Smith, Neil
(2020)
DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP AND FINANCIAL ALLOCATION PRACTICES IN THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY.
Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.
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Abstract
This thesis reports on a study of the leadership and financial allocation practices of the British Virgins Islands (BVI) Civil Service. It focuses on the introduction of proposed modifications to the current practices meant to improve the effectiveness of leadership and the efficiency of budgeting practices. The study examines how the leadership practices in the BVI Civil Service influence resource allocation and the challenges that prevent it from realizing higher service delivery standards. This thesis also examines the synergies required between leadership practice, budgeting, and the implementation of initiatives. The literature review aimed to understand some of the challenges that exist in public sector leadership, organization systems, decision making, and financial management practices. The study then sought to understand the peculiarities of the British Virgin Islands’ leadership and financial management practices that may be responsible for the dissatisfaction of the senior managers within the BVI Civil Service in their quest to ensure that they carry out their mandates from the political directorate efficiently and effectively. The results showed that many of the issues regarding the budgeting and allocation of financial resources could be attributed to the leadership practices of the BVI Civil Service. Proposals include suggestions for changes to leadership and budget cycle procedures to improve the effectiveness of resource allocation and the implementation of BVI Civil Service initiatives. This improvement is achieved by, first, integrating stakeholders meaningfully in their various capacities to participate in the development of initiatives that utilize the resources of the Government of the Virgin Islands; second, by ensuring that lines of accountability and responsibility are established that are obvious to all stakeholders; third, by providing that the in-depth details necessary for implementing budget initiatives are shifted from pre-budget approval to post-budget approval; fourth, during the planning for implementation of initiatives, by emphasizing clear and accurate articulation of the problem as opposed to devising possible solutions to a less clearly defined problem; fifth, by ensuring that decision points are clearly defined and that the information required to make decisions at these points are part of a natural and progressively more detailed process moving towards the formulation of an acceptable solution to the defined problem. Finally, the implications for the leadership and financial management procedures and public policy in the British Virgin Islands Civil Service are discussed, along with proposals for further research.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctor of Business Administration) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Management |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Aug 2020 10:54 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2023 23:48 |
| DOI: | 10.17638/03091047 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3091047 |
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