Chapter 10: Level 5 - Public Governance
Public Governance
Chess with an even bigger twist! So let's play three-dimensional chess with these players. What the heck are they you ask? What moves can they make? As complex as the Level 4 proposition was, how about chess with players you don't know? !
How do I know I am at Level 5?
At Level 5 we have:
- Diverse nonaligned cultures,
- Facilitation of disparate behaviors,
- Public entitlement issues,
- An obligation to social harmony,
- Authority illegitimately devolved to a project champion level.
Level 5 Particulars are summarized in the following table:
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Level 5: Public Governance
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Features:
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• Open System
• External Determinacy — dependent on public will
• Custom Environment
• Dynamic Complexity
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Focus:
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• Balance of Power
• Opposition
• Public Debate
• Lobby
• Constitutional Due Process
• Cultural Diversity
• Constitutional Rights
• Imposed Transformational Imperative
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Test:
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The extent to which the intended change maps onto the external corporate determinacies.
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Control Point:
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The Public Policy position of the advocacy group is the control point.
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Archetype:
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This corresponds to a "Values" lowest static baseline.
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Performance Management:
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Proximity to Policy Position and Public Will
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Performance Measurement:
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Balance Score Card
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Performance Expectation:
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0%
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Success:
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If these values are sustainable in regard to the evolving social values, then
the initiative will succeed.
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Failure:
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If these values are not sustainable, the transformational initiative will serve
to accelerate the demise of the policy interest.
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Resources:
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Political Science, University of Ottawa Center on Governance,[6]
the Institute on Governance.[7]
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6. Faculty
of Social Sciences Centre on Governance, Gilles Paquet, University of Ottawa,
(Ref. https://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/governance/).
7. "Founded in 1990, the Institute on Governance (IOG) is an independent,
Canada-based, not-for-profit public interest institution with its head office
in Ottawa and an office in Toronto." (Ref http://iog.ca/).
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Performance
