Examining the Mediating Influence of Interlocking Board Networks on Grant Making in Public Foundations

Do interlocking boards provide advantage in the grants marketplace? Drawing upon board data from nine public grant-making organizations in two metropolitan areas and their grant recipients, we test the mediating and moderating relationships between interlocking boards, organizational size, and the size of the grants received. We find that organizational size is not a predictor of grant allocations independent of network characteristics. Larger organizations have larger and better-connected boards, which is associated with larger grants.

The Influence of Perceived Human Resource Risk Factors on Financial Problems Faced by Overberg District Municipalities

Municipalities are at the forefront of South Africa’s developmental agenda. To assist in the foregoing, the municipalities perform the primary task of service delivery - mandated by the Constitution of South Africa. The efficiency of the municipal service delivery function is depended on municipal funds, as derived from various sources. Apart from these funds, municipalities also receive funding through National and Provincial grant allocations, in addition. Notwithstanding the aforementioned most South African municipalities are experiencing financial problems which may adversely affect their relevant service delivery tasks. A possible contributor to the financial problems of South African municipalities is that of human resources (HR) risk factors. For this study, the emphasis was placed on testing whether perceived HR risk factors had any influence on the financial problems experienced in Overberg District Municipalities. Empirical research was conducted through the means of collecting quantitative primary data from 106 respondents, all of whom had to adhere to relevant delineation criteria. Stemming from the results, it was found that perceived HR risk factors did not have any statistically significant influence on the financial problems experienced in Overberg District Municipalities.

ANALISA AKUNTABILITAS DAN TRANSPARANSI TENTANG IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN PENGELOLAAN BOS

This research was conducted with the aim to analyse the implementation of the accountability and transparency financial management which the source stemming from government. The approach used is a case study of indepth interview from financial manager, head master, and stakeholders. The results of this research show that first appeared as constraints and not regulated and obligations of private schools in terms of taxation. Second, the scale of priority importance of accountability between the financial manager and head master has different values so as conflicts of interest. Third, the implementation of transparency development from the publication such as via the website, call center, facebook. The fourth, the Government has n ot set a standard policy to use of the grant allocations.