The above diagram identifies most of the possible causes to the problem, by applying the “why” as suggested by Oakes (2009) at each stage until a common problem is identifying as the absence of a specific “Economic Development or Planning Act” similar to other countries and state such as the Mauritius Planning and Development Act, Singapore Planning Act and Economic Development Board Act, Texas Economic Development Act, Hawaii State Planning Act, and others that should mandated the existing role and functions of the Department of Strategic Planning Office. The system failure in terms of no underlying act or mandate to enable the SPO to fully function and maximized its role is deem to be the underlying root cause of the continuing lack of researching
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However, due to lack of motivation such as lack of career path; low salaries with over qualified employees; lack of leadership and management skills; lack of resources and equipment; and lack of management awareness on the critical importance of research; it is difficult for the organization to maintain these employees against the attractive packages offered from other international and regional organization such as the United Nation Development Fund (UNDP), International Monetary Fund (IMF), South Pacific Form Secretariat, and others. Further, this problem persist to exist due to the lack of proper legal boundaries and ‘political will’ that should support the roles and responsibilities of the …show more content…
Also, this section will focus on the Macroeconomic Policy and Planning Division (MPPD) which is supposed to undertake independent research and analysis for all socio-economic, and environmental issues and making quality policy advice to the Fijian government.
The Division as of August 2015, only have six staffs, consist of 1 Chief Economic Planning Officer, 1 Principle Economic Officer, 2 Senior Economic Planning Officers, and 2 Economic Planning Officers. The Division’s roles and responsibilities is to provide macroeconomic policy advice, macroeconomic forecasting with the Reserve Bank of Fiji, and Budget Planning and monitoring with the Ministry of Finance (SPO Service Charter,
However, due to lack of motivation such as lack of career path; low salaries with over qualified employees; lack of leadership and management skills; lack of resources and equipment; and lack of management awareness on the critical importance of research; it is difficult for the organization to maintain these employees against the attractive packages offered from other international and regional organization such as the United Nation Development Fund (UNDP), International Monetary Fund (IMF), South Pacific Form Secretariat, and others. Further, this problem persist to exist due to the lack of proper legal boundaries and ‘political will’ that should support the roles and responsibilities of the …show more content…
Also, this section will focus on the Macroeconomic Policy and Planning Division (MPPD) which is supposed to undertake independent research and analysis for all socio-economic, and environmental issues and making quality policy advice to the Fijian government.
The Division as of August 2015, only have six staffs, consist of 1 Chief Economic Planning Officer, 1 Principle Economic Officer, 2 Senior Economic Planning Officers, and 2 Economic Planning Officers. The Division’s roles and responsibilities is to provide macroeconomic policy advice, macroeconomic forecasting with the Reserve Bank of Fiji, and Budget Planning and monitoring with the Ministry of Finance (SPO Service Charter,