The value and state of Leadership, Authority, Responsibility and Accountability in the Philippine Bureaucracy

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2. GUIDING LOGIC
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3. Basic Values in a Bureaucracy
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Parameters of Public Servants

5. …is all about owning up to all your Good
and Bad decisions. It is not about a title!
Leadership…
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6. Basic Principle in Management
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7. Principle of Accountability
(Essential in Public Service)
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8. Statutory Deterrents to Abuse of
Authority
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A B U S E

9. The Necessity of Coordination and
Synchronization in a Bureaucracy
LEGISLATIVE
EXECUTIVE
JUDICIARY
OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE
D E L I V E R Y
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10. The Difference between
Authority and Responsibility!
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AUTHORITY RESPONSIBILITY

11. The Burden of Leadership
In Command Command Responsibility
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12. ASSUMPTIONS
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13. Ultimate Objective of Genuine
Reforms
C I T I Z E N R Y
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never about …always about …
In Providing Public Service, it is …

15. In the Pursuit of
Public Service …
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16. Strategic Coordination and Integration
is a key responsibility of a CEO
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17. Delegation
of Authority
Delegation of
Authority does not
relieve the Principal
from Responsibility
for deeds and
misdeeds committed
by subordinate
personnel
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18. Levels of Accountability
Management Hierarchy
(Policy-Making/Decision-Making Units)
Operating Units
(Frontline/Implementing Units)
DEGREEOF
RESPONSIBILITY
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19. The Purview of Accountability
Accountability – for the
 exercise of Authority and
 acceptance of Responsibility.
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20. Other Deterrents to Abuse of
Authority
T E L E V I S I O N
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21. The Critical “Check-and-Balance”
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22. WITH AN IMPAIRED CHECK-&-
BALANCE
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23. Level1Level2Level3
Executive Legislative Judiciary
The Breadth and Depth of Corruption
and Immorality in a Bureaucracy
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24. Prejudicial Leadership
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25. Deceptiveness in a Bureaucracy
A
ORGANIZATIONAL SET-UP
A COMPLICATED
PRESENTATION
A CAMOUFLAGE FOR
INEFFICIENCY and
IRREGULARITIES
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26. The Perennial Ethics Dilemma
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27. Patronage System
Obsolete Selection Criteria
Absence of Updated Competency
Standards for Job Titles
Abuse of Prerogative by
Appointing Authority
Narcissistic tendencies of
Appointees
Weak “Check-&-Balance” System
Psychological disorder
Abuse of Authority
Major Causes:
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28. Predictive Indicators /
Basic Causes of Abuse
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29. Avoidance of Responsibility
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30. Politicians’ Growing Notoriety
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31. FAULTY
Evasive Maneuvers of TraPos and
Misfit Civil Servants
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32. RESULTS
or
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33. Effect of Incompetence and Bad
Management
PEOPLE’s
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34. Results of Bad Governance
WASTED TAXPAYERS’
MONEY
PUBLIC
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35. Repercussion of Corruption
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36. “We are what we consistently do. Excellence is
therefore not an Act, but a Habit.”
SUSTAINED
PATRONAGE
NO COMPETENCY
S TA N DA R D S
~ Aristotle
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37. SOLUTION PROPOSALS
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