scholarly journals Government department leads successful change challenge: national voluntary health organizations plan for future state

Author(s):  
Irene Devine ◽  
Hedley G. Dimock

{Paragraph 1 of Introduction]: The last decade of this century has been a difficult one for the public sector. Budgets have been cut, programs merged or eliminated, and operational staff downsized. There have been societal changes including shifts in attitudes and values, and excessive consumerism. During the decade, the 'victim' phenomena has become a prevailing force with well organized special interest groups demanding recompense for perceived injustices. And days of universal entitlements have been under critical review, if not coming to an end. All government levels have been under increased pressure for services, yet have had fewer resources with which to respond and a less clear mandate with which to work. Statements such as "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you," are met with wry smiles as many government programs' credibility has waned. New and creative responses are required to meet the challenges of responding to these 'new realities'. This article is a report of a government department that radically altered its service delivery and pioneered an experimental program based on the latest understandings from the field of organization development. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (I) ◽  
pp. 93-126
Author(s):  
Presetyo Firgianto ◽  
Prof. Dr. S. Pantja Djati, M.Si., MA

Upstream oil and gas activities both searching up to oil and gas production are government programs where activities are regulated in legislation. Before drilling, to obtain oil and gas reserves, the need for land for drilling activities is a step that must be passed. Since the upstream oil and gas activities are government programs, the government guarantees the availability of land for such activities that can be classified into the public interest and set forth in Law No. 2 of 2012 on Land Procurement for Development for the Public Interest.               The formulation of the problem in this research is : How the stages of activities Land acquisition for the public interest PT.Pertamina EP - Paku Gajah Development Project?, What are the opportunities and impacts at each stage of the activity ? Land acquisition for public interest PT.Pertamina EP - Paku Gajah Development Project ?, and How is the mitigation effect of each stage of Land Acquisition activities for This research uses semi-quantitative descriptive method. The data collection tool used is questionnaire with liekert scale (1-5). The results of this study indicate that the stages of land acquisition for the public interest consists of planning, preparation, implementation, and delivery of results.


2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Nur Afni Khafsoh

Abstract: The use of gadgets in children has a positive and negative impact. The positive impact of using gadgets among others can help learn the child and can provide information about the broad knowledge and easy way to access it. While the negative impact is decreased socialization with others, addictive effects, resulting in decreased visual function and others. However, from all the shortcomings, it would be good impact the use of this gadget can make a breakthrough for the government in running the program. As is known, public service is one of the programs provided by the government in the development process, often the government program is not running properly due to the many inhibiting factors, such as access that is difficult for the public to get information, the mainset of the government that is still traditional to the public indifference in the government program . This has become a challenge for the government to create a breakthrough in government policy. As with using gadgets in the process of program socialization or program implementation. At the same time invite the community to participate actively in the development process, especially pembangunnan village potential to be developed. However, it is not easy to use technological advances in the implementation of government programs. The obstacles faced are infrastructure preparation and human resource capability. So that community participation in the development process can increase and society can be the subject in the nation's progress. Keywords: Gadget, Community Service, Technology Utilization Abstrak: Penggunaan gadget pada anak memiliki dampak positif dan negatif. Dampak positif dari penggunaan gadget yaitu dapat membantu belajar anak, dapat memberikan informasi tentang ilmu pengetahuan yang luas dan mudah mengaksesnya. Sedangkan dampak negatifnya yaitu menurunnya sosialisasi dengan orang lain, memberikan efek kecanduan, mengakibatkan menurunnya fungsi penglihatan dan lain-lain. Namun, dari segala kekurangan tersebut, alangkah baiknya dampak penggunaan gadget ini dapat menjadikan terobosan bagi pemerintah dalam menjalankan programnya. Seperti diketahui, pelayanan masyarakat menjadi salah satu program yang disediakan pemerintah dalam proses pembangunan, seringkali program pemerintah tidak berjalan sesuai mestinya dikarenakan banyaknya faktor penghambat, seperti akses yang sulit dimiliki masyarakat untuk mendapat informasi, mainset oknum pemerintah yang masih tradisional hingga ketidakpedulian masyarakat dalam program pemerintah. Hal ini menjadi sebuah tantangan bagi pemerintah untuk menciptakan terobosan dalam kebijakan pemerintah. Seperti dengan menggunakan gadget dalam proses sosialisasi program ataupun pelaksanaan program. Sekaligus mengajak masyarakat untuk berpartisipasi aktif dalam proses pembangunan, terutama pembangunnan desa yang potensial untuk dikembangkan. Namun, tidak mudah menggunakan kemajuan teknologi dalam pelaksanaan program pemerintah. Kendala yang dihadapi adalah persiapan infrastruktur dan kemampuan sumber daya manusia. Tentunya hal ini dapat meningkatkan partisipasi masyarakat dalam pembangunan. Kata kunci: Gadget, Pelayanan Masyarakat, Pemanfaatan Teknologi


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes G. Meinhard ◽  
Mary K. Foster

[Paragraph 1 of Introduction]: Significant shifts have been taking place in Canada’s social philosophy in the last decade or so which are having a major impact on the voluntary sector (McBride and Shields, 1997). These changes in Canada involve decreasing government participation in the provision of the social welfare net that Canadians are used to. At the same time, economic constraints are changing the nature of the partnership between government and the voluntary sector. During the post-war decades there was close cooperation between governments and the voluntary sector, with many government programs encouraging the growth of the sector through the provision of grants; today the government is down loading social services and forcing the sector to seek their funding elsewhere, while encouraging greater reliance on volunteering to provide for social services. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Enkin Asrawijaya

Gafatar is a form of community upheaval in Indonesia in the current reform era. Issues surrounding the ideology and the attempts of treason case became the problem that caused Gafatar to lose the masses of the public. Gafatar has the concept of food self-sufficiency which is then implemented in a peasant movement as its criticism of the government. To explain the dynamics of the Gafatar social movement, used the theory of McAdam et al, about Political Opportunities, Mobilizing Structures, and Cultural Framings. The political opportunity arises from the distrust of government programs that have been offered to the people who are deemed to be ineffective. Mobilizing Structur Gafatar movement is manifested through the formation of the organization, forming a network of cooperation and collective action. While cultural framing, created through the issues addressed to Gafatar causing the formation of negative stigma in society.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 356-361
Author(s):  
Luiz Carlos Torquato da Silva ◽  
Cilene Maria Lima Antunes Maciel

Este artigo problematizou o fato de não existir registro das políticas públicas de cada gestão e teve como objetivo avaliar a política de educação do município de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, no período de 1985 a 2015. Reconstitui a trajetória das Políticas Públicas de Educação de Cuiabá, no período de 1996, a fim de comparar o que efetivamente foi prometido e implantado pelos Prefeitos em campanhas eleitorais. A partir de uma discussão técnica e racional, foram examinados os programas e projetos desenvolvidos nesse período e, em virtude das diferentes políticas adotadas pelos gestores, observando essencialmente o que foi estatuído nos programas de governo e o que efetivamente entregues pelos secretários de educação. Foram feitas entrevistas com Secretários de Educação e Prefeitos à época, para observar a coesão das políticas educacionais em execução ao compreendê-la à luz da conjuntura. Observou-se uma complexidade do assunto, que em geral são políticas multifacetadas e envolvem questões político-administrativas que impactam nos aspectos da formação de professores, custeio e investimento, financiamento, movimentos da educação, remuneração docente, desempenho escolar, entre outros. Os dados permitiram verificar que houve avanços na aplicação em infraestrutura das escolas de educação básica e valorização do professor com vistas a melhoria da qualidade de ensino de Cuiabá. Em três décadas de gestão, cada gestor com seu ritmo, gestão e capacidade administrativas com o devido suporte de seus secretários municipais de educação foram elementos fundamentais na condução dessas linhas mestras de solução de continuidade no processo de educação do municipal de Cuiabá. Palavras-chave: Políticas Públicas. Gestão Democrática. Gestão Municipal. AbstractThis article problematized the fact that there is no record of the public policies of each management and aimed to evaluate the education policy of the municipality of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, from 1985 to 2015. Reconstitutes the trajectory of the Cuiabá Public Policies of Education, 1996 to compare what was actually promised and implemented by Mayors in election campaigns. From a technical and rational discussion, the programs and projects developed during this period were examined and, due to the different policies adopted by the managers, observing essentially what was established in the government programs and what actually delivered by the education secretaries. Interviews were conducted with Secretaries of Education and Mayors at the time, to observe the cohesion of the educational policies being implemented in understanding it in the light of the conjuncture. There was a complexity of the subject, which are generally multifaceted policies and involve political-administrative issues that impact on aspects of teacher education, costing and investment, financing, education movements, teacher remuneration, school performance, among others. The data allowed to verify that there were advances in the application in infrastructure of the elementary schools and valorization of the teacher in order to improve the quality of teaching in Cuiabá. In three decades of management, each manager with their pace, management and administrative capacity with the proper support of their municipal education secretaries were key elements in conducting these guidelines of continuity solution in the education process of the municipal district of Cuiabá. Keywords: Public Policies. Democratic Management. Municipal Management. 


2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zulkarnain Yusuf ◽  
Anuar Nawawi ◽  
Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin

Purpose The purpose of this paper is as follows: first, to analyze the opinion of the civil servant or payroll personnel towards the payroll system that currently used by the government. Second, to investigate the control measures currently exist in the payroll system and third, to examine any loopholes that may create opportunities for fraud to occur in that payroll system. Design/methodology/approach This study involves a survey of questionnaires to the department’s personnel that act as respondents. One government department has been selected as a case study in this research. This study was focussing on the payroll administration unit that responsible for all personnel payroll operation and administration. Findings The study concludes that payroll system has equipped with the security and control characteristic. However, there is still a risk of fraud due to some internal control weaknesses in the system. Thus, the awareness about the control and security of the system should be given priority so that the staffs will understand and aware about it. Research limitations/implications The study provides some evidence to indicate a weak and ineffective control measure in the payroll system that may lead to the fraud. Thus, by detail examination of the problems, the prevention and corrective action can be done in combating fraud. However, this study suffered from the small number of samples and limited access to the relevant documents due to confidentiality of the data. Practical implications This study reveals that there are a few key internal control points that can be enhanced to facilitate better protection of payroll expenses in combating fraud in the government department. These include clear segregation of duties, stricter approval process and highly protected personnel information. In addition, adoption of whistleblowing channel, established internal audit function and severe punishment to the wrongdoers also can be implemented. Originality/value This study is original as it examines fraud and malpractices issues that specific for payroll department in the government department that rare in literature.


1993 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney Verba ◽  
Kay Lehman Schlozman ◽  
Henry Brady ◽  
Norman H. Nie

We use responses to a large-scale national survey designed to oversample political activists to investigate the extent to which participant publics are representative of the public as a whole. Building upon the finding that while voters differ from nonvoters in their demographic attributes, their attitudes as measured by responses to survey questions are not distinctive, we consider a variety of political acts beyond voting that citizens can use to multiply their political input and to communicate more precise messages to policymakers. In addition, we consider not only respondents' demographic characteristics and policy attitudes but also their circumstances of economic deprivation and dependence upon government programs. Although activists are representative of the public at large in terms of their attitudes, they differ substantially in their demographic attributes, economic needs, and the government benefits they receive. Furthermore, in terms of the issues that animate participation, groups differentiated along these lines bring very different policy concerns to their activity.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes G. Meinhard ◽  
Mary K. Foster

[Paragraph 1 of Introduction]: Significant shifts have been taking place in Canada’s social philosophy in the last decade or so which are having a major impact on the voluntary sector (McBride and Shields, 1997). These changes in Canada involve decreasing government participation in the provision of the social welfare net that Canadians are used to. At the same time, economic constraints are changing the nature of the partnership between government and the voluntary sector. During the post-war decades there was close cooperation between governments and the voluntary sector, with many government programs encouraging the growth of the sector through the provision of grants; today the government is down loading social services and forcing the sector to seek their funding elsewhere, while encouraging greater reliance on volunteering to provide for social services. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:


2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 3628-3632
Author(s):  
Qian He ◽  
Xiu Xiu Wang

Tour engineering land is a special type of land utilization. However, at present academic circles don’t put plenty attention to tour engineering land and each related government department and plan unit also don’t emphasis on the problems arising from tour engineering land use. It causes that using and management of tour engineering land is in the chaotic condition. The spread of tour engineering land is increased and will lead to severe waste and damange of land resources. This is mutually contradictory with the tourism vigorous development. The paper creatively combines land utilization plan, land market management with traveling plan to construct the operation pattern of tour engineering land for its sustainable development.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Abdulrahman Alsaedi

The present study is an analysis of the representation of the crises brought about by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at the socio-economic front in Saudi Arabia and the world over, in two Saudi English dailies, Saudi Gazette and Arab News. The study analyses the use of metaphors in the language employed in reporting the news items or presentation of expert opinions on the virus and the disease, and the deeper significance of the use of such metaphors in writing on the pandemic and its causes. Cognitive Metaphor Theory (CMT) has been employed as framework of analysis and the data have been analysed using Pragglejaz Group’s MIP. Six news and opinionated items (two from Saudi Gazette and four from Arab News) have been analysed. The analysis shows that the crisis writing relies heavily on war metaphors, Sinophobia metaphors, and metaphors allaying fears. The metaphorical language used in the selected English dailies plays a big role in allaying the public fears on the spread of the disease and putting the government programs in the right perspective. The use of metaphorical language to talk about the pandemic and its potent causes has been quite effective in addressing the sensitive issues since human psyche displays deep-set prejudices against certain panic conditions and social formations.


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