Rethinking Administrative Globalization: Promises, Dilemmas, And Lessons In Ghana

Recovering Integrity in Ghana's Governance: A Transcultural Study in Public Service Ethics

“…It is true that education has expanded at all levels (primary, secondary, and tertiary), but professional training has been geared toward administrative and managerial leadership and not necessarily the rank-and-file of public employees. Much more important, training tends to take bureaucratic and managerial perspectives, which emphasize knowledge of, and commitment to, narrow agency goals and objectives (Haruna 2004;Mills-Odoi Commission Report 1967). Shortterm and "in-plant" programs concentrate on solving or managing organizational problems at the expense of grappling with long-term institutional transformation.…”

“…The final constraint on the compliance-integrity model relates to sociocultural uniqueness, which deals with how Ghana's historicity and specificity affect and are affected by public administration (Ayittey 1992;Dzorgbo 2001;Haruna 2004). Based on the impact of indigenous social and political institutions, this uniqueness is either misunderstood and misinterpreted or ignored altogether in the quest to shift away from the so-called primordial way of life to achieve economic development and social progress.…”