Public Administration Reform: An Incentive for Local Transformation?

1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Grochowski
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Local Transformation ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
Starting Point

Local self-governments at gmina (municipality) level have become primary components of Poland's democratization. The establishment of self-governing units in 1990 was the most important achievement of the first period of transformation and a very promising sign for potential political and economic changes in the future. An attitude to local self-governments presented after 1993 by postcommunist parties that came back to power, have not allowed these governments to build the infrastructure essential for the efficient operation of the jurisdiction. It also was impossible to establish the next level of self-governance— powiat (county)—designed as a complementary one to gminas. The second phase of self-government reform has been halted. There is still no clarification of the functional responsibilities between different levels of government and no authorization of revenue sources corresponding to functional responsibilities. These facts have a negative influence on local transformation processes including those of an economic nature. That is why public administration reform is perceived as a very necessary step to continue democratic reforms and to make regions and counties or municipalities well managed and administered. However, reorganisation of central government or the introduction of new levels of self-governing units will not automatically promote local transformation. In order to do so public administration requires complex and deep changes. The starting point for these changes will be a new definition of the state and of central government's roles and responsibilities. If public administration reform is to bring real changes its role must be redefined from the perspective of a decentralized state. The reform should be designed and implemented in such a way that helps to work out transparent and efficient mechanisms of intergovernmental relationships. The reform should also change the position of local government relative to central government. New professional standards as well as training programs for local government employees must be prepared to improve human resources and to overcome bad bureaucratic customs and practices inherited from the communist era.

EFFICIENCY OF MANAGEMENT DECISIONS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana Sych ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
State Management ◽  
Public Administration Reform

The article considers the factors influencing the efficiency of management decisions made by local government bodies in the modern conditions of public administration reform and the development of local self-government in Ukraine. The author outlines the features of this problem, the main features of state-management decisions, the essence of the concepts "effect", "efficiency of management decisions", the main approaches to the study of the problem of decision-making are highlighted. The main attention is paid to the direction of research, which takes into account the human factor. The main ideas of the representative of this direction - the Nobel laureate D. Kahneman, presented in the book "Noise", are considered. This work raises the issue of system errors among those who make decisions. The views of the domestic scientist O. Maltsev on the designated problem and the provisions of D. Kahneman's book are presented. The results of the analysis by scientists of the influence of the human factor and psychological characteristics of management decision-making on the efficiency of decisions are reflected. The conclusions of scientists regarding the need to take into account the qualities of a decision- making person and his professional training are summarized. The main characteristics of the personality that influence decision-making are given from the domestic scientific literature on public administration problems. In accordance with these ideas, the requirements for the positions of civil servants, local self-government bodies, as well as the modern practice of training specialists and managers in this field are considered. It is concluded that the primary importance for making effective decisions by local government bodies is the use by specialists and managers of modern technologies for developing and making management decisions, the development of their personal qualities for making management decisions in the process of training and obtaining specialized management education in universities.

SOCIO-POLITICAL PROCESSES AND ISSUES OF PUBLIC GOVERNANCE IN THE EMIRATE OF BUKHARA IN THE COLONIAL CONDITIONS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 78-82
Author(s):  
Feruza Fayziyeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Xix Century

The article analyzes the socio-political processes in the Bukhara Emirate in the second half of the XIX century. Also, after the invasion of the Russian Empire, the traditions of public administration in the Emirate of Bukhara, ie the system of central government and local government, were scientifically studied on the basis of historical facts.

The Changes of the Roles of the Hungarian Counties: Towards a One and a Half-Tier System?

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-415
Author(s):  
István Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Public Law ◽  
County Governments ◽  
Tier System ◽  
Definition Of

Several models of the definition of local government competences have been evolved in the modern public law systems. Traditionally the county governments have had an important role in the Hungarian public administration. Although this role was weakened after 1990 the new county governments have had important service provider functions to 2011 which system has been changed by the new Hungarian Municipal Code. The former public services performed by the county governments became the tasks of the central government and partly the functions of the county towns. Thus the counties lost the majority of their functions and they received just narrow competences in regional planning. These tasks were extended by the reforms of 2013 which can be the base of a new “developing county” approach.

scholarly journals McCowan, Martina (2019). Public Administration in Times of Transnationalisation and Crisis. The Dynamics of Organisational Change in Ministries of Finance. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. Paperback, 238 Seiten, ISBN: 9783848755592 (Print).

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-2020) ◽  
pp. 249-253
Author(s):  
Nadin Fromm
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Incremental Change ◽  
Path Dependencies ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
Ministry Of Finance

Recent policy and public administration studies have explored the emergence of organizational change of central government in turbulent times of reforms or crises to conclude repeatedly their manifest and persistent character. This book explores the influence of transnationalisation in fiscal policy and the European financial crisis on ministerial bureaucracies by comparing the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the Danish Ministry of Finance during the time period 1998 to 2014. The analysis is focusing on changes in organizational structure, civil servants’ behavior and levels/mode of coordination. Two types of change are distinguished: change in terms of path dependencies and profound change. The study reveals that transnationalisation as reform leads to smaller adaptations and incremental change in the first phase of the study period (1998-2007). The financial crisis in the second phase (2008-2014), however, provokes profound mchanges in terms of structure, behaviour and coordination in both countries.

scholarly journals Evaluation of financial performance of contributory organizations under the jurisdiction of municipalities

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
Viera Papcunová
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Useful Knowledge ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
To Receive

Public administration reform has brought about, inter alia, the change of financing of original and delegated competences for municipalities. In this context, the conditions for economy of local government have changed, while the pressure was put on municipalities to make more efficient use of their property to receive the greatest possible benefit in terms of economic, social and territorial development. A municipality can manage its own property, but it can also entrust it to the budgetary and contributory organizations. The Act no. 138/1991 Coll. indicates that the municipal authorities and organizations are required to manage municipal property in favour of development of municipalities and their citizens, and protection and creation of the environment. One of the possibilities for increasing the efficiency of property use is also financial analysis, eventually economic analysis. Analysis usually results in practical useful knowledge, creating the foundation for an objective definition of relevant conditions (factors) for the future capital appreciation in municipalities. The aim of this paper is to evaluate financial performance of contributory organizations under the jurisdiction of municipalities with help of selected indicators.

scholarly journals PERTANGGUNGJAWABAN KEPALA DESA KARANG TUNGGAL KECAMATAN TENGGARONG SEBERANG KABUPATEN KUTAI KARTANEGARA DALAM HAL PENGELOLAAN KEUANGAN DAN ASET DESA (DITINJAU DARI UNDANG-UNDANG REPUBLIK INDONESIA NOMOR 6 TAHUN 2014 TENTANG DESA)

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Andreas Susanto Marbun ◽  
Dinny Wirawan Pratiwie
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Village

The Unitary Republic of Indonesia's Republic of Indonesia in organizing the system of government embraces the principle of Decentralization by providing opportunities and freedom to the regions to organize Regional Autonomy. Indonesia is a regional entity consisting of central government and local government, as regulated in the provisions of Article 18 paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution which states that the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia is divided into provinces and provinces are divided into districts and city, where each province, district, and city have local government, which is regulated by law. The district / municipality government comprises the subdistrict area, and each sub-district has village / village in it, the village's new face becomes the hope of accompanying the establishment of Law No. 6 of 2014 on the Village which becomes the starting point of the village's hope to be able to determine the position, role and authority over himself so that the village can be politically and politically swayed as the foundation of village democracy, as well as economically and culturally dignified as the face of village self-reliance and rural development. Article 26 has given the village chief the opportunity to manage the finances and assets owned by the village. The stages of the village financial management have been regulated by the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation No. 113 of 2014 on Village Financial Management, and the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia No. 1 of 2016 on Village Asset Management regulates the procedures for managing village assets. The management of village finances and assets can’t be separated from the ability of the Village Head and other village apparatus. The responsibility of the Village Head in managing village finances and assets properly, transparently and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations is necessary to promote the development and economy of the village, including Karang Tunggal village as one of government under Kutai Kartanegara.

scholarly journals Inovasi dan kreativitas Public Service Era Otonomi Daerah sebagai Modern Local Government

Yurispruden ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Afifuddin Afifuddin
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

 ABSTRACTThe implementation of public services is still going on with the old public administration practices. Therefore, it is time for the bureaucracy to change its mindset. The development of the paradigm of public administration can bring enlightenment to the bureaucracy. Public Service innovation and creativity is one of the right solutions in the era of regional autonomy in achieving the welfare of modern regional government. The Indonesian state in running the government, the relationship between the central government and local governments must be well and harmoniously established. The intertwined goal is for the prosperity of the people. Regional autonomy can provide flexibility for regions to innovate and create local community creativity as material for local government policies. Therefore, several important discourses in Public Administration Science can be a reference for modernizing the administration of local government in the era of regional autonomy. Keywords        : Innovation, Public Service Creativity, Regional Autonomy, Center,                          Region and Local Government ABSTRAKPenyelenggarakan pelayanan publik masih saja terjadi praktik-praktik old public administration. Oleh karena itu sudah saatnya birokrasi merubah mindsetnya. Perkembangan paradigma administrasi publik dapat membawa pencerahan bagi birokrasi. Inovasi dan kreativitas Public Service merupakan salah satu solusi yang tepat di era otonomi daerah dalam mencapai kesejahteraan pemerintahan daerah yang modern. Negara Indonesia dalam menjalankan pemerintahan, hubungan pemerintah pusat dan pemerintah daerah harus terjalin dengan baik dan harmonis. Tujuan yang terjalin tersebut untuk kemakmuran rakyat. Otonomi daerah dapat memberikan keleluasaan bagi daerah untuk melakukan innovasi dan kreativitas masyarakat setempat sebagai bahan kebijakan local government. Oleh karena itu beberapa wacana penting dalam Ilmu Administrasi Publik dapat menjadi rujukan untuk memodernisasi penyelenggaraan pemerintah daerah dalam era otonomi daerah. Kata Kunci    : Inovasi, kreativitas Public Service, Otonomi Daerah, Pusat, Daerah dan                          Local Government 

scholarly journals Status of Serbian Towns in the Light of Recent Efforts Towards a National Decentralisation Strategy

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogoljub Milosavljević ◽  
Jelena Jerinić
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Single Level ◽  
Reform Strategy ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Town

Decentralisation has been recognised as one of the key priorities of the 2014 Serbian Public Administration Reform Strategy. To that end, the Serbian Government has taken steps towards preparing a national decentralisation strategy. Serbia has a single-level and almost completely monotype structure of local government, in which towns have the same organisation of bodies, and almost identical competences as municipalities do, including some minimal exceptions for the Town of Belgrade, as the country’s capital. In the light of the ongoing discussions on decentralisation in general and, more specifically, on the reform of the local government system, the authors comment on some of the issues in the centre of that discussion, particularly those relating to the status of towns in general and the status of the capital, and provide proposals for possible overall reforms of the local government system. Consequently, these issues will be analysed from the perspective of the need to alter the current constitutional framework.

scholarly journals An Overview of the Reformed Local Government in Macedonia

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 440
Author(s):  
Mirjana Kraja Sejdini
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
Fiscal Decentralisation

<p class="ber"><span lang="EN-GB">Local government in Westerns Balkans has gone through various public administration reforms resulting from the era of New Public Management (NPM) developments that took place in developed countries. However, such reforms have not yet reached their goal of creating more autonomous (especially financially) local government units that would be efficient and effective enough to provide better services to citizens. Macedonia is perceived a country where fiscal decentralisation has not reached its expected outcome reflected mainly in low shares of finances compared to central government finances. This paper aims to elaborate on the reforms that have shaped the management of local government in Macedonia, as well as its financial position. This is an exploratory study of previous writings about decentralization and local government (mainly) in Macedonia. The paper starts with some theoretical background of NPM and decentralisation that have shaped the local government. Then it follows with a review of the public administration reforms, decentralisation process, and local government finances. The paper is expected to contribute modestly in understanding the nature of local government and its finances along the reforms channelled mainly through the decentralization process. </span></p>

scholarly journals THE PROBLEM OF THE POLITICAL AND FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN 2012-2019

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 148-154
Author(s):  
ANA TSITLIDZE
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Formal Control ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Key Issues

The article contains a concept about Political and fiscal decentralization problem in Georgia during “2012-2019” For each democratic state strong local government and its political and fiscal decentralization is a fundamental principle of democracy. A local government is a form of public administration which, in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within a given state. It contains political, fiscal and administration decentralization which means to transfer power from central government to municipality. In the way of Democracy and European integration as a still democracy development county, Local Government development and its Political and fiscal decentralization is an important and key issues for Georgia. Aim of the Article: To analyze the process and the problem of Political and Fiscal decentralization of Local Government in Georgia during 2012-2019. What type of problem we have and what is the main problem for Political and Fiscal decentralization of Local Government in Georgia. Despite all of reforms from independence to nowadays, political and fiscal decentralization of local Government is a problem for all governments in Georgia. The main reason for all of them was political control under the Local governments. After 2012, the hope that the new Government can implement real political da fiscal decentralization of local government was big. But reality is different. Despite two reforms of Local Government during 2012-2019, until now the problem of political and fiscal decentralization in Georgia is the same: no formal control of Local Governments, Most of Financial resources still have central Government, Local Governmnts have no possibility to implement their power independently, they have no own property and sufficient financial resources. In this article we give a recommendations how to improve political and fiscal decentralization aspects in Geogria and what the main problem is.

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