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Frederick Taylor as a Contributor to Public Administration Myrick, Darrell
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 12 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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Seventy-five years after his death, a question remains as to whether Frederick Taylor’s scientifictheories of management have made a significant contribution to Public Administration. Taylor’stheories focused mainly on increasing productivity in industrial manufacturing environments. Theprimary concern was for a pragmatic approach to efficiency where planning and standardisationaimed to optimise the human element in production. The article examines how practitioners of PublicAdministration have adopted and implemented Taylor’s theories. Evidence was found in the work ofMorris Cooke, a Taylor disciple who focused on public sector oriented approaches to management andpolitical economy. Taylorism was apparent in the public sector in the years after World War II, aturning point and period when Taylorist theories were humanised. The aim of the article then is toexamine how Public Administration has drawn from the field of industrial psychology, towardsimproving operations in public organisations. The key question is: to what extent has industrialscientific management principles been adopted in the discipline of Public Administration? In light ofpoor service delivery in South Africa, it is a relevant question that has implications for improvingoperational efficiency. A historical literature review was undertaken to determine the influence ofTaylor’s scientific management theories on Public Administration. The findings drawn from this reviewand analysis will serve to inform the need for more orderly scientific approaches to service delivery.
Factors Influencing the Formulation of A Viable Urban Development Policy in South Africa Makhanye, Samu; Myrick, Darrell
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 12 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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At the time of the 1994 democratic elections, South African cities were characterised bysub-standard housing, service delivery backlogs and serious problems in municipalspending. Indeed, there were, and still are, spatial anomalies associated with “apartheidcities” and the struggle to dismantle local government structures reminiscent of apartheidadministrations. High unemployment and poverty-stricken households further exacerbatedthe urban policy landscape. Nevertheless, the way forward was directed by the ANC’sReconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) that aimed to address basic humanneeds. That same development programme provided the backdrop for a South AfricanConstitution (1996) that proclaimed inalienable rights for all South Africans – housingbeing one of those paramount rights. Sadly, urban policies for human settlements werehastily developed and driven by political agendas that focused too far into the future,failing to address immediate housing needs. Moreover, urban policies were at timessimplistic and at times too complex, serving only to make policy formulation much moredifficult. This article discusses policy for urban development in the context of the politicaleconomy of South Africa. The aim is to explore the challenges and barriers to formulatingan urban policy.
The Nigerian Budgeting Process A Framework for Increasing Employment Performance Faleti, Kazeem Olabode; Myrick, Darrell
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 12 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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There have been several systematic inquiries into the functioning of Nigeria’s budgetimplementation process, and employment performance, particularly over the past fewdecades in order to diagnose the country’s budget implementation problems. This articlereports on an investigation into the effects of the formal budgeting process, budgetaryparticipation, sector size, and ownership on the employment performance of Nigerianministries, departments, agencies and parastatals. The study drew on observations from thearea of financial planning and control and its influence on employment performance, andwas conducted to fill the gap in previous literature about how budgeting practice affectsemployment performance. Hopefully, this theoretical exploration will provide fresh insightinto the possible correlation between budgeting practice and employment performance. Acombination of financial and non-financial measurements is suggested to reflect theeffectiveness of budgeting practice on employment performance. The findings provide moreevidence regarding the impact of the budgeting process on employment performance, andsuggestions for increasing employment performance level in Nigeria are provided, thusproviding possible solutions to similar challenges faced by other developing countries.
Co-Authors Faleti, Kazeem Olabode Makhanye, Samu