Plain Ideas for Indonesia

The price of corruption is very expensive. In India, it caused not only the bad public services, but also the death of some doctors. In Indonesia, mostly it caused the death of some journalists. WORLD Graft Poisons Uttar Pradesh's Health System in India Daniel Etter for The New York Times An effort to improve maternal health care in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, has been plagued by a host of problems. By LYDIA POLGREEN Published: September 18, 2011 LUCKNOW, India - The first doctor to die, a senior government health administrator, was shot on his morning walk last October by two men on a motorbike. Six months later, his successor, a cardiologist, was shot to death while out on a predawn stroll. A third government doctor, accused of conspiring to murder the first two, was found dead in jail in June, lying in a pool of blood with deep cuts all over his body. The one thing the doctors had in common? All three had at one point been in charge of spending this city'...

When I learned ITIL and COBIT, I read a lot about IT governance. What I learned, it was not governance, but management. Until now, there is no clear framework about IT governance. Even in ITIL and COBIT 5. My argumentation is supported by this statement: I think the reality is that all of what both ITIL and COBIT 5 call "governance" is in fact "management" and that neither framework demonstrates any comprehension of the role of those who are in the true governance role - the board of directors. Because neither recognises the true governance role, they also miss the opportunity to understand the concept of the "system of governance" which is central to the overall definition for corporate governance as popularised by Cadbury. The system of governance has a deep symbiotic dependence on the system of management and the machinery for effective governance often extends deeply into the management systems. Having discussed this with the chief of one of the lo...

Sometimes, we have a problem to differentiate between governance and management, especially in IT aspect. However, there is a discussion about this in a group. I think this is one the best explanation to differentiate between governance and management. IT Governance is a global challenge but. IT governance must be an integral part of corporate governance. IT people and industry in general, make IT sound complex and scare people from corporate governance away. They just leave IT behind as they think its all too complex and things they wont understand. IT governance should ensures that IT goals are met and IT risks are mitigated such that IT delivers value to sustain and grow the organization. Now because IT management is mostly 'governing' itself. That is where the problems start. IT management always claim everything is fine and all projects are going great. Because of lack (or at least the wrong usage) of performance matrices - there is little or no strategic alignment b...

Press conference by Mr M. Jasin, member of KPK, and Mr. Rusdianto, expert staff of Menpan, at "Experiences and Reflections on 2 Years of Cooperation on Bureaucratic Reform Conference" in Mandarin Hotel, July 19, 2011, organized by KOICA and Menpan. In the conference, there was also award presentasi, given to some innovators. Best of the bests innovator is KPK. The best innovators are BPKP, Kejagung, Bappenas, and Setneg. Congratulation for all of you, but please continue in maintaining the sprit of reform.

Some young women who love to hang out and smoking at McDonald's Bintaro, a public area. Any one of them is your daughter?

One view about Bogor Presidential Palace. Rebuilt more than one hundred years ago.