Have 220 odd Ministers and a permanent National Government?
Thursday, 26 March 2015 00:57
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By Rienzie T. Wijetilleke
When taking over an organisation for management, the head of the group is expected to make the following approach:
1. Identify the tasks that have to be accomplished during the set time.
2. Discuss with his inner circle of colleagues what tasks have to be accomplished and strategic positions (slots) to be identified and allocated to suitable divisional leaders for successful implementation of the program.
3. Select competent people among the divisional leaders to fill those slots with clear accountability for timely delivery.
The head of the group must continuously monitor all ongoing work of his team, identify progress on their performance levels with regular reviews and make the changes that are necessary to ensure successful end results.
In management terms, this is how the present elected leader and the appointed leader should have set about their 100-day program.
What the public has witnessed since 8 January and particularly over the last few days is that they had a set of individuals clamouring for positions and thereby finding slots for them without any consideration of costs or the end results.
From a national point of view, this is the most unfortunate development in recent weeks.
This identical situation was witnessed over the last decade, resulting in the former leader being voted out. With both major parties letting down the voters in this manner, the people may turn to smaller parties who up to now have no track record.
It would have been much easier for the present leaders in the Government to appoint all “220 odd people” as ministers and have a “permanent National Government”.
