“By boldly reinventing the public service wheel, our goal is a return to 1959 and to the kind of bureaucracy that Chief Awolowo would be proud to describe afresh.” The cliché that one need not reinvent the wheel is intended as a caution against duplicating or recreating that which already exists. To reimagine a perfectly flawless invention is both a futile and valueless effort. In terms of political society, the invention of the modern bureaucracy is nearly unparalleled in its importance. Like the wheel, its operational intention is to mitigate chaos; and when the bureaucracy functions optimally, unheard and
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Managing Organisational Performance in the Public Sector
Published on March 17, 2015 Managing Organisational Performance in the Public Sector By Dr Joe Abah Introduction Performance Management denotes a range of managerial activities designed to monitor, measure and adjust aspects of individual, programme and organisational performance through management controls of various types. The main objective of a Performance Management System (PMS) is to support the transformation of an organisation by developing the structures, processes and procedures for managing the individual, team and institutional performance within a public or private organisation. The performance of private sector organisations is often measured by one overriding factor – profitability. Profit refers to
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