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Public corporations II

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Term: 1st Term

Week: 5

Class: Senior Secondary School 2

Age: 16 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Government

Topic:-       Public Corporations  II

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Discuss the structure of public corporations
  2. Draw a diagram showing the relationship between a minister, board and management

 INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher reviews the previous lesson on public corporation

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

He describes the structure of public corporations 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

He show s the relationship between the minister, board and management diagrammatically

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

PUBLIC CORPORATIONS

Public corporations have a three–step structure.

 

1. A typical public corporation whether at the federal or state level is run by a board of directors.

Members of the board are appointed by the president or governor as the case may be.

2. The chief executive oversees the day-to-day running of public corporations. They are usually called managing directors or directors general. They report to the supervising minister at the federal level and commissioners at the state level.

3. The supervising minister is the link between a public corporation and the president. In the case of a state-owned corporation, the supervising commissioner is the link between a corporation and the governor.

4. Each director in a corporation is usually assigned specific roles. The director of finance attends to financial matters while the personnel director attends to personnel matters.

 

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MINISTRY, BOARD AND MANAGEMENT

 

MINISTRY: Is headed by a minister who is the political head while the permanent secretary usually a career civil servant, is the administrative head and chief accounting officer. The minister oversees the ministry as well as departments and agencies under it and represents the president in the case of the federal ministry. Also serves as the link between the political class and public service. For states, the ministry, headed by a commissioner, performs the same roles

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: oversees the affairs of government agencies, commissions, and departments. The chairman is appointed by the president at the federal level or the governor at the state level. Board members are not full-time, permanent public servants but are appointed on a part-time basis, usually for fixed tenure.

 

MANAGEMENT: responsibility for the day-to-day running of government commissions, departments, ministries, and agencies. The management team is usually headed by a chief executive. The designation varies from one agency to another. For Example, the chief executive of Corporate Affairs Commission is called Registrar General while chief executive officer of other organizations is known as executive secretaries, executive chairman, director general, etc.

 

COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATIONS

  1. A core ministry is directly under a minster who is responsible to the president or a commissioner responsible to a governor in the case of state ministry, while a public corporation is run by a management team headed by a chief executive. The management is overseen by a board. The board is the link between the management and minister.
  1. Civil service is not primarily structured to generate money and make profit. Emphasis is on service, while public corporation is structured to run like a business enterprise, generates revenue and possibly, make surplus.

 

EVALUATION:    1. What is the structure of public corporations?

  1. Draw a diagram showing the relationship between minister/commissioner, board and management

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively