scholarly journals Transparency in the Financial and Administrative Control Authority in the Sultanate of Oman: Pillars and Dimensions

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-599
Author(s):  
Ahmad Abdollah Salim Al Mashaikhie ◽  
Mohammad Nazri Mohammad Nor
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Work ◽  
Administrative Control ◽  
Control Authority ◽  
Control Body

The study aims to identify transparency in the Financial and Administrative Control Authority in the Sultanate of Oman. The problem of the study lies in the low status of Omani institutions in the Global Corruption Perceptions Index, which reflects the spread of financial and administrative corruption in the Financial and Administrative Control Authority in the Sultanate of Oman. The study highlights the importance of shedding light on transparency in the Financial and Administrative Control Authority in the Sultanate of Oman. The study followed the descriptive analytical approach to describe and analyze transparency in the Financial and Administrative Control Authority in the Sultanate of Oman. The study reached many results, including that the Financial and Administrative Control Authority is trying to apply governance standards in accordance with the instructions issued in this regard. The results showed that one of the most important dimensions of transparency is the possibility of separating powers, practicing transparency in the areas of public life, and activating the law. The results also showed that the pillars of transparency are clarity of work rules in institutions, the dimensions of suspicious personalities from financial and administrative work, rationalization of consumption, and ensuring access to information by the Financial and Administrative Control Authority in the Sultanate of Oman. The results concluded that the application of transparency greatly contributed to enhancing the freedom of access to information, and the reports of the supervisory bodies on the situation inside the institutions received a lot of attention from the public, which indicates the importance of the prominent media role played by the supervisory institutions in order to enhance the role of transparency. The study recommended the need to expand the application of transparency elements in the financial and administrative control body in the Sultanate of Oman. The study also recommended that the practice of transparency contributes to the spread of more freedoms in society, but it is of the opinion that the application of transparency should not be limited to the public employee in institutions only without looking at the higher leaders, as these leaders may be one of the causes of financial and administrative corruption. The study also recommended that the supervisory authorities have many foundations and standards in the matter of punishment and accountability without prejudice to the rights of the employee, as well as researching the reasons for his fraud and obtaining illegal funds from the institution in which he works.

scholarly journals The Reality of Governance for the Financial and Administrative Control Authority in the Sultanate of Oman: Reality and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 64-92
Author(s):  
Ahmad Abdollah Salim Al Mashaikhie ◽  
Mohd Nazri Mohd Noor
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Administrative Control ◽  
Control Authority ◽  
Control Body

This study aims to identify the reality of governance for the Financial and Administrative Control Authority in the Sultanate of Oman. The problem of the study is that the Financial and Administrative Control Authority in the Sultanate of Oman is making many efforts to popularize procedures and methods through the tasks carried out by the Financial and Administrative Control Authority to improve the economic performance of institutions and to discover financial and administrative violations that workers may commit during a certain period of time. The importance of governance is highlighted in many matters, most notably the need to respect the laws and regulations that institutions follow, and that governance contributes to exposing professional errors and increasing the experiences of workers, especially those working in the financial and administrative fields, in order to achieve the highest levels of job discipline. Governance contributes significantly to achieving the long- and medium-term goals of institutions and companies. The study followed the descriptive analytical approach to describe and analyze the role of governance in the financial and administrative control body in the Sultanate of Oman. The current study concluded that governance in the Financial and Administrative Control Authority in the Sultanate of Oman is based on several pillars, including work ethics in financial institutions and the continuity of oversight, follow-up and oversight. The study recommended the necessity of applying governance mechanisms in Omani institutions.

The Public Life of Montaigne

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Desan
Keyword(s):  
Public Life ◽  
The Public

Montaigne’s public life extends over more than thirty years—from 1556 to 1588. His first career was as a member of the parlement from 1554 to 1570, one that reflected the desire of his father, Pierre Eyquem. After leaving his post of councilor in the parlement of Bordeaux, he displayed his diplomatic ambitions, which were not rewarded. In 1581, Montaigne was appointed mayor of Bordeaux for two years; he was reelected to this position in 1583. After his term of office ended, for a time he played the role of negotiator between Henry III and the leader of the Protestant party, Henry of Navarre. Imprisoned in 1588, he abandoned all political ambitions and ended his public life before retiring to his château. The public life of Montaigne allows us to consider the Essays as an attempt at political reappropriation in the aftermath of the Saint Bartholomew’s Day massacre.

The role of financial analysis using financial models to predict the financial stumble on the Saudi public utilities sector: An applied study: دور التحليل المالي باستخدام النماذج المالية للتنبؤ بالتعثر المالي على قطاع المرافق العامة السعودية: دراسة تطبيقية

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Najla Ibrahim Abdulrahman, Fatimah Ibrahim Alkhamis
Keyword(s):  
Capital Market ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Financial Models ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
Applied Study ◽  
The Right

This study aimed to find out the role of financial analysis using financial models to predict the financial stumble on the Saudi public utilities sector. The study was based on the financial analysis of the financial lists published by the sample of the study of the Gas and Manufacturing Company (Gasco) and the Saudi Electricity Company listed in the Saudi Capital Market Authority. During the period (2009-2018) I followed the descriptive analytical approach. The study found the effectiveness of the Abdul Rahman model to predict the financial stumble on the public utilities sector, and the low effectiveness of the Altman model and the Kida model to predict financial stumbles on the utility sector. The study also recommended encouraging audit offices to add financial analysis services to the possibility of predicting and addressing financial stumbles, directing companies using financial models that help predict financial stumbles, encouraging investors to use financial models that help predict financial stumbles to make the right decision, and directing researchers in the study of financial default forecasting on the insurance sector using the Abdul Rahman model.

scholarly journals Initiatives Management's Role in Improving Work Efficiency: A Field Study On Workers in Salalah Methanol Company in Dhofar Governorate

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-42
Author(s):  
Abubakar Ahmed Mohammed Almuallam ◽  
Mohammed Nashief S. Disomimba
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Work Efficiency ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Scheffe Test ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Level Of Significance

This quantitative study discussed the role of initiatives management in improving the work efficiency of the employees of the Methanol Company in the Dhofar Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. The problem emerged that some Omani institutions suffered from administrative and economic crises as a result of fluctuations in oil prices, the absence of scientific bases adopted in the selection and appointment of people to jobs, and the absence of criteria for evaluating achievement and results. Therefore, the study aimed to; Diagnosing the level of initiatives management at the Methanol Company in the Dhofar Governorate, and the level of improving the company's work efficiency The study adopted the descriptive analytical approach, and the study population consisted of all employees of the Salalah Methanol Company in the Governorate of Dhofar, who numbered (160) employees. A random sample of (113) employees was selected according to the table of Gresty and Morgan (1970). The researcher designed a questionnaire by making use of the theoretical literature. It consisted of (48) phrases distributed in (8) axes. The following statistical methods were adopted: descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation coefficient, alpha consistency coefficient, T-test for two independent samples, one-way analysis of variance, multiple regression analysis, Scheffe test for dimensional comparisons. The research found a set of results, including: There is a direct relationship between initiatives management and improving work efficiency. There is a statistically significant effect at the level of significance (a ≤ 0.05) between managing initiatives and improving work efficiency. There were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (a ≤ 0.05) about managing initiatives and improving work efficiency due to demographic variables.

Motives for using social media among post-basic education students (11-12) in Al-Buraimi Governorate schools in the Sultanate of Oman: دوافع استخدام وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي لدى طلبة مرحلة التعليم ما بعد الأساسي (11-12) بمدارس محافظة البريمي بسلطنة عُمان

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (45) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelfattah Mohammed Said Alkhawaja, Shahin Mohammed Ali Kam
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Education Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Public ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Time Type ◽  
Grade 11

The main of this study is to identify the motivation for using social media among grade (11-12) school students at Al-Buraimi governorate in Oman through the following variables (class, gender, time, type of media mostly visited & the purpose of using the site). Among sample (240 male & female) students, who were distributed into 13 different schools from Al-Buraimi, mahdah & as-sunaynah. A questionnaire of motivation for using Social Media has been used. The sample percentage was 13% of the whole population target. The results showed that there are no statistical differences between grade 11 and grade 12 students in using social media. In addition, there is no significant difference in (gender) in using social media. Also, the study revealed that the most highlighted usage of social media amongst the study sample was for exploring the public culture. While the results showed that the number (155) of the study sample, which means (60%), they are using social media according to the available conditions. (47.9%) percentage of the sample was on social media about (1-3 hours). The most popular site was Instagram. The study recommended activating the role of the school administration, teacher & social worker in the school for helping students to take the benefit from social media & address the negative aspects of these means through school radio, lectures, seminars, scientific journals & etc.

Digitalization of the main spheres of public life in modern Russia: problems and risks

2021 ◽  
pp. 187-190
Author(s):  
Mariya Viktorovna Kudryavtseva
Keyword(s):  
Public Life ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Information Culture ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Consciousness ◽  
Key Resources

The article shows the role of the development of information and computer technologies and the process of digitalization in various spheres of public life. It is noted that in such conditions information becomes one of the key resources. It is emphasized that for the modern society in the context of accelerating scientific and technological progress, it is becoming more and more difficult to critically comprehend the constantly increasing information flows. Virtual space offers tremendous opportunities for influencing public consciousness. In the context of the issue under consideration, some negative consequences are noted, including for the evolution of the mental sphere of the population. The article demonstrates important strategic directions for the development of the information society in modern Russia. It is emphasized that the processes of digitalization of the public life spheres and the new risks associated with it pose special tasks for modern social policy, in particular, in matters of purposefully increasing the level of information culture of the population, the quality of human capital and preparing society for global technological changes.

scholarly journals Pacification and Indigenous Struggles in Canada

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tia Dafnos
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Indigenous Resistance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
Information Requests

Front-line police operations are deeply entwined with less visible activities – or practices not commonly identified as policing – that are carried out by a wide range of participants as strategies of settler-colonial pacification operating through the organizing logics of security and liberal legalism. Using open source texts and records obtained through access to information requests, this article unmaps some of the contemporary strategies employed by Canadian institutions to pacify Indigenous resistance. As a contribution to the body of work seeking to develop the politics of anti-security, the analysis disrupts the binary categories that animate security logic by examining the public order policing approach of the Ontario Provincial Police, the framing of Indigenous resistance as a security threat, and the integral role of Indian Affairs in securing the settler-state.

Part 4 Constitutionalism and Separation of Powers, 4.5 Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Limits of Islam

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akbarzadeh Shahram
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Administrative Control ◽  
Soviet Legacy ◽  
Soviet Central Asia

This chapter examines the limited role of Islam in shaping the public space of post-Soviet Central Asia. It documents Soviet instruments of administrative control on Islam in Central Asia and then examines the behavior of the incumbent regimes which inherited this Soviet legacy. It shows that despite strong expectations of Central Asia's transition from authoritarian rule to democracy following the Soviet collapse, the incumbent elite managed to thwart that process and return to the familiar modes of centralized authoritarian rule. The chapter concludes by exploring the prospects of Islam's political role in Central Asia.

scholarly journals Hinduism in the News: The Shifting Role of Religion and the Media in Canadian Public Life

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Mann
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Media ◽  
Role Of Religion

This article studies Canadian and international newspaper reports from September, 1995, of the Ganesha milk drinking miracle. It analyzes the chronology of the newspaper reports as the story develops from an account of a miracle in the “exotic” East to an account of a miracle also occurring in Canada. The evidence demonstrates an inability on the part of the Canadian news media to view religion as hard news with broad social and political implications. The comparison with international reports demonstrates that the story had a significant political dimension and was viewed as hard news in other parts of the world. The comparison questions the assumed boundaries between the public and private spheres in relation to religion and demonstrates that such boundaries are constructed through power relationships and the news media itself.Cette etude examine des articles canadiens et internationaux parus en septembre 1995 concernant le miracle de la consommation du lait de Ganesha. Elle analyse la chronologie des articles de journaux tenant compte du développement du miracle de l’Orient ‘exotique’ vers le développement de ce même miracle au Canada. La discussion l’analyse fait valoir l’incapacité de la part des médias canadiens de percevoir la religion comme étant au centre des actualités sérieuses ayant des conséquences sociales graves et des implications politiques. La comparaison des rapports internationaux montre que ce sujet a une dimension politique importante et est considéré d’actualit sérieuse. La comparaison remet en question les frontières définissant les sphères publiques et privées en matière de religion et démontre que de telles limites sont construites par l’entremise des relations de pouvoir et des médias eux - mêmes.

Egypt anti-corruption drive will broaden military role

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Elections ◽  
The Body ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Ranking ◽  
Administrative Control ◽  
Control Authority ◽  
Foreign Governments ◽  
Central Pillar

Subject The president's anti-corruption campaign. Significance In the lead-up to presidential elections scheduled for March 26-28, President Abdel Fatah el Sisi’s re-election campaign has focused on his anti-corruption efforts. Campaign posters promise to ‘purify the country of terrorism’ and ‘wage war on corruption’. Since his first presidential bid in 2014, Sisi has championed anti-corruption as a central pillar of his presidency. His multi-year campaign, which includes state-sponsored television advertisements, has targeted several businessmen and high-ranking officials. Impacts The role of the Administrative Control Authority (ACA) will expand as Sisi channels state resources to the body. The ACA is likely to assume an increased presence in conducting business deals. Efforts by foreign governments to support the anti-corruption campaign will strengthen the military’s rising influence.

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