The Fading Traces of Good Governance

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In 1975, the reign of terror was directed and supervised by the Ministry of Interior, where a comprehensive list of action was domiciled in Montevideo. However, events later showed that what befell the helpless citizenry had little or no direction or supervision. Masterminded kidnappings, torture and elimination were the trend, with government Ministries, Departments and Agencies(MDA) becoming active while those saddled with the responsibility of protecting lives and property were always available to carry out the unimaginable. The separate arms of the state competed for the dubious glory of apprehending more subversives and creating a system of sponsored mayhem. As crime and criminality became the culture, unfortunate relatives of victims met a stone wall at the law enforcement and government offices. Green Ford Falcon cars became a symbol with different interpretations, while the unexplainable continued unabated.  Indeed, the deliberate absence of streetlights in most communities...

Dual Management Reporting Lines

Sumanthra Ghoshal wrote that the functional and geographic reporting lines of managers in an organizational structure resulted in ''conflict and confusion''. In complex organizational settings, ''separated by barriers of distance, language, time and culture, managers find it virtually impossible to clarify the confusion and resolve the conflicts.'' Ghoshal wrote the paper jointly with Christopher Bartlet in 1990. The duo emphasized that companies needed to modify their organizational values and the systems of information channels in the organization before they commence the redesign of the reporting lines. Ghoshal, an Indian, had doctorates from Harvard and MIT, and started his career in Indian Oil. He also worked at INSEAD and the London Business School. He died at the age of 55.

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