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Impact of the Governance Model

George Cuff

Governance practices can and do impact the quality of decisions made, and the sense of confidence of the council in making them. Members of councils that sense they are struggling with their governance model are often overheard to complain:

• “The process has been unnecessarily hastened and, as a result, the calibre of decisions is called into question.”

• “The process has left minimal time for discussion with my fellow councillors and the staff.”

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Insights

Municipalities, both urban and rural, are where the buck stops on most land use decisions. As a result, they are the logical target of NIMBY attacks. – Tom McLaren, President, Stakeholder Strategies Inc.

Read this article in the August 2008 issue of Municipal World.

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Feature Profile

Greetings Folks,

I write a monthly column in Municipal World – which is always a management column thinly disguised as something else. In addition to MW, I also write about a dozen other columns around the world in publications from Ireland to New Zealand and all points between. The audiences range from bankers to government workers, from techies to HR professionals. All of these articles are intended to provide the simplest of advice, uncommon common sense and hopefully a thought and a grin or two.

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