{"id":259551,"date":"2020-11-27T12:19:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T16:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=259551"},"modified":"2020-11-27T14:18:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T18:18:58","slug":"commentary-a-decaying-public-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/commentary-a-decaying-public-service\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: A decaying Public Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For over two decades, I have been observing the deterioration of the Public Service. The main objectives of this article are twofold:<\/p>\n

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  1. For the general public to provide recommendations as to how we can prevent further deterioration;<\/li>\n
  2. Examine the causes of said deterioration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Causes:<\/p>\n

    Political Party Interference:<\/strong>\u00a0 There are instances whereby, Public Officers are appointed\/promoted in positions simply because of their affiliation with the ruling part. This in itself causes other public officers to become bitter \u2013 a bitter person will no doubt provide bitter services.<\/p>\n

    Party allegiance<\/strong>:\u00a0 Many officers feel obligated to his\/her party (whether it\u2019s the ruling Party or the Opposition), this also can lead to poor service delivery.<\/p>\n

    On the flip side, I have experienced situations where a qualified supporter of the Dominica Labour Party,\u00a0 be appointed or promoted to a particular position. This officer spend years at a University, graduates\u00a0 top of his class and gets appointed to a position\u00a0 – automatically his colleagues view his appointment as political rather that merit.\u00a0 This too should stop.<\/p>\n

    Entitled Public Officers<\/strong>: Those who firmly believe that their number of years in a position automatically makes that position their own and refuse to share knowledge with others. Those who believe that upward mobility should only be based on number of years as oppose to quality of these years.<\/p>\n

    Public Officers who resist change even when it is good for them.<\/strong> There are some officers who refuse to embrace Technology. Some are fearful that the use of technology or too much technology will replace them.<\/p>\n

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    Recommendations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    An organization that emphasizes\u00a0merit<\/strong>–based promotions<\/strong>\u00a0fosters a culture of healthy competition and productivity. … If\u00a0promotions<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0based<\/strong>\u00a0purely on\u00a0seniority<\/strong>, employees may not be as motivated to perform exceptionally, considering that\u00a0promotion<\/strong>\u00a0is guaranteed on the completion of a certain period within the company. (www.huffingtonpost.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n