Leadership and Good Governance in Public Administration

The book examined the state of service delivery by
the South Africa public service. In this
respect, selected South African public service
organizations where examined using the case
study and triangulation approaches. It was evident
that conventional approaches of
leadership, have singularly failed in their
application by the South African public service. It
was also clear that there where weaknesses of
governance principles in aspects of the public
service. It was evident that sustainable public
service delivery by the South African public
service required a consideration of local narratives
and local issues that needed to be
integrated within the current leadership and
governance framework. The findings indicated
that traditional African leadership and governance
values have not been fully integrated by
South African public service organizations. The book
suggests that traditional African
leadership and governance values (particularly moral
and ethical leadership and good
governance principles) can positively influence the
South African public service. A
transformative African leadership and governance
model was thus devised for adoption by
the South African public service.

Autorentext

Dr. Goonasagree Naidoo: Honours and MA in Public Administration:University of Kwa-Zulu Natal; MBA-University of Edinburgh; PhD. in Public Affairs:University of Pretoria. Currently, senior lecturer at theUniversity of South Africa. Since 1994, activelyinvolved with various national and international projects. Widelypublished.

Klappentext

The book examined the state of service delivery bythe South Africa public service. In thisrespect, selected South African public serviceorganizations where examined using the casestudy and triangulation approaches. It was evidentthat conventional approaches ofleadership, have singularly failed in theirapplication by the South African public service. Itwas also clear that there where weaknesses ofgovernance principles in aspects of the publicservice. It was evident that sustainable publicservice delivery by the South African publicservice required a consideration of local narrativesand local issues that needed to beintegrated within the current leadership andgovernance framework. The findings indicatedthat traditional African leadership and governancevalues have not been fully integrated bySouth African public service organizations. The booksuggests that traditional Africanleadership and governance values (particularly moraland ethical leadership and goodgovernance principles) can positively influence theSouth African public service. Atransformative African leadership and governancemodel was thus devised for adoption bythe South African public service.