Public sector governance and accountability

Public sector governance and accountability

The collection of papers in this special issue has primarily been drawn from the papers representing the ‘‘Corporate Governance and accountability in the Public Sector’’ stream of the Seventh International Critical Management Studies Conference (CMS 7), which was held at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, in July 2011. The stream was inspired by international reforms focussed on the m...

Reform of the Malawian Public Sector Incentives, Governance and Accountability

Since the early 1990s, Malawi has tried to undertake economic reforms, including the restructuring of the public sector, even as it embraced democratic reforms. Paucity of human and financial resources has made the process difficult and drawn out. However, towards the end of the 1990s, the reforms began to bear fruit. Notably, the efficiency of the civil service improved, while the government c...

Public Sector Governance and Accountability Series Performance Accountability and Combating Corruption

Information Systems and Public Sector Accountability

................................................................................... 1 1. THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM......................... 2 1a. Components of Public Sector Reform.................................. 5 2. DEFINING ACCOUNTABILITY.................................................... 6 3. ACCOUNTABILITY OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH NEW COMPUTERISED INFORMATION SYSTEMS.............

Designing Project Monitoring Mechanisms for Improved Public Sector Governance and Accountability

Project management practice forms the basis of administering the activities of the public sector. Many South African government entities have embraced the projects-type of management approach in their endeavours. Officials are subjected to training in this regard, and are expected to perform their project management and administrative duties with circumspect and South Africa’s public sector org...