Chief Administrator Research Articles

Stakeholder perspectives on mosque management and accountability: A stakeholder theory approach

This study focuses on stakeholder assessments of mosque management. The researchers identified and investigated stakeholders' perceptions of mosque management using a descriptive qualitative case study of a historical mosque in the Sleman Regency. The concepts of stakeholder theory and accountability were used as part of the analytical framework. The results show that stakeholders view the religious programs and activities of the mosque positively, feeling that they benefit both the mosque and the surrounding community. Stakeholders also feel that the programs reflect the mosque’s commitment to building trust and stakeholder confidence. In terms of accountability, the mosque emphasizes moral, ethical, and spiritual accountability towards God and relationships with God and humans. Financial reporting is transparent, with reports posted publicly each month. Stakeholders believe that the chief administrator carries out his/her responsibilities honestly, openly, and responsibly. Overall, the research demonstrates the importance of considering stakeholder interests and aspirations to improve mosque management performance related to quality of services, transparency, accountability, and contributing to community development.

Lonely at the Top: An Examination of the Changing Dynamics for Chief Administrative Officers in Alberta Municipalities

Lonely at the Top: An Examination of the Changing Dynamics for Chief Administrative Officers in Alberta Municipalities

Which Groups Win Meetings with the President?

As Head of State and Chief Administrator, the President oversees the operations and performance of the federal government. With this role, they also can limit the power of special interests, frequently speaking out against them and vowing to save their administrations from their influence. However, further examination of the White House reveals that the words and actions of the president do not always align. Presidents frequently engage with organized interests—but which interests tend to win meetings with the White House?

Napoleon Bonaparte, General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and the Problem of Banditry in Piedmont, 1800–1802

The Consulship of Napoleon Bonaparte is often presented as a time of his political triumph as both politician and legislator. However, this very stereotypical assessment requires further clarifications. As the latest research suggests, the whole period between the Brumaire and the proclamation of the Empire was a period of difficult search for new methods of governance under very difficult circumstances. One of the serious problems in the formation of the new borders of Napoleonic France in the early years of the nineteenth century continued to be banditry (brigandage). In a number of regions, this phenomenon had a distinct political colouring. In the French political lexicon of the era, it referred to collective violence of any kind, anti-state actions, as well as various forms of criminal robbery. The situation was most acute in the peripheral regions, particularly in Piedmont. Although the flames of the acute civil conflict of 1799 had subsided here, yet the causes of this mass phenomenon were extremely deep. The author aims to analyse the ways of solving the problem of banditry in the context of the overall Napoleonic policy, to show the role of the French administration and, in particular, of General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan in this process during the formation of new institutions of power in the Consulate period. Drawing on the archival collections of the French Ministries of General Police and Justice, the Piedmont General Administration from the French National Archives, as well as some materials from the archival collections of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he attempts to reconstruct a set of measures to eradicate banditry. The new authorities, and above all the chief administrator of Piedmont, General Jourdan, as well as the prefects and mayors, had to resort both to the tactics of “mobile columns” and extraordinary justice, but also to seek compromise with the rural oligarchy, the parish clergy and the peasant masses in order to maintain the fragile social order. What is also significant is that the experience gained by the French in the fight against banditry in Piedmont was later successfully disseminated to other regions of Italy, and that it was this experience that largely served as the basis for the formation of Napoleon's policy of “cultural imperialism”.

Job stress management in forest administration chief officers in Turkey

Employees in all sectors are constantly under stress. This stress can be a result of job, organization and environmental factors. In addition, stress can have certain negative consequences and individuals use different methods to cope with them. In this study, the symptoms of stress and the stressors to which forest administration chief officers are subjected and their strategies for overcoming the stress were investigated. The research was designed as a field study and was conducted using via questionnaire. The study?s sample consists of forest administration chiefs in Turkey. Four hundred and forty survey forms were assessed and all the statistical analyses of the surveys were performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics 19 packaged software. As a result, it was determined that the general stress level of forest administration chief officers was relatively high and the stress factor with the highest mean score was stress associated with organizational (internal) characteristics. The general level of stress-related symptoms caused by the stress factor was relatively low. The mean score of stress symptoms related to health was the highest and lowest mean score was that of stress symptoms related to work. Low levels of stress symptoms indicate that forest administration chiefs have successfully implemented stress management techniques. They were the most confrontational with stress and utilized positive thinking techniques in regards to coping with stress. In addition, stress factors and stress symptoms differ statistically by the region in which the participants work. Significant relationships were also found between "stress factors" and "stress symptoms and stress management techniques".

Армия и полиция в царской России: проблемы взаимоотношений

The paper is devoted to a problem of interaction of two major departments of imperial Russia – the military ministry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The author marks, that it was carried out in many directions, the main of which, in his opinion, was the cooperation in the sphere of police activity. The military men initially carried out police functions. Transition of military men in police was easier, than transition of police officers to the army service. Full submission of police to the military ministry in the Russian territories of Central Asia (Russian Turkestan) was especially significant. If in other regions of the country, the district police was separated from administrative authority, in Turkestan it was connected with it. The chief of administration of district was simultaneously the chapter of police administration, where there were army officers, and even civil officials in Russian Turkestan were obliged to wear the military uniform. As a result of research, the author comes to conclusion that neither army, nor police could rescue the Russian autocracy from historically inevitable crash.

Improvement of Methods of Quality assessment of Financial Management of chief administrators of budgetary Funds

The quality of financial management is one of the key factors in achieving the goals and objectives of both commercial organizations and public sector organizations.The subject of this study is the relationship between the budget process participants, arising as a result of organizing and conducting an assessment of the quality of financial management in accordance with the budget legislation of the Russian Federation. The degree of scientific development of the topic is assessed as low since at the moment there is no consistent approach to assessing the quality of financial management from the point of view of financial management, and therefore this issue is relevant.The aim of the study is to substantiate the need to improve the methodology for assessing the quality of financial management of the chief administrators of budgetary funds. The issue of assessing the quality of financial management in the public administration sector is controversial and fairly new in the theory of public and municipal finance.The author used the following methods in the paper: an abstract-logical method, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction.As a result of the study, a number of problems have been identified related to the reliability of the assessment of the quality of financial management of the chief administrators of budgetary funds, its significance, comparability, and objectivity, and the quality of legal and methodological support for the assessment.It is concluded that it is necessary to clarify the current budget legislation and eliminate legal conflicts, separate the results of assessing the quality of financial management of federal ministries, services, and agencies, adjust the formulas for calculating the values of indicators in the direction of “budget expenditures management”, and also introduce disciplinary responsibility of the head of the chief administrator of budgetary funds.The novelty of the study lies in the proposal of specific measures to improve the assessment of the quality of financial management of the chief administrators of budgetary funds in the framework of developing measures to improve the efficiency of the budget process.

Nehemiah as a Biblical Model of Volunteer Workers for effective Church Administration

Coordination is an essential tool for an organisation's surviving and smooth running. Christian ministry needs proper administrative functions for the effectiveness of church business and human and financial resources. To achieve this noble goal, the chief administrator and a pastor need to acquaint himself or herself with the knowledge of administration. This paper attempts to provide a study of Nehemiah as the biblical model of volunteer workers for effective church administration. The name Nehemiah in the Hebrew language "nechemyah" or "NehemYah" means the comfort of Jehovah or Jehovah's comforts, and the paper argues that Nehemiah’s models and the pattern used by him are an archetype or perfect examples for the volunteer workers to embrace in the realisation of effective church administration. The authorial intention and motive for this study is to affirm the value and contributory efforts of the local Church's volunteer workers and the necessity for effective administration in managing human resources by the church administration. The efficiency of volunteer workers in church administration connotes the proper concept within the Church that volunteer workers and leaders exist and are needed in the Church. It is stated in this paper that in the Church, the word volunteer is considered in the light of Christian stewardship. The required significant parameters for efficient volunteer services as inferred in this study are organisation and management, recruitment, screening, and training and re-training of volunteer workers, which is the church pastor's primary task. To this end, the paper submits that volunteer workers are needed in church business, yet, the functionality of viable volunteer workers hinges on effective church administration; the pastor is supposed to be a coach-player and not the sole player in the field of Christian ministry. The paper recommends that Christian leaders should do their best to avoid distractions and make themselves available for the godly task by incorporating Nehemiah's models of leadership into their system of administration.

Refining a Shugenja Elite

Abstract In this article I investigate the reform of Haguro Shugendō undertaken by the bettō (Chief Administrator) Kakujun in concert with the elite shugenja households of Tōge during the Kasei (1804–1829) era. I argue that this collaboration demonstrates the centrality of the household to early modern Shugendō and the importance of relationships between those households and powerful institutions such the bettō. Household, status, and both bureaucratized and document-based patron-client relationships—institutions that permeated early modern Japanese society—are crucial for understanding Shugendō. In this light, shugenja communities such as Tōge simultaneously displayed the characteristics of both a warrior retainer corps and a socially stratified, self-governing rural village. Kakujun reorganized Haguro’s administrative and social structures, clarifying and documenting its social hierarchy to an unprecedented degree. In the process, established households had their traditional privileges guaranteed or even expanded, resulting in a mutually beneficial relationship between the bettō and local elites.

Footprints of a Golden Camel Near Qin Shihuangdi’s Mausoleum

The article presents materials of the excavations of Qin burials near the area of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. To the west of its outer wall, a burial ground of nine large tombs has been excavated, which are dated to the age of the empire's formation, however the possibility of an earlier date is not excluded. The most interesting finds were reportedly from grave M1, which included bronze bells and ritual vessels, iron armament, jade scepters and disks, gold buckles, numerous metal figurines of people and animals, including gold and silver camels. This discovery made it possible to raise the question of the formation of a stable trade “highway”, later determined as the Great Silk Road, already in the late period of the Qin Dynasty (the last quarter of 3 rd century BC), but not under the rule of Han Emperor Wu-di (156–87 BC), as previously thought. Perhaps a high-ranking dignitary buried in grave M1 was chief administrator of this project, therefore he can be denoted as “Qin Zhang Qian”. One more golden trail leading from the depths of Asia to the Yellow River’s valley can be found in the nine golden buttons from grave M5, excavated at Taerpo, in the area of Xianyang, the ancient capital of the state of Qin. Some of the buttons were decorated by granulation, and it is highly likely that such technology could have penetrated into China from Western Asia. The materials obtained from these excavations once again illustrate how the Qin Empire, despite its short life and inglorious death, managed to lay many important pillars of future development.

The Russian City Dalnii through the Eyes of the Minister of War Aleksei Kuropatkin

Using the unpublished documents from The Russian State Military Historical Archive, the article explores the history of visit to Dalian (Russian – Dalnii) city by the minister of war of the Russian Empire Aleksei N. Kuropatkin in 1903. The research is based on the diary written by the minister during the trip, and also on the collection of the documents he compiled. During the trip to the Far East, he visited a new Russian commercial port, which was being built on the Liaotung peninsula. The article describes how he inspected the administrative part of the city and technical facilities, and analyzes his criticism and recommendations. The documents presented to the minister of war by V. V. Sakharov, the chief of city administration in Dalian, provide information on the contemporary situation in the city; on the number of inhabitants and their nationality; on city planning and architecture; on the system of public land auctions, taxes and fees. The significance of Dalian city to the defense of the Russian Far East as a suitable naval base for Japan in the case of the attack on Port-Arthur is considered as well as the necessity of placing a stronger garrison in Dalian. It is noted that minister of war was skeptical of the development of Dalian as a large Russian commercial port in the Pacific. He also paid attention to the imbalance between generous funding of commercial projects of Sergei U. Vitte and inadequately subsidized defense projects.

Implementasi Manajemen Pembelajaran Daring pada Masa Pandemi COVID 19 di SMP Negeri 7 Sijunjung

The sudden spread of the covid-19 virus has resulted in social changes that have caused stuttering in the process of adjusting learning activities. That's why online learning must be done in order to achieve ideal learning at SMP Negeri 7 Sijunjung. This study aims to describe the planning, implementation and evaluation or control of during learning the covid 19 pandemic at SMP Negeri 7 Sijunjung. The results showed that, 1). The planning stage is carried out through several stages, namely the first small meeting of the Headmaster, Deputy of Headmaster for Curriculum sector and the Chief of Administration, the results of the small meeting are brought to the teachers council meeting, then the results of the meeting are socialized to parents and students 2). The implementation of daring learning the Covid 19 pandemic at SMP Negeri 7 Sijunjung was carried out by the Headmaster to each field teacher, namely by using the Whatsapp Group Mapel, Google Classrom and Google Form to send material, whether in the form of photos, videos or LKPD 3). Evaluation of daring learning the covid 19 pandemic at SMP Negeri 7 Sijunjung was carried out by the Headmaster along with the Deputy of Headmaster for Curriculum sector by controlling directly into the class and subject groups of each teacher and conducting monthly briefings related to daring learning.

The Sacred Asian Gate Tradition in Europe (Symbolic Crossings from the Mundane to the Sacred)

The Sacred Asian Gate Tradition in Europe (Symbolic Crossings from the Mundane to the Sacred)

Reimagining Youth Justice: How the Dual Crises of COVID-19 and Racial Injustice Inform Judicial Policymaking and Reform.

ABSTRACTThe COVID‐19 pandemic and the rejuvenated movement for racial justice in 2020 have presented an opportunity to reimagine the roles, practices, and policies of juvenile and family court systems actors. In order to capture contemporary ideas about judicial practice and policy reforms, semi‐structured interviews were conducted with Hon. Edwina Mendelson, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the Office of Justice Initiatives in New York State, and Hon. Steven Teske, Chief Judge of the Juvenile Court of Clayton County, Georgia. These interviews yielded several recommendations for judicial reform in youth justice (e.g., implement court‐wide procedural justice practices, improve accessibility using technology). These recommendations can be used by systems actors across the country, particularly those interested in adapting their courtroom practices for a post‐pandemic world.

IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC MECHANISM OF MANAGEMENT OF THE REGIONAL AIC ON THE BASIS OF DEVELOPMENT OF NETWORK INTERACTIONS OF ITS SUBJECTS

The activity of the recipient of funds is carried out by the chief administrator of budget funds or an authorized organization on the basis of its own evaluation methods, with a focus on possible areas of verification that can be carried out by the Accounting Chamber of the Russian Federation. Despite the importance of the concept of result as an object of research in determining the effectiveness of the use of budget funds, to date, the concept of "result" has not been disclosed. The article analyzes the key problematic issues of the effectiveness of assessing the use of budget funds provided by the state for the development of agriculture.

Glosa aprobująca do wyroków Naczelnego Sądu Administracyjnego z dnia 6 czerwca 2018 r. w sprawach II FSK 1525/16 i II FSK 1526/16

W glosowanych orzeczeniach Naczelnego Sądu Administracyjnego poruszono problematykę skutków prawnych polecenia darczyńcy w kontekście obniżenia wartości darowizny, a tym samym podstawy opodatkowania w świetle przepisów o spadku i ustawa o podatku od darowizn. Zgodnie z treścią art. 7 ust. 2 ustawy o podatku od spadków i darowizn, jeżeli obdarowany został obciążony obowiązkiem wykonania polecenia, wartość obciążenia z tego tytułu stanowi ciężar darowizny, o ile zostało ono wykonane. Zgodnie ze stanowiskiem organów podatkowych i sądów administracyjnych niższej instancji, zarządzenie darczyńcy obniża podstawę opodatkowania tylko wtedy, gdy obowiązek wykonania tego polecenia w sensie ekonomicznym uszczupla majątek obdarowanego.Odmienne stanowisko zajął Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny, który orzekł, każde polecenie darczyńcy, o ile zostało wykonane, stanowi ciężar darowizny, niezależnie od tego, czy obdarowany, czy też osoba trzecia stała się beneficjentem tego polecenia. Zdaniem Naczelnego Sądu Administracyjnego każde realizowane polecenie darczyńcy stanowi ciężar darowizny. Pogląd ten wynika z koncepcji, że niedopuszczalne jest stosowanie rozszerzającej interpretacji przepisów prawa podatkowego i wypełnianie luki w prawie podatkowym w taki sposób, że interpretator wprowadza dodatkowy warunek, od którego spełnienia zależy wystąpienia skutków prawnych polecenia darczyńcy. Dlatego też niedopuszczalne jest różnicowanie skutków prawnych polecenia darczyńcy ze względu na to, kto jest jego beneficjentem.

Achieving Sustainable Organisational Performance through Employee Job Satisfaction and Organizational Culture

The reason for this examination is to inspect the intervening function of occupation fulfillment on the connection between the components of authoritative culture, association culture, consistency culture, flexibility culture and mission culture with hierarchical execution on the financial segment of Pakistan. This investigation was directed to advance the idea of hierarchical culture out in the open banks with the goal that it very well may be reflected in the exhibition of the bank. The example of this investigation comprises of 320 including branch chief (BM), provincial supervisor (RM), operational director (OM), and colleague branch administrator (ABM) workingin eight public banks inside the region of Punjab and Sindh,Pakistan.Dimensions of hierarchical culture weremeasured by a prior approved 12item instrument, work fulfillment 16 things and authoritative execution were estimated by 7 things. Factor examination was utilized to develop four elements of hierarchical culture (i.e., contribution culture, consistency culture, versatility culture and mission culture). The connection between hierarchical culture measurements, work fulfillment, and authoritative execution was tried by SmartPLS 3.2.9.Among the variousdimensions of authoritative culture, inclusion culture, versatility culture and mission culture had a critical, positive relationship with work satisfactionalso as hierarchical execution. Moreover, consistency culture displayed the most grounded, negative relationship however huge impact on work fulfillment, while consistency culture indicated aninsignificant impact, negative relationship with hierarchical performance.Bank administrators and policymakers ought to be cognizant that circumspect the authoritative culture can assist them with figuring out where to endeavor to help increment their worker work fulfillment and bank execution. The aftereffects of this investigation could likewise be helpful to bank leaders who wish to broaden authoritative execution. Improving worker work fulfillment inside the work environment may expand productivity and help guarantee steady and effective representatives.

ФИНАНСОВЫЙ МЕНЕДЖМЕНТ В ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОМ СЕКТОРЕ

The article substantiates the relevance of implementing the principles of financial management in the public sector. Based on the analysis of foreign experience, the mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating the quality of financial management of public administration bodies and chief administrators of budget funds are revealed. The expediency of introducing a risk-based methodology in the management of budget resources of the Russian Federation is revealed.

Editorial Introduction: Advances in Theory and Practice of Policy Research from National to Local Level

Editorial Introduction: Advances in Theory and Practice of Policy Research from National to Local Level

The Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care, Education, and Persons With Disabilities in Kenya

The Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care, Education, and Persons With Disabilities in Kenya