Description
The conventional literature on public administration is dominated by the pattern and concerns of large countries. It does not address the needs of small countries, which have very different organisational and managerial frameworks. For example, what degree of specialisation is possible in a ministry which has only a small number of professional staff? And what are the implications for management of highly personalised societies in which everybody seems to know everybody else?
This book presents 14 studies written by people who are actually grappling with the issues about which they write, and will be of value to academics as well as to administrators and trainers. It is a companion to Making Small Practical: The Organisation and Management of Ministries of Education in Small States.
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acronyms
Introduction by Mark Bray
I. Africa
1. Botswana by Jakes Swartland
2. The Gambia by Gibou Njie and Sulayman Fye
3. Seychelles by Patrick Pillay and Atputhanathan Murugiah
II. Asia
4. Brunei Darussalam by Lim Jock Jin and C J Nuttman
5. Maldives by Mohammed Waheed Hassan
III. Caribbean
6. Barbados by Ralph Boyce
7. Dominica by Merle E Peters and Herbert F Sabaroche
8. Guyana by Una M Paul, Milton Bernard, Reuben Dash and Evelyn Hamilton
9. Montserrat by Howard A Fergus and Albert L Thomas
10. St Lucia by Nicholas Frederick
IV. Europe
11. Jersey by John Rodhouse
12. Malta by Charles J Farrugia and Paul A Attard
V. South Pacific
13. Kiribati by Meita Beiabure Bakeea
14. Solomon Islands by Walter Ramo
Notes on the Authors
Index