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| Articles about Bureaucrat |
| P.B. Jayasundara Saga and Triangle of Corruption: politicians, bureaucrat and businessmen | | 2008-08-02 11:29:58 | | The Supreme Court order against Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundara to pay Rs. 500,000, the highest ever compensation in a fundamental rights case, has paved the way for another dimension in fight against corruption in Sri lanka. The popular myth spread in Sri Lankan society is that it is politics that is corrupt. But the Supreme Court ruling has clearly exposed all three corners of “Triangle of Corruption” in Sri Lankan society, namely politicians, bureaucracy and Businessmen/multi-national companies.The Supreme Court petition was filed by Presidential Advisor Vasudeva Nanayakkara in January this year as a private citizen against the highly controversial deal surrounding the LMSL privatization. The case dates back to 2002 following a privatization deal that led to the sale of Lanka Marine Service (Pvt) Limited (LMS) by state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to Sri Lankan conglomerate John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH).The SC ruled that as then PERC Chairman, Dr. P.B. Jayas | | By: Lanka Rising | | |
| | My Life as a Bureaucrat | | 2007-03-19 09:03:00 | | I'm due for a powerpoint presentation of my Creative CommPlan tomorrow. In reality, some components of the plan have been set in motion in the last 4 weeks. On paper, it needs a few more slides to make it look cohesive.Instead of putting the finishing touches to the CommPlan, I find myself checking out Answers.com for the word bureaucrat. Let's just say, I like to amuse myself a bit before any serious work Max Weber provided just the right amusement I needed. He defines bureaucrat as a desk-bound employee, 'bureau' being the French word for desk. And bureaucracy, he says, is a group of employees organized in a hierarchy, functioning under uniform rules and procedures.Oh, so that explains why I didn’t want a desk. My rebel instinct was telling me I was about to be bound, both to my desk, and to uniform rules and procedures! This morning, my aversion to bureaucratic organizational setup nearly came to a head, at least in my mind. We were fixing our TO --Table of Organization-- a must-do in any company. As my eyes fixed on the boxes being moved to and fro, and my ears half-listened to discussions over where, and under which higher box the lower boxes were to fall, my mind was racing at 150kph.Can you really put 'me' in a box? The 'me' that everyone has come to know so far, derives its essence from the fact that I've been thinking outside the box, coloring outside the lines, and functioning as a free-form entity that has found a new playground of ideas! Would I perform as well inside a box.... desk-bound... and TO-compliant... or would I soon spring a surprise ala jack-in-the-box? I decided I've had enough box-gazing for one day and buckled down to work. That's how we get things done and get companies moving forward. First, break all the rules! | | By: Newsgirl: Shrek Moments | | |
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