STRATEGY TO IMPROVE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AT THE OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS, NORTH GALESONG DISTRICT, TAKALAR INDONESIA

This study aims to determine the strategy for improving administrative services at the Office of Religious Affairs, North Galesong District, Takalar Regency. This type of research is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques were carried out through observation, interviews and documentation. The data analysis technique used consisted of data condensation, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The results showed that the Strategy for Increasing Administrative Services at the Office of Religious Affairs, North Galesong District, Takalar Regency can be seen from five service improvement strategies, namely (1) Core Strategy, all employees have understood the goals and functions and their respective duties are in accordance with SOP, several types of services are not implemented due to Covid-19. (2) Consequences Strategy, does not apply a reward system, the community appreciates (reward) employees who help them voluntarily, minimizing sanctions. (3) Customer Strategy, services provided are based on needs, services are in accordance with SOPs, implementon line systems on the SIMKAH application, facilities are available, security guarantees and one-stop services. (4) Control Strategy (Supervision Strategy), having full trust in employees, conveying and finding out what the community needs in administrative services at the Religious Affairs Office at every meeting at the local Camat Office or Village Office. (5) Culture Strategy, building team work, holding regular evaluation meetings and with disciplined leaders able to improve administrative services. The supporting and inhibiting factors can be seen in the awareness factor, organization and service facilities

Using Valuation-Based Decision Making to Increase the Efficiency of China\u27s Patent Subsidy Strategies

[Excerpt] “The Chinese government has grown concerned that its patent fee subsidy programs have not funded the most deserving patents, and thus they no longer wish to spend public resources to promote low-value patents. Instead, the government would prefer subsidy programs that encourage the most deserving patents. The Patent Strategy reflects this desire, as the fourth strategic focus of the Patent Strategy recognizes the need to “[o]ptimize [China’s] patent subsidy policy and further define the orientation to enhance patent quality.”19 This Article explains how a disciplined and transparent valuation-based decision making process can help the Chinese government design patent fee subsidy programs that allocate funds more consistently to deserving patents. In addition, this Article offers the outline of a practical valuation model the Chinese government could use to filter patent fee subsidy requests.

The executive toolbox:building legislative support in a multiparty presidential regime

How do presidents win legislative support under conditions of extreme multipartism?Comparative presidential research has offered two parallel answers, one relying on distributivepolitics and the other claiming that legislative success is a function of coalition formation. Wemerge these insights in an integrated approach to executive-legislative relations, also addingcontextual factors related to dynamism and bargaining conditions. We find that the twopresidential “tools” – pork and coalition goods – are substitutable resources, with porkfunctioning as a fine-tuning instrument that interacts reciprocally with legislative support. Porkexpenditures also depend upon a president’s bargaining leverage and the distribution oflegislative seats.

Exploring concepts of health with male prisoners in three category-C English prisons

Lay understandings of health and illness have a well established track record and a plethora of research now exists which has examined these issues. However, there is a dearth of research which has examined the perspectives of those who are imprisoned. This paper attempts to address this research gap. The paper is timely given that calls have been made to examine lay perspectives in different geographical locations and a need to re-examine health promotion approaches in prison settings. Qualitative data from thirty-six male sentenced prisoners from three prisons in England were collected. The data was analysed in accordance with Attride-Stirling's (2001) thematic network approach. Although the men's perceptions of health were broadly similar to the general population, some interesting findings emerged which were directly related to prison life and its associated structures. These included access to the outdoors and time out of their prison cell, as well as maintaining relationships with family members through visits. The paper proposes that prisoners' lay views should be given higher priority given that prison health has traditionally been associated with medical treatment and the bio-medical paradigm more generally. It also suggests that in order to fulfil the World Health Organization's (WHO) vision of viewing prisons as health promoting settings, lay views should be recognised to shape future health promotion policy and practice