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Subject: Re: [soa-rm-ra] Definition of Governance
I believe that this is an excellent direction for us to pursue.... Frank On Sep 10, 2007, at 1:18 PM, Ellinger, Robert wrote: > Some thoughts that I have been working for a book on a new type of > economics, entitled Organizational Economics: The Formation of Wealth. > > Obviously the US Constitution defines the functional structure of > governance in the three branches of government, but more > importantly for our discussion it defines the goal of governance. > The preamble to the US Constitution has an excellent definition of > the reason of governance and is the constitution structure reflects > a good governance architecture. > > "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more > perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, > provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and > secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do > ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of > America." > > The blue-lighted/bolded clauses make up a good definition of the > goals of governance, i.e., what it is supposed to do. Governance > "establishes justice, (a level playing field and/or rules of > competitive non-lethal engagement) which ensures a good Saturday > night for the weak (that is, domestic tranquility because there is > a level playing field and rules of engagement that are supposed to > apply to everyone equally, [except for Congress {if con is the > opposite of pro, what is the opposite of progress?}]); and promote > the general welfare in two ways (by setting measurement standards > (see Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, which states "…to regulate > Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and > with the Indian Tribes." and in other clauses To coin money, > regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the > standard of weights and measures; To provide for the punishment of > counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United > States; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by > securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive > right to their respective writings and discoveries) and by ensuring > a communications infrastructure of that era (To establish post > offices and post roads). > > I suspect that governance in all organizations have the same > goals. The reason for differences is cultural more than > functional. These are not individual or organizational goals only, > but also the implicit goals of all economic ecosystems and the > reasons for alliances and standards organizations (e.g., its hard > to trade without standard weights and measures and without an > impartial market--which explains the reason for markets worrying > about insider trading). > >
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