Advanced Research on Recreating Government: Entrepreneurship and Proverbs in Public Administration

Corruption in the Cameroon public service is beyond any language to describe. As people gasp for
speech, they use proverbs to express the situation. Civil servants stroll in and out their offices. Work
time is set by government from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. The people set their own time as they think fit. It
was observed that half the working population start work at 9:00 am and leave offices at 2:30 pm
instead of 3:30 pm. There is need for a change of work attitudes. Entrepreneurship though intimately
associated with the business world cuts across all walks of life and provides knowledge/skills that can
ameliorate shortcomings in public administration. Equally, proverbs stimulate creative thinking. Our
forefathers used them to expand knowledge and foster understanding of issues. Knowledge, wisdom
and inspirations can be drawn from proverbs and entrepreneurship to improve public administration.
The aim of this study is to investigate how entrepreneurship and proverbs can be used to improve
public administration. Data was gathered through face to face interview conducted with selected
elders and administrators in Cameroon. Data is analysed qualitatively. The study concludes that
entrepreneurship and proverbs can ameliorate the poor situation in the public administration.
Organizations need to innovate in order to be sustainable Goffin and Mitchell [1], so do governments.
Entrepreneurship and proverbs are seen in this paper as catalyst to educate the society and
promoting development. It highlights the importance of using indigenous knowledge in transforming
society. Policy makers have not been vigilant in using their resources to improve the quality of
administration. It is hoped that this paper can lead to a change in mind set.