scholarly journals Conversations with Civil Servants: East European Public Administration Reform in Search of Socioeconomic Development

2012 ◽  
pp. 173-191
Author(s):  
Roswitha M. King
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
East European ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
European Public

Public Administration (PA) Education in Italy

2022 ◽  
pp. 107-124
Author(s):  
Tanzer Celikturk
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
European Public

PA education is closely related to the public administration understanding of the relevant country and the public administration reform process. In this context, the structure of the Italian public administration, its historical roots, traditions, and public administration reform processes are discussed in order to understand the PA education in Italy. Since Italy is from the Continental European school of public administration, its effects on public administration reforms and PA education in Europe have been examined. Factors such as the spread of the new public management approach and the Bologna process initiated by the European Union, the convergence process in PA education and its effects on Italy are discussed. It is aimed to shed light on the PA education studies in Turkey by considering the PA education in Italy, one of the important representatives of the Continental European public administration understanding, which constitutes the intellectual foundation of the Turkish administrative system.

scholarly journals PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF CIVIL SERVANTS AS A FACTOR OF SUCCESS OF PUBLIC MANAGER

2020 ◽  
pp. 152-157
Author(s):  
A. Zhulavskiy ◽  
V. Hordiienko ◽  
N. Malko
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Civil Servant ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Effective Work ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
European Standards ◽  
State Body

The article is devoted to the actual issues of professional competence of civil servants in the system of effective public administration. It was found out that official duties of a state body require professional knowledge and certain competencies of a civil servant how to properly apply them. The analysis of the legislative and regulatory framework in the field of civil service shows that a concept as "professional competence of civil servants." Undergoes formation of its foundations and development. The precondition for the formation of competencies for an employee is determined by the position requirements and job responsibilities. The role of the head of the state body, his/her vision and style of management of the institution and staff, his/her fairness and professionalism in the selection of specialists play an important role. The analysis of the procedure of civil servant evaluation, servant’s activities during the last year and the effectiveness of the tasks set by the head of the civil service indicates a constant need to increase the level of professional competence of the employees. Activities of an HR specialist or service, who is responsible for supporting employees in personal, professional and competence growth through elaborating individual plans and training schemes. Approaches to evaluate activities of civil servants and impact of these activities were identified. The current state of implementation of the system of training and re-training, the basic requirements and types of educational services, platforms, including online, were assessed. Basic requirements to professional competence of civil servants necessary for effective work of public authorities were identified. The ways to solve and improve the mechanisms of realization civil service policies, namely improvement of the system of increase of professional competence of civil servants, were suggested. Considering the long-term public administration reform in Ukraine, the government's focus on the gradual provision of public institutions with competent and professional employees who would meet European standards, was identified.

scholarly journals The Influence of Government Priorities on Public-Administration Reforms in Europe

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40
Author(s):  
Vitalis Nakrošis
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Causal Process ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Reform Implementation ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Reform Strategies ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
European Public

Abstract3 The article assesses how and the extent to which political or policy priorities of European governments condition reform processes and their results in times of crisis. This research is based on desk research and statistical analysis of the 2013 EUPAN survey data on public-administration reform initiatives in Europe. The article finds that the place of public-administration reforms on the governmental agenda partially explains the process of public-administration reforms, but it cannot account for the variation in the (perceived) reform results. Also, the results of this research confirm that EU-13 and (potential) candidate countries face more difficulties in reform implementation due to a combination of comprehensive reform strategies and weak administrative capacities. If the quantitative analysis was able to uncover some broad trends common to European public administrations, more qualitative approaches (causal process-tracing and case studies) are needed to capture specific contexts and changing processes in different European public administrations on which delivery progress is inevitably contingent. In order to explain why some windows of opportunities are seized while others are missed during the process of public-administration reforms, it is important to undertake process-tracing in within-case and between-case analysis and focus on causal configurations in the study of particular reform cases.

scholarly journals Public Administration Reform in Czechia after 2000 – Ambitious Strategies and Modest Results ?

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Špaček
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Administrative Reform ◽  
External Support ◽  
Secondary Literature ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
European Public ◽  
Service Legislation ◽  
Desk Research

Abstract The chapter summarizes and discusses the main topics, developments and issues of Czech administrative reform, based on desk research, secondary literature on developments of administrative reform in the country and input obtained through mapping and analyzing ESF / ESIF support and interviews with employees of central bodies that are responsible for the coordination and evaluation of the use of ESF / ESIF support. It is based on findings prepared within the project European Public Administration Country Knowledge (EUPACK) that focused on researching dynamics of public administration in EU member states and the contribution of external support to improving public administration quality. The research indicates that partial results have been accomplished particularly in the following areas: openness and transparency, quality management implementation (by municipalities and regions) and e-government. Civil-service legislation has been consolidated rather recently, yet has changed various times, and this undermines every effort to evaluate its effects. A national PA evaluation system is being developed by the Ministry of the Interior but focuses (similarly to PA strategies and related operational programmes) on input indicators. This raises questions about possibilities to evaluate actual quality in PA and results of projects implemented within PA reforms.

scholarly journals THE CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM AFTER 2014 YEAR

2020 ◽  
pp. 217-233
Author(s):  
Vainius Smalskys ◽  
Svitlana Khadzhyradieva ◽  
Sergii Slukhai
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Civil Servant ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
Public Servant ◽  
Service Legislation ◽  
The Ideal

As for the civil service in Ukraine, we can identify a number of innovations aimed at improving the performance and ensuring the quality of civil service, namely: separation of administrative and political positions; clarification of the legal status of a civil servant; separation of civil service from political activity; establishing an exhaustive list of persons who are not subjected to the civil service legislation; introduction of a new approach to the classification of civil servants’ positions; a competency-based approach to the selection of candidates for the civil service; defining legislatively common approaches to entry, performance and separation from civil service; improving professional skills and professional training of civil servants, their labor remuneration, bonus payments and encouragement, as well as disciplinary responsibility.  Reforming the civil service legislation has become the most important step towards the public administration reform. Constant changes and amendments to the newly adopted legislation signify about it imperfection. Nevertheless, it should be noted that legislators and reformers are moving in the right direction. The data analyzed in the article show that Ukraine has come a long way from the Soviet civil service legacy. However, it is still in the middle of the road: these achievements must be supported by continuous efforts to render them irreversible and significantly improve the efficiency of public administration. The analysis of the sources in the article shows that the ideal picture of a public servant should correspond to his real perception. In fact, the public perception of civil servants in Ukraine is quite negative, as people see a striking difference between the reality and the ideal mentioned above. It turned out that the public servant, according to public perception, lacked almost all the necessary features. This demonstrates the enormous problems with civil servants in Ukraine due to the mismatch between public perception and the ideal image of a public servant. Thus, statistics show that the majority of respondents (about 70 percent) said that a Ukrainian civil servant is poorly qualified, tends to avoid solving complex cases, impatiently violates the law, demonstrates low respect for customers, is not trustworthy, is biased and interested in his own interests (puts one's own interests ahead of the public), non-result oriented, etc. The article concludes that public service reform in Ukraine should be supported not only by political measures that enhance the professionalism of employees, but also include procedures for changing public attitudes towards them. The negative perception of civil servants can be closely linked to the civil service itself: Ukrainians perceive it as a corrupt and bureaucratic institution that breaks innovation, does not care about cost-effectiveness, and does not perceive positive change.

scholarly journals Culture and public administration reforms in postsocialist transformation: The case of Serbia

Sociologija ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 653-669
Author(s):  
Dusan Mojic ◽  
Jelena Jovancevic ◽  
Sasa Jovancevic
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Informal Institutions ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
East European ◽  
The Public ◽  
Institutional Approach ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

The paper deals with cultural embeddedness of public administration transformations in Serbia during postsocialism. Public administration reform represents an important aspect of transformation of overall institutional framework in contemporary societies. According to institutional approach, the changes of formal institutions (including public administration) are deeply embedded in informal institutions or culture. Theoretical and methodological framework of the GLOBE research program has been used as a basis for the empirical analysis. The goal of the paper has been to identify the scores on cultural dimensions in Serbia and to analyze the correlation of these scores with expectations of the public administration reform. The expected similarity of culture in Serbia with other East European cultures has been confirmed, as well as hypothesis about its norms and values as strong informal obstacles for successful public administration reform.

COMPETENCE APPROACH IN EUROPEAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: ESSENCE AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS (ARCHETYPAL ASPECT)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (14) ◽  
pp. 132-143
Author(s):  
Martha Ivanivna Karpa
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
European Public ◽  
Territorial Organization ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Definition Of

The article reveals the main features of the competence approach in the practice of European public administration. The features of the competence approach in public administration are determined on the basis of analysis of the basic concepts of public administration. In the dynamics of the formation and development of popular theories of interaction between state and local authorities, such as the theory of a free community, community (public) and public and state (the theory of municipal dualism), we can trace a number of characteristic features of a competency approach, which manifests itself both through the general theoretical relations and manifestations, and through the practice of coexistence of public authorities. There is a problem of definition and distribution of public functions as a prerequisite for defining and shaping the competences of public institutions. An important issue in the context of a competent approach is the institutional consolidation of functions in the context of the existence of the basic models of territorial organization of power. In each of the varieties of the Governance concept (Responsive Governance concept, Democratic Governance concept, Good Governance concept), the specifics of the use of competencies are defined. The archetypal symbols in the European public administration are singled out using the analysis of competence in public administration in its main constituents. A brief description of the archetypal aspect of European public administration is given. The main components of competence are shown in connection with the existing archetypal symbols and the characteristic trends of their development. Their connection is shown according to the scheme “the entity component (who?) — the object component (what?) — the administrative component (how?) — the basis (in what environment?)”. Concerning the trends of development of a competence approach in the context of practice and theory of public administration, it is determined that modern concepts of public administration are characterized by shifting the balance between state and public institutions to the sphere of common goals and tasks, and thus responsibility. The joint activity of all subjects of society requires new forms of cooperation, definition of the spheres and subjects of each entity’s activity for effective cooperation, distribution of functions and competences of the entities, formation and consolidation of their status characteristics.

Are They Ready for Their Close-Up? Civil Servants and Their Portrayal in Contemporary American Cinema

Public Voices ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle C. Pautz ◽  
Laura Roselle
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
The Public ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
American Cinema ◽  
Box Office ◽  
Narrative Forms

Perceptions of government and civil servants are shaped by a variety of factors including popular culture. In the public administration literature the significant role that film and other narrative forms have on citizens’ perceptions is duly noted, and there is ample research on politicians and military heroes in film, but a focus on civil servants remains largely elusive. Among the sparse literature centered on civil servants are studies that employ a case study approach or focus on a few films. In contrast, our research employs a large sample of 150 films. These films comprise the top ten box-office grossing films from 1992 through 2006; therefore we examine the films most likely to have been seen by a majority of movie-watching Americans. More than 60 percent of the films in our sample portray government as bad, inefficient, and incompetent. However, the data on more than 300 civil servants yield intriguing findings. Surprising, in light of the negative depiction of government, is the positive depiction of individual civil servants. Half of civil servants were positively portrayed, and only 40 percent were negatively depicted. Americans may view government negatively, but they see in film positive depictions of how individual civil servants can and do make a positive difference.

Evolution of public administration in the post-Soviet. Turkmenistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 98-118
Author(s):  
ALYM K. ANNAMURADOV ◽  
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OVEZDURDY B. MUKHAMMETBERDIEV ◽  
MURAD O. HAITOV ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
The State ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Historical Changes ◽  
Special Place ◽  
Independent States ◽  
World Class ◽  
New Independent States

The article examines the formation of the statehood of modern Turkmenistan through the prism of historical changes that have occurred in the post-Soviet countries. It is noted that after 1991 all former republics of the USSR built new independent states on a fundamentally different basis – interaction between government and society. The authors emphasize that the establishment of trust between the state as an institution and citizens is possible under certain conditions, among which a special place is occupied by a clear organization of civil service and the professionalism of civil servants. The measures that have already been implemented and are being taken by the leadership of Turkmenistan at the present time to solve these problems are considered. It is noted that Turkmenistan acts within the framework and in accordance with the key world-class standards regarding the requirements for the organization of civil service. The measures taken in the country to combat corruption are analyzed.

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