The Structure of the Ministry of Health: Is There Room for Democracy and Motivation?

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This paper presents three arguments on the macro-structure of the Ministry of Health (MoH) headquarters. The main argument is to what extent can a structure with no internal mobility motivate the personnel who work in such a structure. The second argument is whether the MoH management can marshal maximum cooperation of its personnel to achieve maximum performance. The third argument is whether internal democracy is possible within the macro-structure. The paper provides alternative ways of motivating personnel within the structure and proposes new initiatives that should be taken into consideration by the management. In this paper; the term management refers to the Top management in the Ministry of Health structure. The term personnel refers to the technical people within the structure; particularly Public Health specialists. Motivation is defined in this paper as a person's drive to work because that person wants to do so. The paper is divided into three parts. First; it presents theoretical models on movitivation in organisations. Second; it presents the macro- structure of the Ministry of Health and third; it provides alternative models of motivating personnel within the structure