Act 9155‚ shared governance is a principle which recognizes that every unit in the education bureaucracy has a particular role‚ task and responsibility inherent in the office and for which it is principally accountable for outcomes. Since public office is a public trust‚ the head of any office plans‚ appropriates and spend available resources subjecting to usual accounting and auditing rules since this counts on the head’s accountability. This also checks whether the funds are judiciously spent in
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maximum access by all Kenyans to information held by public authorities to enable the country to transition to a knowledge-based society. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS GLOSSARY OF TERMS ...........................................................................................5 1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................9 2. EXISTING FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING INFORMATION HELD BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES........................................
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Page |2 Bureaucracy A bureaucracy is a form of organization based on logic‚ order‚ and the legitimate use of formal authority. Bureaucracies are meant to be orderly‚ fair‚ and highly efficient. The Bureaucratic approach to management was developed around the start of twentieth century by an important writer‚ Max Weber‚ a German Sociologist. The bureaucratic approach depends on five principles that are; 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Specialization of work Formal Rules & Procedures Impersonality Well-defined
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definition identifies the advantages of this type of organization‚ such as the safety‚ stability and the coherence‚ but also derived from the same advantages‚ disadvantages are pointed out such as rigidity‚ lack of motivation and resulting cumbersome administration. Its origin is based on the statements of Max Weber‚ the German sociologist late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Social institutions have many aspects similar to the aspects that make a criminal organization. One of these is the
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Obsolete civil service of Indian subcontinent HORSE-RIDING was a mandatory part of the training imparted to Indian Civil Service (ICS) officers of the pre-Partition era. The reason was less chivalrous and more practical as horses were a viable mode of transport and administrative officers would need the skill ever so often to visit their jurisdiction. Horse-riding continues to be part of the training of the officers of the Pakistan Administrative Service‚ the erstwhile District Management Group
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Based on information in the attached article‚ Principal Earnie Graham uses a purely traditional managerial approach in running Brittan Elementary School in Sutter‚ California. He clearly defines his authority when he says that it is within his power to set rules that promote a positive school environment. In his opinion‚ identification badges will improve things in school‚ therefore the students will wear badges. This is an example of hierarchy. Managerial Model - The traditional managerial approach
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accessibility is related to who is more amendable to judicial enforcement. When comparing public bureaucracy and corporations‚ public bureaucracies are more amendable. This comes with the fact that public officials are more accessible because of their accountability in public records; their actions are simply more visible and a matter of public record. Corporations are also very much accessible‚ many have public reports and they are very visible because their impacts on events are too significant. Whereas
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democracy”. The term is also known as oligarchy‚ an equivalent term in political science and is coined to describe a practice‚ or even a tradition referring to family members or people within the same bloodline‚ next of kin‚ or lineage who run for public office or it simply means the succession of family members into elected or appointed political offices. Some have voiced out that oligarchy is the root cause of all corruption in varying degree in the government which transcends not only from past
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Part A (Choose 4 out of 6 Qns) – 10 marks each (a) Definition for each keyword. (b) Concept relating to World Bank. a. Power b. Globalisation c. Bureaucracy d. Strategic Constituencies e. Organisational Structures f. New Public Management Part B ( Choose 2 out of 4 Qns) – 30 marks each Q1) ‘The modern perspective provides explanations that afford the analytical frameworks‚ predictive models‚ and principles for organising that managers use to diagnose problems and design organisations
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Predictability • Measures that test Good Governance o The popular perception o The poor perception • Implementation of Good Governance o Strategies to improve Governance (12 Point Agenda‚ April 1999) o Role of public sector and public servant • Conclusion. Good Governance and the Role of the Public Servant (Essay Paper 2000) The concept of "governance" is not new. It is as old as human civilization. Simply put "governance" means: the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are
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