Learner Log Book - Instructions, General Information, Summary, Key Learning Points

The Learner Log Book (LLB) is a monitoring tool used by e-tutors to track learners' progress. It helps ensure engagement, prevent plagiarism, and provide opportunities for evaluation and mentorship. This document includes instructions, general information, a summary, and key learning points.

Learner Log Book
LLB
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I. INSTRUCTIONS
The purpose of the Learner's Log Book (LLB) is to document the
achievements of the learner in a central repository that will be considered as
evidence on the effectiveness of the learning process. It is a 'monitoring tool'
that e-tutors use to report on individual learners' progress and it is a way of
ensuring that learners:
 Are engaged in their learning process.
 They are experimenting by doing the tasks subscribed to them by the
e-tutor.
 Avoid plagiarism because learners have to be engaged on a continuous
basis and the informal assessment can therefore be used to ensure
consistency with the main formal assessment.
 Provide e-Tutors with the opportunity to get to know the learners
evaluate them and mentor them properly.
 There are templates which will reflect whether learners read, whether
they understand, whether they assimilate the knowledge, whether they
develop enquiry ability, whether they have the potential to conduct critical
thinking and whether they can reflect on the knowledge accumulated by
relating to real situations.
The onus is mainly on learners to furnish the required information in the
templates after each unit based on the Read and Analyze Activity. After
filling the information in the template they need to e-mail it back to the e-
Tutor.
e-Tutor will then comments on the work done and the involvement that takes
place and give overall impressions on the learners at the end of the module.
II. GENERAL INFORMATION
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Learner Name: Please fill
ID Number: Please Fill
Course Title: Please Fill
Article Title: Please Fill
Date of Submission: ---------------------------------------------------------
Date of Received Feedback: ------------------------------------------------
III. SUMMARY (100-200 words)
Provide a summary in your own words on the article you requested to read
and analyze in the following space.
Performance measurement has been one of the major concerns for the local
governments. Performance management tools are being widely used for better
analyzing of the employee performance. By taking the information of the citizens
better understanding of the issues that are present in the course of the completion of
the project. Citizen government relationship is considered to be one of the most
important aspect that is taken into consideration during the commencement of the
evaluation of the issues present in the project. Conduction of surveys helps in better
proclamation of the understanding of the efficiency of the project functioning. The
major challenges that are being faced includes the like of the proper decision
making, promotion of democratic governance with respect to that of accountability
and transparency. All these aspects are taken into consideration for better probation
of the project and better decision making.
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IV. KEY LEARNING POINTS
Identify the key learning points in the read and analyze assigned activity.
Key learning points are as follows: -
 Engaging of citizens can be done with the help of diversifying the entire group
into small sections
 The citizen involvement results in provisioning of efforts that are initiated with
the help of the grassroots
 The performance evaluation is performed with the help of the measurement of
the five jurisdiction. The test of time includes the fact that the
commencement of the project will be performed as per the typical adoption
and implementation of the organization wide performance measurement
efforts.
V. RELEVANT STATEMENTS TO THE SESSION
While you reading, identify the relevant statements to the session and
insert them in order in the following space.
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Relevant statements are as follows: -
 Most performance measurement systems in local government focus on
information important for internal management decisions, such as inputs and
outputs, staffing patterns, and resource allocations (Ho & Ni, 2005)
This statements proves that the management of the regular functioning of the
performance will be prosecuted with the help of the internal management decision.
Staffing patterns are also provided for better prosecution of the projects that are
undertaken by government.
 “can help ensure that public services are responsive to the needs of the citizens,
not just the convenience or needs of those providing the service” (Callahan, 2007,
p. 220)
Public services can be prosecuted as per the responsive need of the citizens.
This section deals with the prospect of commencement of the duty to be completed as
per the demands of the citizens and not as per the benefits of the service providers.
VI. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
This is the most important section in your analysis. To complete it
5successfully, learner is to consider the following guiding steps:
 Present arguments coherently, supported by evidence and facts to
substantiate on why you may take a particular stance and/ or
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position towards a particular approach whether against or in support
of it;
The journal that has been chosen is very precise in nature and this is the reason
that data analysis gets easy.
City/Country Profiles
From the chosen journal it can be stated that the Denver is having a population of
600000. The government stature that is followed by the Denver includes Strong
mayor or council method. The initiation of the performance of the project started
in the year 1990.
Derby is estimated to have a population of 22,000. The structure of
government that is being used includes that of Mayer council manager. The entire
system of prosecution started in the year of 2001. In the year 2007, new city
manager was hired along.
Guilford Country has an estimated population of 460000. The government
structure that is used by the country is Council manager. This process began with
the processing of the North Carolina. Bench marking of the project initiated in the
year middle of 1990.
Metro Nashville has a total population of 600000. The government stature
that is used in the prosecution of governance of the country is Council manager.
The initiation process started in the year 2001 and the results that were expected
were relevant.
Vancouver has a total of 162000 residents. The form of government that takes
into consideration the entire process is performed with the help of the council
manager. The entire process had started in the year 1999.
Data Analysis
Performance analysis is performed with the help of the report, planning in a
strategic manner and budget documentation. Rest f the data is derived with the help
of the semi structured interview terminologies. This interview will help in better
understanding of the system. Phone interviews were also held. The interviews lasted
for about 35 minutes to 65 minutes and the required data are collected. This
collected data helps in better analysis of the outcome of the project.
Citizen Involvement Effort
Denver, Metro Nashville and Vancouver has been implementing the
terminology of the centralized effort management of the system. This is the sole
reason that the prosecution of the data transaction happens is checked and analysis
is performed. Programmers are held responsible for better prosecution of the system.
In case the prosecution of the entire system requires proper implementation of the
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NCCI grant. This provisioning of NCCI grant will ensure that the result that is\-Guilford
Country implements the prosecution of the mix operational performance as per the
evaluation measure of the project.
The data that are gathered by the statements of the citizens the budget
analysts as well as the agency managers gets benefitted inn better analyzing of the
data that are collected. Introducing transparency in the business set up has been the
major goal of the business organization.
Purpose of Citizen Involvement
Denver and Metro Nashville feels that educating the citizens in a better
manner will help the government to analyze the function of the business
organization. In case the citizen’s get educated the prospect that is allotted to them
will be clear to them and reference cab be set by the citizens. In case the provided
service differs from the referenced service the citizen’s protest against this issue.
This is the main reason projection of data management will get befitted with the help
of this methodology.
Until the implementation of the NCCI there was no participation development
program that is set was absent and hence proper administration pf the project was
not performed in a proper manner. Implementation of the one size fits all process
was not done as this technique dis not suite the terminology of the project. Just as
described in the journal the functioning of the jurisdiction is performed in a varied
manner, the entire prosecution gets performed by engaging the citizens in different
manner and getting their views as per the performance of the project. Simultaneous
methods are used for better completion of the project. In case of simultaneous
methods, launching of the product during the performance of the online survey. 4 out
of 5 times the customer review is taken. With the help of the customer review the
main advantage that is to be used includes proper structuring of data that are to be
used for analysis of the success rate of the project. In case of the output that is
generated the main advantage that will be enjoyed includes the fact that the
commencement of the project is performed as per the data that are provided by the
citizen. Random survey methodology is also used on the prosecution of the project.
With the help of normalized survey the complaints pf the citizens can be mitigated
inn an efficient manner.
Mechanism of Participation
By performing the citizen involvement process, it can be stated that the Denver
has the involvement technique that is used includes a structured focus on the
groups. The groups include one neighbor and another that requires the outreach
meeting. The recruitment process that is held includes the processing of the
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representative sampling. After performing the representative sampling, random
selection is made. The neighborhood groups are self-selected. The core participant
includes that of the staff includes the staff members that are focused on creation of
budget and management. Performance manager with the proper support budget
preparing staff and the management procurement staff coordinates the entire
system. An estimated participation of 40 people is expected. These participants are
expected to be the present from the sampled city as well as the neighbors of the city.
Citizen Involvement process
In case of the Derby city, the involvement techniques that are used by them
includes multi methods, open forums and structured focus. The focus group
recruitment is performed with the help of the nominations that are done by the
departments that includes the likes of the departmental boards and the commissions.
The core participant of the project will be the contracted consultant assistant of the
city manager. The coordinating mechanism will be performed with the help of the city
manager’s office. A total participant of 238 is estimated along with 50 focus groups.
In case of the Guilford City, from the journal it can be stated that the involvement
technique that will be used includes the likes of the Facilitated focus groups along
with the website outreach. The focus group recruitments is performed with the help
of the Notices and invitations and strategic planning mailing list. The core
participants are limited to the staffs that are present in the different agencies.
Implementation of Internal audit system is performed in order to prosecute the
management system as per the demands of the department director. Total number
of participant count reaches to the 50-primary representing special interest group
along with the interested groups, namely the farmers and the neighbors present.
In case of the Metros Nashville the facilitation of focus groups is created. The
focus group recruitment is performed with the help of the self-selection with the
response to the finance department. An approximate 10 walk ins are estimated as
per the media effort.
In case of Vancouver, the involvement technique includes the likes of the multi
method surveys of the focus groups. This section also provides the special population
outreach. The focus group recruitment is performed with the help of the department
managers who have been already nominated for the prosecution of the system. The
core participant includes the performance analysts who have their duty varied
against the nominated individual participants. The coordinating system is managed
with the help of the city managers. A total of 2000 participation is expected in the
project commencement process.
Citizen driven performance measurement
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In case of the understanding the priorities that are set as per the decision that are
taken by the citizen are allowed in Denver. Derby city as allows the projection of the
citizens determining the factors that are important in governing of the city. Guilford
County and the Vancouver allows the citizens to decide their priorities, whereas
Metro Nashville does not allow the citizens to decide their priorities.
Denver, Guilford city, Vancouver allows the citizens to decide the data that are to be
collected, whereas Derby city and Metro Nashville does not allow their citizen to
decide the data that are to be collected
PROS
The pros of implementing the prosecution of the system includes the fact that
taking concerns of the citizens of the country or city in consideration. This
consideration helps in better understanding of the project management and the
performance can be well evaluated. This evaluation helps in better prosecution of the
data prosecution and better understanding of the issues that are present in the
commencement of the project
CON
The main disadvantage that will be present in the commencement of the project in
case of project functioning evaluation includes the fact that the ideologies that will be
provided by the citizens might not be very efficient in nature. Too many ideologies
might pop up and the progressing of the project will fail
 Capable of bridging the gap between the theory and conceptual work
with the application under consideration.
The gap that is present in the commencement of the project is because the vision
that the citizens of the country will measure the success of the project is different
from the real reference set. This difference in the real reference set and the projected
comparison set might derail the success of the project. The concern of the citizens
are mainly concerned with the lifestyle of themselves. These issues are not the only
aspect that is to be taken into consideration. This might be acting as a gap in
between the proper development and the hindrance that will affect the development.
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VII. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS
How could you apply the subject matter from the article in a real business case?
Applying this subject matter in business will be beneficial in nature. From the above
case it can be stated that clients of the organization must be provided higher
importance. In case the government deals with the citizens is the same way the
business organization must treat their clients. In case the clients of the business
organization keeps a track over the functioning of the business organization,
desirable outcome can be expected from them.
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VIII. LEARNING REFLECTIONS
What have you learnt? Critical thinking is about lessons learnt to be drawn
from the analysis.
Concerning the citizens regarding the performance of the government will be
beneficial in the evaluation of the project. The views that are provided by the citizens
in managing the country and city will help in better governing of the city and country.
IX. e-TUTOR COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK
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Mark:
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