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Essentially, the management of the economy cannot be separated
between private and public sectors in terms of development. Instead,
they must work together especially in facing the challenges ahead. A
meeting point, which needs to be enhanced, between the public and
private sectors, could be traced back to the government’s decision
in the 80s to create a number of statutory bodies, which were semi
–private in nature and having more deined regime of activities. The
general policy was for them to operate like the commercial sector.
The statutory bodies gave opportunities for the people working in
them to represent the government on some boards of government-
linked companies, which enabled them to understand the working of
the private sector. In this regard, the government cannot abandon its
roles to ensure healthy growth of the economy.
Hence, the question of good governance becomes a very important
topic both within the public and private sectors. This requires the
public sector to think continuously about improving the standard of
integrity and performance and has greater awareness in encouraging
the private sector to grow. In other words, they must help to develop
a healthy atmosphere of competition among them. Besides, they
must also think like those in the private sector, who are objectives
oriented. In this regard, they must set a clear a target for what ever
they want to do, which must be practical, so that they do not become
confused by general policies. Undoubtedly, this represents the greatest
challenge to members of the civil service, the challenge, which they
must endeavour to meet.
The state’s development philosophy of the politics of development,
now entering its second phase, will emphasise on efforts to ensure any
interests by investors into the economy must be further encouraged.
Generally, the state has a good work force, which have the ability to implement
modern system of management and are trainable to do bigger jobs, must gear
up to compete in the world market. Hence, the strategy for development must
concentrate more into producing better workers, which have become parts and
parcels of the march forward to achieve greater progress towards the year 2020
and beyond.
For this reason, the state, through the human resource development program
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between private and public sectors in terms of development. Instead,
they must work together especially in facing the challenges ahead. A
meeting point, which needs to be enhanced, between the public and
private sectors, could be traced back to the government’s decision
in the 80s to create a number of statutory bodies, which were semi
–private in nature and having more deined regime of activities. The
general policy was for them to operate like the commercial sector.
The statutory bodies gave opportunities for the people working in
them to represent the government on some boards of government-
linked companies, which enabled them to understand the working of
the private sector. In this regard, the government cannot abandon its
roles to ensure healthy growth of the economy.
Hence, the question of good governance becomes a very important
topic both within the public and private sectors. This requires the
public sector to think continuously about improving the standard of
integrity and performance and has greater awareness in encouraging
the private sector to grow. In other words, they must help to develop
a healthy atmosphere of competition among them. Besides, they
must also think like those in the private sector, who are objectives
oriented. In this regard, they must set a clear a target for what ever
they want to do, which must be practical, so that they do not become
confused by general policies. Undoubtedly, this represents the greatest
challenge to members of the civil service, the challenge, which they
must endeavour to meet.
The state’s development philosophy of the politics of development,
now entering its second phase, will emphasise on efforts to ensure any
interests by investors into the economy must be further encouraged.
Generally, the state has a good work force, which have the ability to implement
modern system of management and are trainable to do bigger jobs, must gear
up to compete in the world market. Hence, the strategy for development must
concentrate more into producing better workers, which have become parts and
parcels of the march forward to achieve greater progress towards the year 2020
and beyond.
For this reason, the state, through the human resource development program
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