Improving Governance

Author : David Ferranti
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0815703538
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Improve Governance written by David Ferranti and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the developing world has seen a burst of efforts to reduce corruption, increase transparency and accountability, and improve governance. Needless to say, this is an important and encouraging development. However, the lack of a reliable compass to describe where a country is at a given moment—and where it could be heading in the absence or acceptance of proposed reforms—can result in disastrous missteps. The unfortunate absence of such a guide has helped lead to innumerable failed governments or ineffective regimes. This important book aims to fill that void. How to Improve Governance emphasizes the need for an overall analytical framework that can be applied to different countries to help analyze their current situations, identify potential areas for improvement, and assess their relative feasibility and the steps needed to promote them. A country-specific analysis needs to be comprehensive, in the sense that it includes the four concepts of transparency, accountability, governance, and anticorruption throughout the calculus. Without such an analytic framework, any reform attempt is likely to flounder for lack of a shared understanding of the underlying problems and of the feasible reforms. The book gives special emphasis to the potential for civil society groups to play a stronger role in holding governments accountable for their use of public resources, and to the importance of developing politically feasible, prioritized country strategies for reform. "Whether one looks at how to increase domestic demand for good governance, how to make government more accountable to the public, or how to build democratic processes that deliver results, the underlying issues are essentially the same.... As development actors of various types... seek to help, more and more of them are calling for a clearer conceptual framework to guide their efforts."—From the Introduction

Author : Laurence E. Lynn Jr.
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589013452
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving Governance written by Laurence E. Lynn Jr. and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policymakers and public managers around the world have become preoccupied with the question of how their goals can be achieved in a way that rebuilds public confidence in government. Yet because public policies and programs increasingly are being administered through a complicated web of jurisdictions, agencies, and public-private partnerships, evaluating their effectiveness is more difficult than in the past. Though social scientists possess insightful theories and powerful methods for conducting empirical research on governance and public management, their work is too often fragmented and irrelevant to the specific tasks faced by legislators, administrators, and managers. Proposing a framework for research based on the premise that any particular governance arrangement is embedded in a wider social, fiscal, and political context, Laurence E. Lynn Jr., Carolyn J. Heinrich, and Carolyn J. Hill argue that theory-based empirical research, when well conceived and executed, can be a primary source of fundamental, durable knowledge about governance and policy management. Focusing on complex human services such as public assistance, child protection, and public education, they construct an integrative, multilevel "logic of governance," that can help researchers increase the sophistication, power, and relevance of their work.

Author : Robert R. Moeller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118138619
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Executive's Guide to IT Governance written by Robert R. Moeller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create strong IT governance processes In the current business climate where a tremendous amount of importance is being given to governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), the concept of IT governance is becoming an increasingly strong component. Executive's Guide to IT Governance explains IT governance, why it is important to general, financial, and IT managers, along with tips for creating a strong governance, risk, and compliance IT systems process. Written by Robert Moeller, an authority in auditing and IT governance Practical, no-nonsense framework for identifying, planning, delivering, and supporting IT services to your business Helps you identify current strengths and weaknesses of your enterprise IT governance processes Explores how to introduce effective IT governance principles with other enterprise GRC initiatives Other titles by Robert Moeller: IT Audit, Control, and Security and Brink's Modern Internal Auditing: A Common Body of Knowledge There is strong pressure on corporations to have a good understanding of their IT systems and the controls that need to be in place to avoid such things as fraud and security violations. Executive's Guide to IT Governance gives you the tools you need to improve systems processes through IT service management, COBIT, and ITIL.

Author : Didier Cossin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119615658
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Performance Boards written by Didier Cossin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to transforming boards and achieving best-practice governance in any organisation. When practising good governance, the board is the vital driver of organizational success, while fostering positive social impact and economic value creation. At all levels, executives around the world are faced with complexities rising from disruptive business models, new technologies, socio-economic changes, shifting political circumstances, and an array of other sources. High Performance Boards is the comprehensive manual for attaining best-in-class governance, offering pragmatic guidance on improving board quality, accountability, and performance. This authoritative volume identifies the four dimensions, or pillars, which are crucial for establishing and maintaining best-practice boards: the people involved, the information architecture, the structures and processes, and the group dynamics and culture of governance. This methodology can be applied to any board in the world, corporate or non-profit organization, regardless of size, sector, industry, or context. Readers are introduced to a fictitious senior board member – an amalgamation of board members from well-known organisations – and follow her as she successfully handles real-life challenges with effective governance. Drawn from the author's 20 years of practice and confidential work with boards across the world, this book: Demonstrates how high-performance boards innovate and refine their practices Discusses examples of board failures and challenges, including case studies from both for-profit and non-profit organisations including international organizations and state-owned agencies or even ministries Provides a proven framework to create best-in-class governance Includes a companion website featuring tools for board assessment and board practice High Performance Boards has inspired more than 3000 board members around the world. This book is essential reading for professionals and managers interested in governance and board members, senior managers, investors, lawyers, and students of governance.

Author : Nancy Walser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential School Board Book written by Nancy Walser and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential School Board Book highlights effective practices that are common to high-functioning boards around the country--boards that are working successfully with their superintendents and communities to improve teaching and learning.

Author : Nigel Gann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135713529
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving School Governance written by Nigel Gann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-10-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is about governing schools - about how a body made up of "ordinary" people with no professional educational experience can make a postitive contribution to the management of schools. The core of the book lays out a strategic model of school governance and considers the three key roles of planning, monitering and evaluating. Practical examples and sample procedures which governing bodies can adapt are provided. The book also looks at: the accountability of govenors; their formal duties; how they should behave in schools; the crucial relationship between govenors, staff, headteachers, communities and local authority; and the issue of inspection.

Author : Cecilia Tortajada
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317985567
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving Water Policy and Governance written by Cecilia Tortajada and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions. Because of these changes, both governance processes and the scope of the institutions through which power is exercised throughout society may have to undergo a radical break with the past and prevailing models of governance. Water sector is an integral part of the global system. Consequently, its governance processes and the institutions responsible for its management must change as well in order to cope with the current challenges and potential future changes. Because of these current and future changes, water governance may have to change more during the next 20 years compared to the past 2000 years, if societal expectations are to be successfully met. All these changes will make water governance more complex than ever before witnessed in human history. Improving water governance will require good and objective analyses of case studies from different parts of the world as to what has worked, why and the enabling environments under which good governance has been possible. The present volume analyses case studies of good water governance from different parts of the world, and for different water use sectors. It concludes with an analysis of the critical issues that should be considered for water governance and a priority research agenda for improving water governance in the future. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.

Author : Jerome B. Morasko
Publisher : Enso Books
ISBN 13 : 0982018584
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unlocking the Secrets to Better Board Governance with The MGO System written by Jerome B. Morasko and published by Enso Books. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MISSION - GOVERNANCE - OPERATIONS - The MGO System is a treasure chest of knowledge that accelerates the learning cycle for anyone seeking to understand what it takes for a board of directors to govern most effectively for the owners they represent. Through a practical, no nonsense approach, the authors reveal the best-practices that are all too often overlooked by governing boards. Whether you are a CEO, new board member or a stakeholder seeking to learn what you can do to make your board more effective, this book is for you. Easy to understand and follow, the MGO system provides a framework that bridges the gap between the rhetoric and the reality of effective board governance. The MGO System is the medicine that deals with the disease of poor board governance, not Its symptoms.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264268928
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book OECD Public Governance Reviews Trust and Public Policy How Better Governance Can Help Rebuild Public Trust written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the influence of trust on policy making and explores some of the steps governments can take to strengthen public trust.

Author : S. K. Agarwal
Publisher : Academic Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9788171886661
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Towards Improving Governance written by S. K. Agarwal and published by Academic Foundation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled to identify both sound and unproductive practices while suggesting advancements for India's governance, this volume seeks to analyze India's efforts made towards progress and to eradicate corruption. Containing previous exemplary initiatives and information about public-domain tools, this resource deals with the perception of governance in India and its status in the monopolistic services including the four major ones--the police, judiciary, income tax, and property registration. This account also discusses citizens' charters, the right to information, e-governance, social audits, report cards, and the integrity pact as means for positive development.