As the newly appointed interim City Treasurer for the City of Norfolk, the rebuilding of the department would be a daunting but necessary task, which would entail: reclaiming of employee morale and the reestablishment of the public’s trust. The following outline provides proposals for the reorganization of the Office of the Treasurer; it also specifies intentions to further develop leadership, communication, accountability, transparency, and motivation. Altogether the organizational concepts will additionally demonstrate respect for the department’s organizational culture. Furthermore, as the interim City Treasurer, it would be necessary first to understand the outlined roles and duties of a City Treasurer. Furthermore, both formal and informal …show more content…
It would be detrimental to the health and morale of staff members if a dominant, authoritarian leadership overturned the already established traditions and practices of the office. To restore the Office of the Treasurer, it would be necessary to incorporate my own code of ethics in my role as the leader (Svara, 2015). Furthermore, the most appropriate leadership approach to the current situation would be a more transformational leader rather than a transactional leader. A transformational leadership would better return confidence into the employees as it would allow staff to realize their belonging and potential in their work (James MacGregor Burns, 1978).
Likewise, according to Selznick (1984) executive leadership must act to: define the institutional mission and role (create and set goals), embody the purpose (build policy into an organization’s social structure), defend the institution’s integrity (maintain values and institutional identity), and create order in internal conflict (reconcile the struggle among competing interests).
The role of the interim Treasurer is to reintroduce the honor of the office in order to prove trust of both the staff but also the public, as executive leaders possess responsibilities to both internal and external
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However, one consequence of this organization is that it also incorporates the concept of self-interests, especially when running for election every four years is a motive of the Treasurer. This issue of separation between elected politicians and administrators leads to inefficient performance. Furthermore, this is a result of the inevitable political culture of governmental agencies that dilutes the ultimate objectives of these agencies. It would be more appropriate to have a removal of political connections from the Office of the Treasurer and shift the organizational culture and mentality towards public administration, where there is greater strive for public duty and accountability. The leader has the potential to help establish organizational culture, and politically-motivated individuals may not be suitable for the role of
Finally, administrative workers to functions in the office, perform grant research and writing to identify funding to support these positions and meet regularly with the other staff to determine if we were providing effective services and to keep statistics on the level and quality of the services we provide (Executive Director).
This paper summarizes the article written by Cam Caldwell, Rolf D. Dixon, Larry A. Floyd, Joe Chaudoin, Johnathan Post, and Gaynor Cheokas regarding the need for a new type of leadership in today’s social work environment, defined as Transformative leadership. The article itself varies in the definition, however in a broad sense Transformative leadership is maintaining good moral standing and sound business ethics among employees and individuals inside and outside the workplace. However, in order to reach this theoretical level of business related moral and ethical leadership known as
Bill Trewyn oversees the Business Office which contains accounting, payroll and human resources personnel. As the Human Resources Supervisor, Bill my direct supervisor. In the remainder of this paper I will discuss Bill’s leadership practices, his leadership strengths and weaknesses and the kind of environment he has helped to create in the Business Office by analyzing him through my own personal experience. I will also discuss the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to the District as a whole.
What, would you say, are your main roles as the (Chief Administrator or council member)?
Chief administrative officers (CAO) is in charge of nearly every aspect of a company, typically only answering to the chief executive officer and the CAOs are employed in a wide array of industries and have many functions depending on the size and scope of their company (Amico, 1999-2013). He or she will handle the hiring and training of the top-level employees and managers. The CAO will make sure the employees work as a team. A chief administrative officer will need to understandthe company 's policies and overall mission. He or she will need to give the employees job descriptions that is best suited for that employee. According to Amico (1999-2013), ?He must delegate, organize and come up with new ideas to help the company 's bottom line anda chief administrative officer must have strong verbal and written communication skills? (para, 2-3). In this paper, the problem will be stated. Issues and how to solve the health needs of an African country will be discussed. Integrating Fund Accounting, Financial controls, and Control and Management of Public Expenditures will be discussed. Explanation on government financial reporting requirements and applying budgets as disciplinary footsteps and remarks will be elaborated. The Analysis of financial statements
To counteract this affliction, public administration must become the focal point of good managers and leaders that embraces a centralized methodology, works unilaterally, and is empathetic towards societal norms. Furthermore, to prevent nuances during process considerations must conceptualize relational structures that improve productivity while advancing constitutional morals and ethics. (Cropf, 2008, p. 233). Unfortunately, in the case of bookkeeper turned director, she allowed her moral compass to misdirect her by not following council expectations as defined in her interim duties. Reality many times drives behavior, in this case it resulted in Suzie’s conflicting apathy towards the shelter that placed it over the established execution of her duties ultimately resulting in her actions while being considered “compassionate,” in the end were declared “unethical” (Cropf, Giancola, & Loutzenhiser, The Public Adminstration Casebook, 2012, p.
This paper will discuss various aspects of public administrative environments. First, it will determine one specific leadership theory and two public leader styles that would be most beneficial for the Director of Public Health and related agencies in addressing the issues. Next, this paper will recommend one specific leadership theory and two public leader styles that would be most beneficial for the School Board in addressing the issues presented. Also, it will determine the essential manner in which the leadership from the Department of Public Health, the School Board, and the various other government departments impact the leadership of the City Manager’s and his or her ability to carry out government operations. Finally,
“In public administration, good sense would seem to require that public expectation be kept at the lowest possible level in order to minimize the eventual disappointment. - John Kenneth Galbraith” Public administration has progressed and changed and revised itself throughout history. Although a lot has changed over time, some of those earlier ideals and thought processes have maintained throughout the years. People like Weber, Taylor, and Stivers have drastically shaped the way we view and operate within the boundaries of public administration.
In Leadership of Public Bureaucracies – The Administrator as Conservator, Larry D. Terry explores public administration from a relatively new perspective, that of Bureaucratic Leadership, which he describes as historically neglected by scholars. Bureaucratic leadership, according to Terry, is “…institutional leadership in the administration of public bureaucracies within the executive branch of all levels of government” (p. 4). Terry goes on to discuss the important role bureaucratic leaders play in public administration.
This report is a compare and contrast of four different scholarly journal articles relating to the management and leading of change in a business environment. The strengths and weaknesses, as assessed by the author of this report, will be assessed. The author's own point of view will be discussed next. Evidence to support that point of view will be mentioned next and then the report will be wrapped up with a discussion of leadership styles and overall behavior in the public sector. Not all of the articles pertain in whole or in part to the public sector but the author of this response holds that the conclusions drawn in this report are applicable nonetheless.
Some of the main reasons a public servant and administrator are not properly serving their constituents are that they are not properly trained, they are not clear as to what their duties are, very poor leadership and their resistance to changes. These factors are translated
The CEO also hired a new Vice-president, who has a team working under him to manage the business activities. This position was filled by once known a co-worker of the CEO who used to work together at a different agency. This step of his leadership style shows that he is more of a “transformative leader” who knows how to manage his relationships effectively. As Denhardt et al., (2016) defines it as," the extent to which the leader engages two-way or multi way communication" (p.187). The CEO created a management team where he knows each of the individuals and trusts them to do their job effectively and developed a communication channel through the management team to communicate effectively with other team members. As transformative leadership
Leaders in the public sector are expected to maintain a level of morality and integrity which serves the interests of society, while at the same time demonstrates personal responsibility, diplomacy, and truthfulness. Therefore, when attempting to arrive at appropriate ethical decisions, public administrators must possess the capacity to exercise moral imagination. However, moral imagination is not enough. Responsible administration in the public sector also requires acting based on the “right”
The authors addressed three main points the what, when and how of these theories will be analyzed. The authors suggest that public organizations are not as bureaucratic as stereotypically believed and that the performance measures in place support higher levels of transformational leadership in these organizations. (Wright & Pandey 2009). The standards are tested regarding transformational leadership. The veracity by which the authors discuss transformation leadership intends to leave the reader to draw their own conclusions.
In order to provide an organizational profile for the state government department where I work it is important for the reader to know that it is a centralized authority, autocratic, bureaucracy. In the past history of the department, one need only imagines a