scholarly journals Late to the Party? Agile Methods in British and German Government Institutions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximilian Kupi
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
State Level ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Agile Methods ◽  
Funding Agency ◽  
Online Data ◽  
German Government ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Over Time

This thesis project developed an online data collection and analysis system to trace the evolution and spread of agile methods in British and German government institutions. Agile methods are rooted in the software development departments of the private sector and are characterised by an iterative development process that focuses on the user. As the digital transformation gains ground in the public sector, these methods are also becoming more relevant to government institutions. Yet, public management literature still lacks an understanding of the temporal and spatial evolution of this development. To fill this research gap, this study analysed the occurrence of agile methods related keywords on British and German government websites over time. A total of 49 government domains were crawled and 171,569 potentially agile related pages downloaded. After preprocessing (e.g. extracting the publishing organisation’s name and the publishing date) and cleaning the data, 451 relevant sites were left. The analysis showed that the number of agile related sites published by government institutions as well as the number of government domains publishing agile sites increased over time and particularly in recent years (289% increase in number of published sites from 2017 to 2019). Furthermore, it revealed that 84% of agile sites also mention digital transformation related keywords. German federal and state level institutions published a total of 74 agile related pages, the first one in 2015, and the most active bodies turned out to be the Federal Ministry of Labour & Social Aairs and the state of Baden-Württemberg. The Federal Government Office and the Bavarian government lead in terms of most detailed methods description. On the other hand, Britons have been discussing agile methods on their government web presences since 2011 (380 pages in total), while the lead institutions in terms of number of sites published are the Government Digital Service and the Cabinet Office. With regard to the depth of agile methods descriptions the leaders are the Home Office and the Education & Skills Funding Agency. When comparing British and German central government ministerial departments, the wide lead – in terms of all three, quantity, timing, and depth – of the British institutions becomes apparent. To catch up, Germans should more strongly acknowledge the strategic relevance of agile methods for government’s digital transformation, and consider establishing distinct lighthouse institutions that internally push the application of agile methods and openly talk about it so that other institutions can follow. Future work could include further relevant actors such as NGOs, consultancies or media outlets in the analysis to possibly reveal who ”drives” the adoption of agile methods in government institutions.

scholarly journals Efektivitas Kelembagaan Pemerintah dalam Integrasi Pola Pengelolaan Sumber Daya Air dalam RTRW (Studi Kasus: Provinsi Jawa Tengah)

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Silviani Junita ◽  
Imam Buchori
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Coordination Pattern ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
The Government

<p><em>The effectiveness of integration in water resources management in spatial planning can be achieved if there is a harmonious coordination between central government and local government. This research is aimed to analyze the role and the coordination pattern of inter-sectoral institutions relate to water resource planning and management in RTRW. This research is using quantitative approach. The analysis is conducted to analysis the role and the coordination in inter-sectoral institutional and to analysis the effectiveness of the successful integration of water resources management in spatial planning. The analysis result shows that there the government institutions integrated with the water resources management in spatial planning is still ineffective because there are the differences of substance regulation between water resources management and spatial planning. So, the recommendation is to make a coordination forum to accommodate the interests of water resources and spatial planning so there is an agreement in the water resources management in the spatial planning regulation.</em></p>

scholarly journals The Politics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 381
Author(s):  
Uma Purushothaman ◽  
John S. Moolakkattu
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Central Government ◽  
State Level ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Medical Supplies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Containment Measures ◽  
The Government ◽  
Union Government

India responded to the COVID-19 measures abruptly and in a tough manner during the early stages of the pandemic. Its response did not take into consideration the socio-economic life of the majority of people in India who work in the informal sector and the sheer diversity of the country. The imposition of a nationwide lockdown using the Disaster Management Act 2005 enabled the Union Government to impose its will on the whole country. India has a federal system, and health is a state subject. Such an overbearing role on the part of the Central Government did not, however, lead to coordinated action. Some states expressed their differences, but eventually all complied with the central guidelines. The COVID-19 pandemic struck at a time when an agitation was going on in the country, especially in New Delhi, against the Citizen Amendment Act. The lockdown was imposed all of a sudden and was extended until May 31. This led to a humanitarian crisis involving a large number of domestic migrant workers, who were left stranded with no income for survival and no means of transport to go home. Indians abroad who were intending to return also found themselves trapped. Dissenting voices were silenced through arrests and detentions during this period, and the victims included rights activists, students, lawyers, and even some academics. Power tussles and elections continued as usual and the social distancing norms were often compromised. Since COVID-19 containment measures were carried out primarily at the state level, this paper will also selectively draw on their experiences. India also used the opportunity to burnish its credentials as the ‘pharmacy of the world’ by sending medical supplies to over a hundred countries. In the second wave, there were many deaths, but the government was accused of undercounting them and of not doing enough to deliver vaccines to Indians. This paper will deal with the conflicts, contestations and the foreign policy fallout following the onset of the pandemic and the measures adopted by the union government to cope with them, with less focus on the economic and epidemiological aspects of pandemic management. This paper looks at previous studies, press reports, and press releases by government agencies to collect the needed data. A descriptive and analytical approach is followed in the paper.

Transformative Constitutionalism

2020 ◽  
pp. 165-189
Author(s):  
Diego Werneck Arguelhes
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
The Public ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Status ◽  
Actual Change ◽  
The Government ◽  
Over Time

The Brazilian experience with a transformative constitution and an empowered constitutional court has so far been mixed. This chapter uses the case of Brazil to draw three sets of lessons. First, courts are part of the broader arrangement of government institutions which are shaped by elections over time; these dynamics may lead to mismatches between blueprints for constitutional transformation, over time and across different actors and institutions. In Brazil, such a mismatch initially led to the Supreme Court resisting the broad transformative mandate it had received in the new constitutional text. Second, a change in how courts describe their transformative mandate in their decisions is a poor measure of actual change in how they perform their role. Third, while judicial decisions might not be enough to transform existing patterns of inequality, they can still positively change the court’s standing before the public, in general, and scholars in particular. This scenario might lead courts to fashion an optical illusion: judges might choose cases with transformative potential and issue rulings requiring major, structural changes in the way the government deals with certain issues, only to refrain from following up on what happens after these decisions are taken. They reap the benefits of being associated with transformative discourse and move on to the next issue, leaving the status quo largely undisturbed. For these reasons, while the Brazilian experiment with transformative constitutionalism has not necessarily been unsuccessful, it should not be read as a success case of ‘court-centric’ approach to transformative constitutionalism when it comes to social rights and material inequality.

scholarly journals The effects of government expenditure on sustainable economic growth in India: assessment of the circular economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (01) ◽  
pp. 74-80
Author(s):  
SMITHA NAYAK ◽  
VARUN S.G. KUMAR ◽  
SUHAN MENDON ◽  
RAMONA BIRAU ◽  
CRISTI SPULBAR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Government Spending ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Online Data ◽  
The Government

Government expenditure is linked to the economic growth and is the driving force of the every country. In the post liberalization era, India has been exposed to the dynamics of the world economy due to which India has witnessed a significant impact of Government spending on its economic growth. The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of the Central Government spending on the growth of the Indian economy over a period, from 2006 to 2016. The online data disclosures of the various ministries have been the major source of secondary data. Co-integration analysis is adopted to evaluate the effect of individual sectorial spending on the economic growth and gross domestic product. The economic spending is classified into 5 sectors namely: General Services, Social Services, Economic Services, Grants in Aid & Contribution and Public debt & Loans for analysis, as disclosed by the sources. The analysis gives us an idea of the various sectors which have a positive impact and the sectors which have a negative impact. The results would play an instrumental role in exploring the sectors in which the government should invest more, thereby contributing to an enhancement in the country’s growth.

scholarly journals Desigualdad social y toma de decisiones en los comunales: El gobierno del mayor canal de riego de España (la Acequia Real del Júcar, Valencia) en el siglo XIX

2021 ◽  
pp. 97-128
Author(s):  
Salvador Calatayud Giner ◽  
Samuel Garrido
Keyword(s):  
Irrigation System ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
Toma De Decisiones ◽  
Main Canal ◽  
Siglo Xix ◽  
Participation Mechanisms ◽  
The Government ◽  
Management Institutions ◽  
The Right ◽  
Over Time

We analyse the management institutions of a community irrigation system in Mediterranean Spain, the Acequia Real (Royal Canal) of the Júcar river, where social inequality among irrigators was high. We look at the changes in the canal's institutions over time. There were two levels of government institutions. Only the elites could participate in the first one, that is, the government of the main canal. Although the local management bodies that governed the successive derivations of the main canal included more people, not every irrigator had the right to be part of them, but there were informal participation mechanisms that allowed everyone to voice.

What Determines Electoral Outcomes in India?

Asian Survey ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahul Verma
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
National Level ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
National Elections ◽  
General Satisfaction ◽  
Electoral Outcomes ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
Member Of Parliament

Abstract In 2004 and 2009, the incumbent central governments in India enjoyed a high level of voter satisfaction. Why then did incumbents lose elections in 2004, while winning them in 2009? The different electoral outcomes can be explained by a combination of satisfaction with a constituent's member of Parliament and the performance of the government at the state level, as well as satisfaction with the government at the national level. This analysis rejects the conventional argument of general satisfaction with the performance of the central government as being the determinant of electoral outcomes in national elections.

The Investment Climate in Russia

2006 ◽  
pp. 48-77
Author(s):  
Article Editorial
Keyword(s):  
Money Demand ◽  
State Level ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Operational Environment ◽  
Gdp Growth Rate ◽  
External Conditions ◽  
Potential Gdp ◽  
The Government ◽  
Economic Boom

During the last six years, exceptionally favourable external conditions for an upsurge of the domestic economy have been developed. However, they failed to result in an economic boom, which has been estimated by the authors as quite possible. One of the reasons for this - deterioration of the investment climate in the country that caused a decline of business activities and money demand decrease thus leading to reduction of potential GDP growth rate. The accumulated modernisation problems cannot be resolved without increasing the economic dynamics. But this requires an economic policy able to facilitate predictability of Russian business operational environment, to protect it legally, to secure a system of partnership relations with the government and to respect the interests of the main participants in the state level decision-making process concerning business undertakings and investment climate.

New Approach for Comparison of Countries’ Achievements in Science Olympiads

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
Mile JOVANOV ◽  
Marija MIHOVA ◽  
Bojan KOSTADINOV ◽  
Emil STANKOV
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
The Government ◽  
Valuable Content

There are several International Olympiads for secondary school students (for example, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and informatics). These Olympiads are not just a science competition, but a means to care for talent in the particular science. The goal of this paper is to identify the necessary topics important for good results at these international contests, and to compare the contest systems for the countries in South Eastern Europe, in the field of Informatics (Computer Science), as a region that is one of the prominent world regions in the context of high results in the international competitions. Here, we provide comparison through detailed analysis of several countries, and further we present a new approach that may be used to compare the achievements of the countries based on the results that students achieved at these competitions. Finally, we present an application of this approach on the results of some of the discussed countries compared to Macedonia. We strongly believe that the paper will provide a valuable content and approach for the entities involved in the organization of the contests, to measure their results compared to other countries, to use the information for improvement, and to use their achievements to raise awareness among the government institutions and companies in order to get support from them.

A Study On Challenges Faced By Small Scale Entrepreneurship Management In Tirunelveli City

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (10) ◽  
pp. 244-251
Author(s):  
Dr. V. Sangeetha ◽  
S.Selva Kumari ◽  
M. Deena ◽  
K. Chandra
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Central Government ◽  
New Products ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The Government

In modern days entrepreneurship are increased and they were faced a lot of issues and challenges. Entrepreneur is one who has creative and innovative ideas for a business. The entrepreneurship reduces the unemployment. The Government was encouraged the Entrepreneurs and give award for them. Main objective for these awards is to recognize the business and business man and improve the marketability introduced new products for a market. The Central Government issues award for entrepreneurs who have a age of 40 years and they must be first generation entrepreneurs. They were holding a 51% of equity and ownership of business and then women must individually own 75% or more of the enterprise.

The Problem of Agricultural Taxation in West Pakistan and an Alternative Solution: A Comment (Notes & Comments)

1973 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-437
Author(s):  
Sarfaraz Khan Qureshi
Keyword(s):  
Capita Income ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Per Capita Income ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Water Rate ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Government

In the Summer 1973 issue of the Pakistan Development Review, Mr. Mohammad Ghaffar Chaudhry [1] has dealt with two very important issues relating to the intersectoral tax equity and the intrasectoral tax equity within the agricultural sector in Pakistan. Using a simple criterion for vertical tax equity that implies that the tax rate rises with per capita income such that the ratio of revenue to income rises at the same percentage rate as per capita income, Mr. Chaudhry found that the agricultural sector is overtaxed in Pakistan. Mr. Chaudhry further found that the land tax is a regressive levy with respect to the farm size. Both findings, if valid, have important policy implications. In this note we argue that the validity of the findings on intersectoral tax equity depends on the treatment of water rate as tax rather than the price of a service provided by the Government and on the shifting assumptions regard¬ing the indirect taxes on imports and domestic production levied by the Central Government. The relevance of the findings on the intrasectoral tax burden would have been more obvious if the tax liability was related to income from land per capita.

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