DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE: NIGERIA’S DILEMMA Ilufoye Sarafa Ogundiya Department of Political Science Usmanu Danfodiyo University‚ Sokoto‚ Nigeria E-mail: oisarafa@yahoo.com‚ elegantlv@aol.co.uk Abstract Despite its enormous resources and huge potentialities‚ Nigeria remains grossly undeveloped. Consequently‚ political instability‚ abject poverty‚ acute youth unemployment‚ heightened crime rate‚ poor health prospects and widespread malnourishment have been the main features of Nigeria’s
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Total Quality Management An Approach towards Good Governance By *Uzma Akbar **Akbar S. Awan *FOUNDATION University Institute of Management and Computer Sciences Newlalazar‚ Rawalpindi. Pakistan **Principle WAH Engineering College‚ University of WAH WAH Cantt‚ Pakistan 1. Introduction The federal government of Pakistan (GOP) is presently organized into 48 divisions‚ 173 attached departments and 203 autonomous/semi-autonomous bodies (including public corporations‚ public
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BOARD‚ THE EXECUTIVE & GOOD GOVERNANCE Ladies and Gentlemen‚ this paper attempts to look at the board and individual directors in context to organisational development. To achieve this‚ the key roles and duties of the board and its directors will be fully reviewed in light of current corporate governance concerns. This paper relies heavily on Review of The Role and Effectiveness of Non-executive Directors – Higgs Review – (2003) and the Combined Code on Corporate Governance (2006) for referencing
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European Journal of Scientific Research ISSN 1450-216X Vol.35 No.3 (2009)‚ pp.337-346 © EuroJournals Publishing‚ Inc. 2009 http://www.eurojournals.com/ejsr.htm Factors Affecting Good Governance in Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis Imran Sharif Chaudhry Associate Professor‚ Department of Economics Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan‚ Pakistan E-mail: imranchaudhry@bzu.edu.pk Shahnawaz Malik Professor and Chairman‚ Department of Economics Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan‚ Pakistan E-mail: shahnawazmalik@bzu
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TOPIC. THE NEXUS/RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEDERALISM AND GOOD GOVERNANCE? The underlisted are some definitions of federalism‚ types‚ reasons for‚ features‚ merit and demerit and problems associated with the concept. Types of Federalism Dual federalism‚ also known as "layer cake federalism" involves clearly enumerated powers between the national and state governments‚ and sovereignty in equal spheres. Cooperative federalism‚ also known as "marble cake federalism‚" involved
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for linking to the question. ‘Leadership is key’ Honest & capable leaders are needed to maintain stability in the government and to make have moral courage and integrity to do what is right and not what is popular with the people. Good leadership and good governance do not occur by chance. Leadership is important as leaders must be incorruptible to win the confidence and respect of the people. This will convince the people that the government works in their interests and they will work in unison
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ethical business and the link to what society sees as “good” governance practices. Although the controversies involve issues matched in variety only by the types of companies‚ they all virtually involve some form of abuse of stakeholders trust. These cases are not representative of the entire spectrum of today’s business environment; in fact‚ there are a number of companies whose competitive advantages are based on “good” corporate governance practices – namely stakeholder involvement. As a result
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Parliamentary Government‚ a gateway to good governance. The most stable and progressive countries in the world today have a parliamentary form of government. These include countries like Japan‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ United Kingdom‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ Spain‚ Norway‚ Sweden and also India‚ Singapore and Malaysia in Asia. India and the US are undoubtedly the two biggest democratic countries of the world today‚ the basic difference between them being the parliamentary democracy of the former and congressional
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Discuss the reasons for motivating the increasing interest in corporate governance and the benefits of good corporate governance Corporate governance is defined by the OECD principles as the relationship between management of a company‚ its shareholders‚ its board and other stakeholders. It is a system which is used for the purpose of controlling and directing the companies. Corporate governance is not a new concept but it has got popularity in the last few decades due to various crises such as:
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Copyright © 2004 Information Systems Audit and Control Association. All rights reserved. www.isaca.org. IT Governance Hands-on: Using COBIT to Implement IT Governance By Luc Kordel‚ CISA‚ RE‚ CISSP‚ CIA‚ RFA 1 I n the past‚ running an IT organization as a support function—a function separate and distinct from the business—was a common practice. Now‚ most IT infrastructure investments and new IT applications span business lines and functions. Some organizations even integrate partners
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