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The 1st AMDIN Biennial Conference and General Meeting - Presentation: Kenya Institute of Administration

30 August 2007

What role for Management Development Institutes in Africa

Dr Margaret Kobia

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The abstract

MDIs have been part and parcel pf the growth of African governments. Although they have had serious challenges impacting negatively on their performance, they still remain important pillars upon which public service reform and development in Africa is founded on.

On the other hand, it is the position of the paper that in the immediate term governments must address the weaknesses affecting the MDIs in order to realise meaningful public service delivery. Although the private sector may complement efforts of public sector MDIs, it should be understood that effective culture change and value system institutionalization in Africa can only be successfully done by public MDIs.

This paper reviews literature and discusses the role of MDIs in the delivery of services by the public. Capacity gaps, challenges and possible interventions are presented.

The paper concludes by pointing out that enhanced participation of MDIs in public policy formulation and management plus increased networking and benchmarking are identified as key to the success of MDIs.

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