Ghana can be better together-Professor Erin McDonnell
The time has come for Ghanaians to note that the country Ghana can transform but can be collectively resolved.
Prosper Kwaku Selassy Agbitor Author of the book, "Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in Developing State" and the Notre Dame Du Lac and Kellogg Associate Professor of Sociology, Erin McDonnell (PhD) believed that though Ghana is bedeviled with some challenges, there were equally countless things to be celebrated about the country.
Professor Erin McDonnell (PhD) was addressing the media recently at the launch of her book "Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in the developing States" which hinted that Ghana would be better with a concerted effort.
According to her, the time has come for the Ghanaians to note that the country Ghana can transform but can be collectively resolved.
The decision to write the book was based on her care for Ghana.
"If you are working in a public sector organization, it's hard if you feel as if you are not appreciated and that is not a proper thing", She said.
She, therefore, urged authorities to change the narratives to encourage public sector workers to give out their best.
Professor Erin called for a great sense of urgency in responding to work, a character borne out of motivation.
She observed that her mindset about Ghana is variant from the definition flying around and that she believes that the narrative about Ghana's public sector.
Professor Erin proposed what she termed "Small group culture" and further observed that if adopted would develop the country steadily.
Her book detailed some negative practices in the public sector which constitute corruption and encouraged that those things be eschewed.
The list includes things Ghanaians already know which include reporting to work late, closing earlier than the closing time, and to effective at work amongst other things, when curtailed will command steady growth.
The Ghanaian system, she noted is saturated with bureaucratic ineffectiveness but with the small group system, where everyone is assigned a duty, Ghana could develop steadily.
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