Revisão do Jornal Árabe de Negócios e Gestão

Developing Regional Planning within the Framework of Decentralized Management Program: The Iraqi Experience

Abstract

Anwer Fadiel Sacheit Albehadili and Lu XinÂ’hai

The present study was aimed to analyze the Iraqis effort in the field of developing regional planning within the framework of the decentralized management program, which is considered as one of the preliminary prerequisites for the implementation and success of planning. It was found that Iraq took important steps in implementing the decentralized management, but these steps are not enough to establish the active planning. While determining the (Karin) level of several desktop sources, the method was applied on the data of Jordon by limiting the main administrative aspects of the public administration system. Still, there exist many problems that need to be addressed in order to achieve the goals instead of clarification of goals. These problems are covered by the nature of relationship between decentralized management and their levels ranging from weak to medium decentralization. In spite of official attitude to the implementation of decentralized management policies, plenty of these are still theoretic and need to be implemented. Any progress and success regarding the implementation of decentralized management policies indicate a more active role for planning and regional development in the life of people from different parts of Iraq. Hence, the proposals presented in this study are unique in the nature that this topic has never been explored in Iraq. So, it will help the practitioners and the planning managers to understand the problems in coastal areas in the provinces and devise better policy for the betterment of the people. It is necessary to proceed further in implementing the decentralized management policies gradually and continuously to control any unexpected side-effects which might emerge from the implementation of such policies.