Caribbean Journal of Public Sector Management


Posted by I.T. Division   Tue Apr 19 12:36:17 GMT-05:00 2005   

The Caribbean Journal of Public Sector Management is a biannual publication of the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), with sponsorship from the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD).  Created to facilitate Caribbean scholarship on public sector management, the Journal takes a multi-disciplinary approach to public sector issues and seeks to develop literature that will benefit (Caribbean) public sector management practitioners.   The Journal aims to serve as a forum for the exchange of information on public sector management practices throughout the region and thereby contribute to the professional growth and development of public sector practitioners. It attempts to inform its readers of the achievements, innovations, developments and experiences in management throughout the Caribbean Public Sector, by providing an avenue for the dissemination of multi-disciplinary research on a wide range of topics relating to the Caribbean public sector.  It also explores influencing factors of policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and transformation of the Caribbean public sector.   Its target audience includes:    •  Public, Statutory and Private Sector Managers     •  Consultants and Specialists     •  Academics, Researchers and Students     •  International and Non-Government Development Organisations     •  Others involved and interested in the Caribbean Public Sector   EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief: Ruby Brown   Managing Editor: Nadine Newman   EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD The Editorial Advisory Board is comprised of well-known and respected academics and other professionals engaged in regional public sector management and policy development.   Prof. The Hon. Rex Nettleford                                                          Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies                                            Mr. George Briggs Head, Public Sector Reform Unit Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica   Prof. Edwin Jones Department of Government  University of the West Indies, Mona Campus                                             Dr. Deryck Brown Project Officer, Caribbean Development Bank   Mrs. Jennifer Astaphan                                                     Executive Director Caribbean Centre for  Development Administration – CARICAD                                                  Prof. John LeGuerre Department of Government                University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus   Dr. Wesley Hughes                                                                            Director General Planning Institute of Jamaica                                                               Dr. Lawrence Nurse Department of Management Studies University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus   Dr. The Hon. Carlton Davis Cabinet Secretary Government of Jamaica                                                                                                                                                       Dr. Jose Oviedo Caribbean University Level Programme Pontifica Universidad Catolica Madre y  Maestra, DominicanRepublic   Dr. Rolande Degazon Johnson                                                         Management Consultant                                                                        Dr. Garnet Brown Chairman of the National Irrigation Commission Limited Ministry of Agriculture and Land

May 2006 ISSN 0799-0847   Privitisation and Contracting Out as a Governance Strategy in Trinidad and Tobago Ann Marie Bissessar   The Role of Ministry Papers in the Public Policy Process in Jamaica Philip Osei and Deneal Walters   Strategic Human Resource Management in the Executive Agencies in Jamaica Jennifer Henry   Reducing the Cost of Distance Learning Ron Kovac

November 2005 ISSN 0799-0847   Strategic HRM: Aligning the organization to Drive Results Blossom O’Meally Nelson   Thinking and Acting Strategically – The HR Way Novar P. McDonald   Perfecting Your Communication Strategies Carmen E. Tipling   Leading Human Resource Values: Challenges for Jamaica Professor Edwin Jones   Developing High Impact Human Resource Professionals William E. Clarke

May 2005 ISSN 0799-0847    The Executive Agency Model in Jamaica: New Public Management in the Caribbean Michael Wearne   The Agencification Experience at MIND Maria Jones   The National Works Agency Experience – The Journey as an Executive Agency Ivan Anderson   Transforming Government Agency by Agency: How the Office of the Registrar of Companies Reinvented Itself Judith Ramlogan-Chung   Implementation Experience at the Registrar General’s Department Patricia Holness

November 2004 ISSN 0799-0847   Human Resource Systems for Regulatory Institutions: An Imperative for the Caribbean Professor Andrew Downes and Avril Husbands   Public Sector Reform – Too Important to be Left to the Public Sector Alone? Keith Bastin, Brian Fox and Simon James   Strategic Environmental Assessment – A Case Study of Jamaica Elizabeth Emanuel   State of Governance and Governance of the State of Jamaica Professor Edwin Jones   Global Negotiation and their Implications For Jamaica’s Public Policy Development Wesley Hughes

May 2004 ISSN 0799-0847   Academic Jamaican and Caribbean Development: Shaping the Future Professor Neville C. Duncan   Case Study Mobile Competition and its Impact: A Case Study of Jamaica Franklin Brown   Practice Notes The Public Service Commission in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Theory, Reality and Change Cecil A. Blazer Williams   The Role and Function of the Public Service Commission Kenneth R. Lalla   The Role and Function of The Public Service Commission of Barbados in the Light of Current Human Resource Management Challenges and the Changing Nature of the Public Service Ralph Jordan

November 2003 ISSN 0799-0847  An Assessment of the Citizens’ Charter in Jamaica (1994-99) Jimmy K. Tindigarukayo and Sandra J. Chadwick   The Jamaican Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) in the 1990s and Beyond: Is There a Bias? Orville W. Taylor and April A. Lennox   Decentralization of Decision Making in the Public Sector: A Comparative Analysis of the Management of the Human Resource Functions Dunstan J. Newman and Phyllis Nalty- Raymond   Practice Notes: Greening of Government- A Case Study of Jamaica Elizabeth Emanuel

May 2003 ISSN 0799-0847   The New Trade Initiatives and Caribbean Realities Vanus N. James, Ralph M. Henry and Lou Anne A. Barclay   Computer Technology and the Jamaica Constabulary Force Angella Thomas   An Investigation Into the Attitude of a Selected Group Within the Jamaica Constabulary Force Peggy-Anne De Silva, Dormah Harrison and Janet Mitchell   Practice Notes: A Note on the Government as Employer: Challenges and Prospects P.I. Gomes   Notes and Reports: Privatization in Jamaica: Success or Failure?  Paul Payton

November 2002 ISSN 0799-0847   Developmental Intervention: A Contemporary Perspective Nikolaos Karagiannis   Efficiency of the Finance and Administration Branch of the Taxpayer Audit and Assessment Department Dean A. Christie   Performance Appraisal in the Taxpayer Audit and Assessment Department (T.A.A.D.) Andrew Edwards   Practice Notes: Managing Change Through the Development of Human Resources :Issues and Challenges for Employers and Their Organizations in the Caribbean Ashwell E. Thomas   Research and Policy: Essential National Health Research in Jamaica W.I. Aldrie Henry- Lee and J. Peter Figueroa   Notes and Reports: Conducting Stakeholder Analysis to Improve Policy Making Stanley Lalta

May 2002 ISSN 0799-847   Knowledge Management Fay Durrant   The Proposed Jamaican Access to Information Legislation Emerson O. St. Bryan   Management and Technology: Nexus in the Information Age Nadine I. V. Manraj   Practice Notes: Art Daniels Winston Hay   Notes and Reports: Lincoln Price

November 2001 ISSN 0799-0847 Executives Agencies in Jamaica: The Story Thus Far and the Central Management Mechanism Dr. Carlton Davis   Issues in Public Sector Accountability: Lessons for the Executive Agencies in Jamaica. Derrick McKoy   Executive Agency: A Manifesto Against “Administrivia” Professor Edwin Jones   The Legal Limits of “Businessisation” of The Public Sector Dr. The Hon. Kenneth O. Rattray   Executive Agencies and Good Governance Dr. Jim Armstrong   Executive Agencies :Intellectual Background to the Search for Appropriate Institutional Forms Dr. Philip D. Osei May 2001 ISSN 0799-0847 Human Resource Management and Workplace Restructuring In the Jamaican Public Sector: The Case Of The Tax Administration Reform Programme Sonia Mitchell and Noel M. Cowell   The Regulation of Industrial Conflict: A Cross- Country Comparison of the Systems of Industrial Dispute Resolution in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and St. Lucia Orville Taylor   Project Management Practices of Public Sector Organisations in the Caribbean Agricultural Sector Prasanta Kumar Dey and Christopher Blackwood   Enterprise Competitiveness in a Small, Developing Low Growth Economy: Jamaican Experiences Alvin Wint   Notes and Reports: The State in the Third Millennium: A Caribbean Perspective Norman Girvan   November 2000 ISSN 0799-0847 Privatization in Jamaica and the case of Telecommunications of Jamaica Limited Lenworth Taylor   Applying the Agency cost model to the “Executive Agency” concept in Jamaica Derrick McKoy   Performance Management in Government: What works, what doesn’t Charles Polidano   Human Resource Management and Public Sector Reform in Trinidad and Tobago Ann Marie Bissessar   Notes and Reports: Accounting in a Global Environment for National Development Shirley Tyndall May 2000 ISSN 0799- 0847   Building Partnership for the Development of the Social Sector Claire Bernard   Pensions Reform in Jamaica: Lessons for Small Nations – States from the Chilean Experience Ryan Evans   Aid Effectiveness in the Caribbean: Revisiting Some Old Issues Desmond Brunton   Practice Notes: John M. Robinson Notes and Reports: Conference Reports November 1999 ISSN 0799- 0847 Political Dimensions of State Sector Reform Kenny D. Anthony   In Pursuit of Public Sector Reform- Process and Products P.I. Gomes   Negotiating Under Pressure: Selling Public Assets in Trinidad & Tobago Deryck R. Brown   Reforming the Cabinet Office: Strengthening the Core of Government in Jamaica Carlton Davis   Anchoring a Programme of Macro-economic Stabilisation:  Lessons from the Experience of Barbados? Alvin G. Wint