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Browsing by Author "Roache, Darcia Ann Marie"

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    Autonomy and empowerment for middle managers in Jamaican local (municipal) authorities: a positioning strategy for change leadership/management
    (2022) Roache, Darcia Ann Marie; Thomson, Stanley Bruce; Muschette, Richard Oliver; Wilmot, Ann-Marie; Thompson, Canute Sylvester
    The chapter explores how chief executive officers' (CEOs) leadership styles in municipal corporations (MCs) in Jamaica affect middle managers' autonomy and empowerment for change leadership in times of crises. The CEOs' leadership styles contribute to the performance of middle managers' fulfilment of their organizational mandate. Fourteen participants (senior and middle managers), with at least 10 years of working experience at the senior and middle management levels, participated in this study to explore human lived experiences using a case study approach. The qualitative case study used NVivo 12 software to analyze data collected using semi-structured interview questions on how CEOs in MCs can empower middle managers with autonomy to effectively perform their jobs. The findings reveal that when CEOs empower and give autonomy to middle managers, such an action could transform local government organizations and encourage best practices for organizational change in times of crises.
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    Ethical implications in money laundering detection: balancing privacy and accountability
    (2024) White, Robert McKay; Lyn, Alexandra; Roache, Darcia Ann Marie
    The obligation of businesses to submit suspicious transaction reports (STRs) in anti-money laundering efforts is a critical component of regulatory frameworks worldwide. Businesses increasingly look to technology, including artificial intelligence (AI) tools, to satisfy these obligations. While STRs remain a key component of compliance, they raise complex ethical issues involving client privacy and human rights. Employing AI technology in transaction monitoring and reporting processes exacerbates these issues. This chapter explores ethical dilemmas surrounding STR compliance, including the tensions inherent in balancing regulatory imperatives with individual rights. The role of AI in enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of suspicious transaction monitoring is considered, alongside the ethical risks associated with algorithmic bias, lack of interpretability, and the potential erosion of human oversight. By synthesizing insights from theory and research, this chapter offers a comprehensive framework for navigating the ethical complexities of STR compliance.
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    Transformational leadership in practice: bridging the chasm
    (2023) Salem, Tarek; Thomson, Stanley Bruce; Roache, Darcia Ann Marie
    This chapter captures the bi-furcated challenge of implementing the transformational leadership practices in a complex organizational context. The authors embark on Bass' 4I transformational leadership model and suggest a variety of imperative skills necessary for the proper implementation. From the suggested pool of skills, two are highlighted as the most important and resonate with the 4I model. These are creativity and innovation skills and change management skills. The authors expect to find out the importance of transformational leaders to empower and enable the second line of operational leaders that are capable of efficiently and effectively bridging the transformational leadership chasm from the leaders' vision to the followers' practice.