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WHAT DOES MANAGING A TGRA INCLUDE?
• Organizing functional divisions within the TGRA that enable the Agency to meet its statutory mandates adequately and efficiently; • Staff selection, training, and management; • Strategic planning and self-evaluation; • Budgetary projection and management; • Developing communication protocols and policies, both internal and external; • Developing document retention policies; • Understanding the larger Tribal Government infrastructure; • Managing administrative and political conflicts…
CAUSES OF CONFLICT…
• Conflict regarding persons appointed/not appointed, or confirmed/not confirmed to serve as a Commissioner; • The TGRA’s as an “Independent Agency”; • Agency actions that may be politically unpopular; • The political stress associated with appropriating a TGRA budget; • Village/Clan/Family affiliations – or Member/Nonmember status; • Political loyalties – real or perceived; • Conflicting duties/rights of TGRA staff as an Employee of the Tribe vs. a Licensee of the TGRA; • What else??
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