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Ethical Leadership Principles in South African Public Administration Lost Opportunity or Alive with Possibility Naidoo, Goonasagree
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 12 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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South Africa is a society emerging from a chequered and troubled past with a legacy ofimpairments in terms of education skills, opportunities, resentments, equality andperceptions. As in many societies, corruption is recognized as a major hindrance to goodgovernance in the public sector. The South African government has prompted the publicsector to focus on anti-corruption measures as part of their mechanisms to prevent andcurb corruption. It is evident that these mechanisms are insufficient to prevent and curbcorruption, due to poor governance practices, such as weakness and gaps in legislation.Furthermore, the public sector has seen that there are unethical and even toxic leaders,who exploit the loopholes in the systems and processes and seek to fulfil their personaldesires at the expense of their departments. It is therefore argued that there is increasinglya need for ethical leadership in the public sector. This article therefore suggests the need forethical leadership to prevent and curb corruption and to promote good governance in theS.A. public sector. Ethical leadership is associated with leader effectiveness and goodgovernance. Leaders need to demonstrate ethical leadership in their daily behaviors,decisions and actions. By sending out strong messages about ethics and establishing clearreward and sanction systems to hold public sector employees accountable for their actions,leaders can do a lot to promote good governance in the public sector. This may need to belinked to values inherent in certain uniquely cultural and South African traditions.
Improving ICT for ODL in the UNISA Department of Public Administration Naidoo, Goonasagree
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 12 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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The University of South Africa (UNISA) is a comprehensive open and distance learning(ODL) institution that aims to be the premier online teaching and eLearning institution ofchoice. This article presents a case study of the Department Public Administration inUNISA with regard for the expansion of ODL practices to improve online teaching andeLearning. The purpose of this article is firstly to recommend that the teaching and learningmethods presently used by the Department of Public Administration (UNISA) should becombined with more interactive technology-enriched teaching and learning methodologiesso that the department can “be ahead of the game” when it comes to online teaching andeLearning.. The significance of this study is to improve Public Administration teaching andlearning by the Department of Public Administration (UNISA) through creating a virtualstudy environment and in ensuring the department becomes a fully fourth and fifthgeneration ODL provider. This includes an explanation of the blended use of Informationand Communication Technology (ICT) tools such as interactive satellite-based platforms,web-based management system and social networks, as mechanisms for improving onlineteaching and eLearning methodologies in Public Administration.
Progress and Challenges of Service Delivery in South Africa Since 1994 Hanyane, Barry; Naidoo, Goonasagree
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 12 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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The new South Africa came into existence in 1994. The incoming government faced amassive task of fiscal, political, social and economic transformation, all of which wouldrequire an effective public service capability. Yet the public service itself had been subjectduring the Apartheid era to the same limitations as other key South African institutions.Due to the lack of know how in 1994, South Africa needed an overwhelmingtransformation of public service focus, culture and procedures. Yet, 15 years after thedemocratic dispensation’s arrival, many people still lack access to the most basic ofnecessities. Woolard (2002) in Burger (2005:483) argues that it is visible that poverty isSouth Africa’s priority as it is estimated that approximately 37% of South Africanhouseholds , and probably more today, survive on less than R1 000 in a month.
Co-Authors Hanyane, Barry