorise labour as capital‚ and sets out distinct titles of activities and roles that a manager should follow. Fayol’s theory has‚ supposedly‚ been heavily opposed by Henry Mintzberg’s (born 1939) differing views on management‚ portraying managers as critical strategic players (Brooks‚ 2009) and investigating what people are motivated by other than
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Mintzberg’s Ten Schools of Thought about Strategy Formation Model The Design School A process of conception Approach Clear and unique strategies are formulated. The internal situation of the organisation is used to match the external environment. Basis Architecture as a metaphor. Contributions Order. Reduced ambiguity. Useful in relatively stable environment Support strong and visionary leadership. The Planning School A formal process A rigorous set of steps are taken
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FOUR MANAGEMENT FUNCTION During early part of the twentieth century‚ Henri Fayol French industrialist proposed that all managers perform five management activities that are: plan‚ organize‚ command‚ coordinate‚ and control. But nowadays there management functions have been condensed to four: planning‚ organizing‚ leading and controlling. Managers exist in every business. In fact‚ managers do the same types of tasks in all businesses. Whether a person manages a hair salon or a factory‚ the manager’s
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