Management At The Cultural Frontier 30 December 2011
Posted by Bill and Wanda in On the Pilgrim's Road, Understanding Others.Tags: culture, Kisiizi Hospital, Management, Uganda
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Traditional practices, or what was set up by the organisations founders, have worked surprisingly well over the years. But for the larger modern organisation, and in the face of donor expectations, the status quo cannot be tinkered with anymore. Yet, force feeding managers with new management guidelines or procedures would be a lazy recommendation. Best practice is offered frequently by well meaning visitors and is politely accepted. Yet it remains undisturbed on a shelf, after the deliverer has departed. This is a complex issue, explored in a new article in the colleaction of management papers in this blog. See Management-Not What it Seems article.
Giving A Hand – Volunteers 29 December 2011
Posted by Bill and Wanda in Understanding Others.Tags: Africa and money, funding, Kisiizi Hospital, Management, Poverty
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In UK, the rhetoric of The Big Society has gone stale. The charity sector was quite wary of it even when it was fresh. Now it has become jaundiced of it all. Nevertheless, volunteers remain the muscle of most charitable activity. Within an English based charity, the motives for seeking volunteers are a mix of opportunism and vision. But so are the motives for offering to become a volunteer. But go to a developing nation, and the mix becomes stronger, the contrasts greater.
An article written a while back has now been put on the blog as a page in the Management section. It lays out some of the issues. As a caution to the confident, and a help to the anxious.
Looking For A Happy New Year 27 December 2011
Posted by Bill and Wanda in Understanding Others.Tags: African spirituality, church, faith in Uganda
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High inflation effects all staples
We greet eachother with Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. Let’s wish Uganda one too. The nation’s political elite do not do what they should, and the religious leaders are not acting as salt and light. Biship Zac Niringye has recently accused feloow church leaders of failing the Nation in this regard. See
Furthermore, though we now have left Uganda, we still hear that child sacrifice issues rumble on. Indeed, the opportunity of a minority to get rich while the majority struggle in the face of massive inflation, has made some resort to “dark arts”. See the recent article on the BBC. For more on this topic, see Tales From The Dark Sides .
Power Company powers on 27 November 2011
Posted by Bill and Wanda in Hospital News.Tags: Kisiizi Hospital, power
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The power company continues to grow. In September, it had 278 outside customers, not far short of its practical ceiling of 300. It has now got to the stage where it might not be able to meet full demand in early evenings during the dry season, when water flow is low and power production falls.
