The Kumase Branch of the National Archives of Ghana: A Situation Report and Introduction for Prospective Users

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 383-389
Author(s):  
Gareth Austin
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Physical State ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Formal Requirement ◽  
National Archives ◽  
Skilled Personnel ◽  
Low Pay ◽  
Conditions Of Work

The Ashanti Regional Office of the National Archives of Ghana is a repository of great value for historians and social scientists of Asante, and of major importance for Ghana studies generally. So far, its contents are semiorganized and they are decaying steadily. Having worked several stretches in it during the period from 1979 to August 1985, I offer the following account from a researcher's perspective, aimed at providing a guide to some practicalities of using this archive; at highlighting its need for greater resources; at going some way to clarify how its contents are arranged; and finally, at briefly illustrating their--hitherto underestimated--importance to scholars.The NAG-K is situated in the grounds of the National Cultural Centre. The formal requirement for admission is a NAG Searcher's Ticket, obtainable on the spot or at the Accra headquarters, normally by means of a letter of introduction. The Archivist, Mr. C.A. Azangweo, and his often-changing staff have maintained an impressive friendliness and helpfulness over very difficult years. But as in the Ghanaian public service generally, low pay has led to an exodus of skilled personnel and contributed to low morale among most of those who remain, while suspension of non-salary expenditure has undermined conditions of work and, more importantly, the physical state of the documents themselves.

Judicial and Legal Records in the National Archives of Ghana/Accra: An Introduction for Users

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 361-367
Author(s):  
Pino Akotia
Keyword(s):  
Primary Source ◽  
The Political ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Formal Requirement ◽  
National Archives ◽  
Source Materials

Judicial and legal records in the National Archives of Ghana headquarters repositories are important primary source materials for historians, social scientists, and other researchers, and in particular practicing lawyers. The holdings of the national archives service, both in Accra and its network, cover records relating to the political and bureaucratic activities of government. This paper focuses on the Accra holdings pertaining to judicial and legal records, in order to draw attention to the decisive attractiveness of these record series in general and, in particular, the Accra judicial and legal records to a generation inclined to both quantification and sociological analysis and to provide a guide to prospective users.The headquarters of the national archives service, where the judicial and legal records are located, is situated on Castle Road in Accra near the junction with Barnes Road. The offices are open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. The search room functions between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The formal requirement for admission to use the archives materials is the searcher's ticket obtained from the Search Room Officer on the spot.

Identifying and Explaining Organizational Cultures in the Public Sector: A Study of the Australian Public Service Using the Interaction Ritual Theory of Randall Collins

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 1363-1396
Author(s):  
Craig Matheson
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
The Public ◽  
Interaction Ritual ◽  
Ritual Theory ◽  
The Status ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Office Location

This article identifies and explains different cultures within the Australian Public Service (APS) using the interaction ritual (IR) theory of Randall Collins. It argues that such cultures vary along two dimensions: power and status. On the power dimension, we may distinguish three cultures: that of the order givers, that of the order takers, and that of those who both give and take orders. On the status dimension, we may distinguish localistic and cosmopolitan cultures. Cultural differences on these two dimensions are associated with variations in organizational rank, educational levels, agency tasks, relationships with clients, and central versus regional office location.

Dust to Dust: a User's Guide to Local Archives in Mali

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 453-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Mann
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Religious Movement ◽  
Central Administration ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
National Archives ◽  
New Research ◽  
Administrative Structures ◽  
Gain Access

In recent years political changes in Mali have opened up new research opportunities for historians and other social scientists interested in the country's colonial and post-colonial past. With the new government has come a change in administrative attitudes regarding access to local archives, in other words those held at the level of the cercle. Although these archives can be in terrible condition, they contain precious information unique to each cercle. In the course of my own research I have been able to gain access to two such archives in southern Mali, in the summer of 1996 and again in 1998. Using these two archives as an example and drawing on the anecdotal evidence of colleagues, the following comments offer a rough appraisal of the nature of cercle archives in Mali. The paper covers the type of documentation available, the condition of the collections, and my own experiences in using them. Although my experience is limited to southern Mali, local administrations across francophone West Africa are likely to have similar holdings, given the essential uniformity of French administrative structures in colonial West Africa.In addition to providing otherwise scarce documentary evidence on local events, these archives contain a good deal of correspondence which passed from one commandant de cercle to another, bypassing the central administration in the colony's capital. The information contained in this correspondence is therefore difficult to find in national archives, and I suspect that most of it is absent altogether. The volume of such correspondence is surprising. For example, regarding a religious movement based in one of these towns in the late 1940s, I found fifty-odd letters and telegrams addressed to the local administrator by his colleagues, asking him for information and keeping him abreast of local manifestations of the movement in their own regions. None of these messages had been routed through the central administration, and the commandant had sent his superiors no more than a digest of events in which much detail was suppressed.

scholarly journals Preface

2021 ◽  
Vol 885 (1) ◽  
pp. 011001
Keyword(s):  
International Research ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
Full Time ◽  
State University ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Public Organisations ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Remote Participation

Abstract Proceedings of the International Research & Practice Conference “Transboundary Areas of Russia’s East: Development Factors, Opportunities and Gaps” Ulan-Ude, Russia, 6-8 September 2021 On behalf of the Organising Committee and the Editors of this volume, we are delighted to present the Proceedings of the International Research & Practice Conference “Transboundary Areas of Russia’s East: Development Factors, Opportunities and Gaps” (TTER-2021), which was held in Ulan-Ude, Russia, 6-8 September 2021. The Conference was organised by the Baikal Institute of Nature Management SB RAS, Banzarov Buryat State University, with the support of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Association of Russian Geographers and Social Scientists (Buryat Regional Office). The Conference was held in a mixed, full-time and remote participation format at the Banzarov Buryat State University, and consisted of a plenary session and four thematic sessions. TTER-2021 was attended by more than 100 scientists, professors, government officials, representatives of businesses and public organisations from Russia, Mongolia, and China. List of Organising Committee of the Conference are available in this pdf.

scholarly journals Navigating the Kenya National Archives: Research and its Role in Kenyan Society

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 445-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Carotenuto ◽  
Katherine Luongo
Keyword(s):  
Central Business District ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Reading Room ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
National Archives ◽  
Extensive Collection ◽  
Business District ◽  
Diverse Cultures ◽  
Rich History ◽  
Hilton Hotel

Situated at the edge of the central business district in downtown Nairobi, the Kenya National Archives (KNA) is a reservoir and living example of historical and ethnographic knowledge. Straddling the boundary between “tourist” Nairobi and “real” Nairobi, the KNA inhabits a space that transcends both function and class in a cosmopolitan, urban setting. The archives look out on the landmark Hilton Hotel, together with the swarms of up-market tourists and wealthy locals it attracts. On the KNA's rear, Tom Mboya street serves a modern gateway to the crushing, chaotic avenues and alleys that the vast majority of Nairobi's citizens tread daily as they depart from and return to the stark realities of Nairobi's eastern slums. Engulfed by the wailing horns of passing matatus and the rhythmic calls of street hawkers, the spaces inside and outside the archive offer a rich terrain for social scientists interested in both contemporary and historical Kenya.The composition of the KNA's clientele also reflects the boundaries that the archives span. Throughout the day, international tourists and local schoolchildren trickle into the groundfloor museum (currently undergoing a major renovation supported by the Ford Foundation) to view the extensive collection of artifacts and photographs representing Kenya's diverse cultures and rich history. Tucked away upstairs, a broad spectrum of patrons works and studies in the archives' reading room, using the KNA's resources for a variety of professional and personal projects.

scholarly journals Tingkat Kesesuaian Kompetensi Inti dan Manajerial Pejabat Pengawas (Eselon IV) di Kantor Wilayah Kementerian Agama Provinsi Kalimantan Timur

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-202
Author(s):  
Lia Rosliana ◽  
Rustan A.
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Performance Feedback ◽  
Service Organization ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
East Kalimantan ◽  
Job Shadowing ◽  
Assessment Of Competencies

Abstract Competence is the key to achieving the performance of a professional public service organization. The suitability between the job’s competency needs and the competence of the officers will determine the level of success of the organization. Based on this matter, this article is descriptively qualitative (by utilizing the results of psychological reports and assessment of competencies) trying to assess the suitability of competencies held by structural officers (echelon IV) in the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religious Affairs of East Kalimantan Province, and analyzing the efforts which can be done to minimize the existing competency gap. The results show that most of the echelon IV officers have met the expected competency standards, and there are some officials who have not match the competency standards. It can also be analyzed eight efforts that can be done to improve the competence of the officials, through the provision of relevant training, independent training, coaching, job shadowing, giving challenge, change of organizational culture, continued performance feedback, and assignment and apprenticeship. Keywords: Competency, Suitability of Competency, Competency Improvement Abstrak Kompetensi adalah kunci mencapai kinerja organisasi pelayanan publik yang profesional. Kesesuaian antara kebutuhan kompetensi jabatan dengan kompetensi pejabatnya akan menentukan level keberhasilan organisasi. Atas dasar hal tersebut, artikel ini secara deskriptif-kualitatif (dengan memanfaatkan hasil laporan psikotes dan assessment kompetensi) mencoba untuk melakukan penilaian terhadap kesesuaian kompetensi yang dimiliki oleh pejabat struktural eselon IV di lingkungan Kantor Wilayah Kementerian Agama Provinsi Kalimantan Timur, serta menganalisis upaya-upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk meminimalkan gap competency yang ada. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar pejabat struktural eselon IV telah memenuhi standar kompetensi yang diharapkan, dan terdapat beberapa pejabat yang belum memenuhi standar kompetensi tersebut. Dapat pula dianalisis delapan upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kompetensi pejabat tersebut yaitu, melalui pemberian training yang relevan, training mandiri, coaching, job shadowing, pemberian challenge, perubahan budaya organisasi, continues performance feedback, serta penugasan dan pemagangan. Kata Kunci: Kompetensi, Kesesuaian Kompetensi, Peningkatan Kompetensi  

scholarly journals Don’t get mad, get persuasive!: anger management and persuasion in TV discourses

2009 ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Antonio García Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
Anger Management ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Conflict Talk ◽  
Point Of Departure

Although social scientists, journalists, and tv presenters have made great efforts to justify the relevance and importance of audience discussion programmes, these programmes have been commonly labelled as “trash television”. Among the most frequent criticisms in the literature are the accusations that these programmes turn serious matters into sensationalist spectacle and indulge emotional outbursts while pretending to offer some kind of public service. The point of departure for the present paper is that a linguistic analysis of conflict talk in an institutional context may throw light on the insights offered by these programmes. More precisely, the present paper argues that conflict talk in an institutional context can build normative legitimacy by exemplifying values and moral obligations – as can be seen in the topics and guests selected for each programme. All in all, this study suggests that conflict talk is not only used as an ideological vehicle for attitude change, but that it also exerts a powerful force of social cohesion on the audience.

The National Archives of Cameroon

1974 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 153-155
Author(s):  
Ralph A. Austen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Researcher ◽  
National Archives ◽  
Bona Fide ◽  
Conditions Of Work

As of July, 1973, the National Archives of Cameroon were located in two offices: a main branch at the capital, Yaoundé, and a second collection at Buea, the former British West Cameroon capital. Both centers are open to researchers during normal government office hours. Access to the Yaoundé collection requires no special formalities for any bona fide academic researcher (manuscript documents are closed to individuals working on their own private economic or legal affairs). To work in Buea it is necessary to have the written permission of the Yaoundé Director of Archives. Documents are considered ‘open’ if they are more than thirty years old. Conditions of work in both centers are reasonably comfortable and pleasant. Relatively few scholars are usually to be found in the reading rooms, and documents are produced fairly rapidly and in generous quantities.These are all to be found in Buea: they cover the period beginning with the earliest British administration in 1914. Files for the Buea Residency (covering both the Bamenda and the southern regions of former West Cameroon) are well catalogued. Efforts were also being made to catalogue files from subordinate administrative centers. Some material relevant to the British administration of Cameroon is also to be found in various Nigerian archives.

scholarly journals Employment Relations, Service Quality and Professionalism within the Nigerian Public Service

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Christiana Kappo-Abidemi ◽  
Chux Gervase Iwu ◽  
Charles O.K. Allen-Ile
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Narrative Form ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Rigorous Study ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Training Provider

This paper was written with the following in mind: (1) to determine the effect of employee wellness on public servants’ professionalism, and (2) to establish the relationship between trade union activities and employee professionalism. Within organisations, employment relations are established to facilitate an interactive working relationship between an employer and an employee as well as determine how labour and social security law provisions addressed to employees are applied. We reviewed pertinent literature that guides employment relations and adopted the mixed methods to enable a rigorous study that will offer profound insight into the employment relations climate in Nigeria and how it affects professionalism. Subjects were drawn from the database of a public funded training provider, whichcaters exclusively for senior public servants. The data are presented in a graphical and narrative form owing to our use of themes in analysing the focus group interviews. Some interesting and at the same time confusing revelations emerge from this study. The distinct difference in the responses holds implications for research and practice. A future study that can clarify this confusion may start by identifying champions (trade unionists, managers at the coalface with unions and other employers) and then engaging them through indepth interviews to understand the real conditions which public servants are exposed. On a practical side, as confusing as the responses seem, they provide a serious opportunity for enhanced studies on Nigeria’s public service constitution. We make this call against the backdrop of what some social scientists have termed intense structural decay in the Nigerian public service.  

scholarly journals Employment Relations, Service Quality and Professionalism within the Nigerian Public Service

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2(J)) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Author(s):  
Christiana Kappo-Abidemi ◽  
Chux Gervase Iwu ◽  
Charles O.K. Allen-Ile
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Narrative Form ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Rigorous Study ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Training Provider

This paper was written with the following in mind: (1) to determine the effect of employee wellness on public servants’ professionalism, and (2) to establish the relationship between trade union activities and employee professionalism. Within organisations, employment relations are established to facilitate an interactive working relationship between an employer and an employee as well as determine how labour and social security law provisions addressed to employees are applied. We reviewed pertinent literature that guides employment relations and adopted the mixed methods to enable a rigorous study that will offer profound insight into the employment relations climate in Nigeria and how it affects professionalism. Subjects were drawn from the database of a public funded training provider, whichcaters exclusively for senior public servants. The data are presented in a graphical and narrative form owing to our use of themes in analysing the focus group interviews. Some interesting and at the same time confusing revelations emerge from this study. The distinct difference in the responses holds implications for research and practice. A future study that can clarify this confusion may start by identifying champions (trade unionists, managers at the coalface with unions and other employers) and then engaging them through indepth interviews to understand the real conditions which public servants are exposed. On a practical side, as confusing as the responses seem, they provide a serious opportunity for enhanced studies on Nigeria’s public service constitution. We make this call against the backdrop of what some social scientists have termed intense structural decay in the Nigerian public service.  

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