INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction This study on public sector strategic management is focused on the impact of leadership styles and organization culture. It draws primary conclusions from the case study of the Local Government Councils (LGCs) in Nigeria. The study is presented in a sequential order of five chapters. This chapter introduces the study in six headings. First, the background of the study: this gives a summary of the evolution of strategic management in practice and in research. Secondly
1 ) Public sector is defined to capture the impact on fiscal policy of the activities of public corporations. It includes all units of the general government sector plus all public corporations.. They concerned with providing various governmental services, such as military, police, infrastructure, public transport and etc. Public Sector also known as bodies to set up by the government to cater for specific needs, such as environmental agencies. Researchers, scientists and engineers are highly valued
There is also a need to understand types of relationship the Public Relations offices have with their strategic publics. Hung (2005) outlined 8 modified continua of types of relationships namely exploitive, manipulative, contractual, symbiotic, exchange, covenantal, mutual communal and one-sided communal relationships. The study concluded that Public Relations people help the organization to pay more attention to its social responsibility by developing more communal relationship (the intention or
2.4 PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES Procurement strategies for building projects have not changed in the last thirty two (32) years. Even though the industry is still encountering cost and time overruns in most projects funded by the public sector e.g. South Gauteng High Court project, Norwood Police hostels project, etc. as a result procurement method chosen for a particular project, particularly the public renovation projects, is ought to be expected to play a significant role in minimizing the cost and
INTRIDUCTION The rapid growth of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is one of the most important properties of current time. Therefore, (ICT) is a significant tool to play an active role in various sectors either public, private and non-profit sectors. Many a government has decided to utilize the ICT to communicate and interaction with its citizens to reduce costs, improve performance, faster delivery of government information and services and more effective communication between the
the public sector in building the EA practices to improve service delivery in the public sector. 1GovEA Framework is a bold step to create EA framework and the development of common methodology to be adopted by the public sector. This will foster a streamlined architecture Information Communication Technology (ICT), to identify opportunities for consolidation of ICT infrastructure, create a framework for achieving interoperability of government systems and establish the concept (WoG) Public Services
requirements of the specific firm. Successful companies develop strategies in emerging markets that are different from those they use at home, and often find novel ways of implementing them too (Khanna, Palepu & Sinha, 2005). In the changing context of the business environment from the early days of eighties until today, the strategic viewpoints on the firm growth perspectives have significantly changed. The resource view concept has combined the power of Porter's internal and external perspectives
Claver and Gonzales (2002), ICT outsourcing has become a trend to some companies. ICT outsourcing can be defined as make change the perspective of company to focus on more important and core business for better decision–making. The ICT outsourcing strategy is widely related with cutting costs, launching of new business ventures and improving
2.2.4 Environmental Scanning Before doing the strategy formulation, it is very important for any organisation to scan the external environment for the possible opportunities and threats. This part of the unit is concerned with the methods and techniques that the organisations use to examine their relevant environment and to collect data to identify opportunities and threats affecting their business. Environmental scanning refers to the process by which organisations monitor their environment and
review of finance in relation to strategic management Financial planning determines how managers carry out planning process in organizations so as to meet the business needs. An organization comes up with the right direction to take, goal set and how to meet the objectives therein. This is accomplished by gathering and data analyzation , implementation and evaluation and monitoring of results. The strategy to adopt must be figured out depending on the total cost. Strategic planning offers a road map,