DIFFERENTIAL LEGACY EFFECTS: THREE PROPOSITIONS ON THE IMPACT OF ADMINISTRATIVE TRADITIONS ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM IN EUROPE EAST AND WEST

This article aims to elucidate the tradition of Japan’s public administration emphasizing the civil service system. A number of studies explain the impact of the tradition (norms, values, and institutions), in shaping the process and result of public administration reform. By applying the historical institutionalism perspective, this study reveals how the legacy of the past, the tradition promoted by the Meiji Restoration, creates the new tradition of public administration. This study selects Japan as a typical case representing Asian developmentalists. The remarkable Meiji restoration marked the process of adoption and adjustment of the Germanic traditions in the bureaucracy modernization. Norm institutionalization has established the new norms and civil service system. The basic norms consist of legality, consensus, and seniority. It develops the "kyaria" denoting recruitment, selection, and promotion influenced by seniority, long term performance, and prestigious university recommendation and produces competent and dominant mandarins in the policy process. However, the parliament continuously initiates the reform to reduce the mandarin's domination and heighten political control over the bureaucracy. The reform has not yet changed the power balance of two institutions since the ”kyaria's” embeddedness in Japan's polity produces two consequences. First, it contributes to public administration modernization. The mandarin’s outstanding performance increases political legitimacy and social acceptance to the "kyaria"system. Second, the parliament cannot drastically reduce the mandarin’s role since the lifetime employment model enriches them with knowledge and experience of the government affairs. Conducting cautious reform and, at the same time, working closely with the mandarin are the primary reform strategy of the parliament.

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Decentralization reforms as modern concept of state development

Public administration and local government ◽

10.33287/102015 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 17-24

Author(s):

Vitalii Bashtannyk ◽

Mariia Kudriavtseva

Keyword(s):

Public Relations ◽

Public Administration ◽

Transformation Process ◽

Regional Level ◽

Integrated System ◽

Modern Concept ◽

Reform Process ◽

Public Administration Reform ◽

Decentralization Reform ◽

The Impact

Features of public administration reform in the context of modern decentralization processes are studied. The analysis of features of formation of system of authorities is carried out, the legislative and regulatory base of activity of authorities of various levels is considered. The actual scientific problem of substantiation of theoretical and methodological principles of the transformation process in the system of public administration is solved. A conceptual approach to solving the problem of content of modern public administration reform in the format of initiatives of the President of Ukraine to reform public administration is proposed, with the criteria of decentralization reform proposed to be used as factors influencing the reform process in Ukraine and equally as transformational factors in public administration. The multifaceted nature of the transformation process in the system of public administration due to the influence of political, economic and social components is demonstrated, the concepts of socialization of management, humanization of management, complex administrative systems are determined. Author’s approaches to periodization of development of processes of formation of strategy of reforming of authorities are developed, system characteristics of development of public relations in Ukraine in the field of development of a state policy are resulted. Using the results of the study, the principles of forming the concept of development of the Ukrainian state, as well as the methodological basis for improving the management model at the central and regional levels were developed. Based on the analysis of the activities of regional institutions of government, the directions of public administration reform at the regional level are proposed. In general, the regional level of government has been adopted as a baseline in the process of public administration reform in the context of decentralization reform. Internal and external factors of influence on the transformation process, their characteristics are determined, the stages of institutionalization of public administration are established. It is substantiated that in the process of public administration reform it is necessary to determine the structure and methodology of analysis of the impact of decentralization, the presence of a generalized set of tools to improve public administration in the central, regional and sectoral levels by combining technologies of socio-economic development and organizational and management mechanisms. A new approach to the formalization of governance as the influence of the state on public relations by introducing the concept of an integrated system of public administration and the principles, forms and methods of interaction of elements of such a system are proposed.

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Reengineering of economic transformation management as a basic prerequisite for implementation of the strategic goals of the country’s development

Economies Horizons ◽

10.31499/2616-5236.2(9).2019.212852 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 78-87

Author(s):

Oleksiy А. Topchiy ◽

Dmytro S. Voit ◽

Natalia О. Prokopenko ◽

Antonina B. Trushliakova ◽

Dmytro M. Riabets

Keyword(s):

Economic System ◽

Public Administration ◽

Executive Branch ◽

Economic Transformation ◽

The Public ◽

Use Of Resources ◽

Public Administration Reform ◽

Strategic Goals ◽

The Impact ◽

Basic Prerequisite

he purpose of the article is to reengineer of the economic transformation management as a basic prerequisite for implementation of the strategic goals of the country’s development. Methodology. The scientific works of scientists in the field of economic transformation management are the theoretical and methodological basis of the study. To achieve the purpose of the article, the following research methods were used: theoretical generalization of the directions of the public administration reform; methods of positive and normative analysis – to develop recommendations for reengineering of economic transformation management as a basic prerequisite for implementation of the strategic goals of the country’s development. Results. The main development trends and the impact of transformational drivers on the state of the national economy are studied. It is proved that despite the rather high potential for the development of innovation, investment, digital technologies and small business in Ukraine, their role in ensuring effective economic transformations remains insufficiently active. The transformation of these processes into powerful drivers of economic development and transformations of the economic system in a given vector requires a consistent public policy and the creation of appropriate economic, legal and institutional conditions. The conceptual matrix model of economic transformation management is substantiated. The model involves that implementation of the projects of national (regional) importance is a process which is carried out in parallel and in relation to the other processes of the socio-economic system functioning. The purpose of identifying priority areas for the transformation of the economy into individual projects is to ensure faster and more effective implementation of reforms, their transparency and controllability. The model will eliminate the problems of establishing effective communications and synchronization of actions between levels of government; allow us to use of resources (including human resources) more efficiently, to increase the level of responsibility and control at each stage of the transformation process. Practical meaning. The directions of the public administration reform that can be used by the executive branch are given. Prospects for further research. The choice of the optimal model of the economic transformation management is one of the basic conditions for ensuring the accelerated development of the economy at all levels.

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The Impact of Social Public Opinion towards Public Administration Reform – Case study in Ninh Kien District, Can Tho City

Journal of Science Educational Science ◽

10.18173/2354-1075.2021-0006 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 66 (1) ◽

pp. 57-66

Author(s):

Tron Nguyen Van ◽

Van Vo Huynh ◽

Trung Tran Van

Keyword(s):

Public Administration ◽

Sample Number ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

The Public ◽

Public Administration Reform ◽

Ward Level ◽

Administrative Procedures ◽

Questionnaire Method ◽

Can Tho City ◽

The Impact

The study was conducted to analyze the impact of social opinion towards public administration reform in Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city. The research data was collected by questionnaire method for 170 people involved in handling administrative procedures at the ward level and relevant organizational units in Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city. Descriptive statistical methods is mainly used in study to analyze people’s perception about social opinion factors affecting public administration reform activities. The research results identified that local perception’s people habe a good understanding of public administration reform, so, it is necessary to supplement procedures, well organize the implementation of procedures, as well as regular and serious inspection. It is possible to promote their own strength to contribute to building a democratic, clean, strong, professional administration and effective operation to serve the citizen. On that basis, the study proposesd several solutions to contribute to further improving the efficiency of the public administration reform in Ninh Kieu district. The analysis from this study, although the sample number is not comprehensive enough in a wide territory, is expected to be the basis for a deeper and broader analysis of the public administration reform based on quantitative analysis of impact factor.

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INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC CULTURE

10.32782/2224-6282/170-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Pavlo Lepak ◽

Keyword(s):

Public Administration ◽

System Approach ◽

State Regulation ◽

The State ◽

Public Administration Reform ◽

Economic Culture ◽

Catch Up ◽

Economic Partnership ◽

The Right ◽

The Impact

The article considers the informal institute of economic culture of society and the author offers indicators for measuring its manifestation. It is substantiated that within the framework of digital globalization the paradigm of searching for the foundations for economic growth is changing, where informal institutions, one of which is the economic culture of society, are taking over. The process of transformation of economic culture of Ukraine has signs of ambivalence, and requires the dialectical participation of both society and the state, through the implementation of appropriate public policy in the field of education, competitive entrepreneurship, and public administration reform. The state, as an institution, which is basically also in a state of constant movement, as external factors such as globalization, informatization, digitalization, must build its activities to not just catch up with these changes, but to anticipate and direct the movement in the right direction. The formation of a competitive culture in the economic environment of the country allows for various reforms in the system approach and to learn the vector of economic development of the country, which significantly increases the investment attractiveness of the country and determines economic partnership in the international arena. Attention is focused on the essence of the changes taking place, the directions of the vectors of transformation of the economic culture of society. Particular attention is paid to the presentation of indicators of economic culture on economic processes and identification of possible problem areas, with the ability to track their change over time, set the necessary influence from the state for the necessary direction of its transformation and the impact of current processes on European integration. Some approaches to raising the level of economic culture are proposed. It is concluded that increasing the level of economic freedoms in the country, the formation of competitive entrepreneurship, and the transformation into adaptive state regulation is the embodiment of the state of economic culture in society, which determines the state policy of its formation.

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International Public Administration Reform

10.1596/0-8213-5572-4 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Nick Manning ◽

Neil Parison

Keyword(s):

Public Administration ◽

Public Administration Reform

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The Effect of Public Office Values on Government Trust: Focusing on the Effects of Regulating the Level of Citizenship

Restaurant Business ◽

10.26643/rb.v118i2.7263 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 118 (2) ◽

pp. 35-42

Author(s):

Nam-Sik Yun ◽

Seok-Kee Lee

Keyword(s):

Statistical Analysis ◽

Public Administration ◽

Public Service ◽

Public Office ◽

Institute Of Public Administration ◽

Service Value ◽

Korean Government ◽

Government Sector ◽

The Impact

Background/Objectives: The study discussed the impact of citizens' perceptions of public office values of integrity, accountability, and fairness, based on the view that government trust is centered on the citizens' perception of the value of public office. Methods/Statistical analysis: The data was based on a 2017 survey conducted by the Korea Institute of Public Administration on the perception of corruption in the Korean government sector. The study included 1,000 people and was conducted through a survey public service value, citizenship level and government trust. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 22 and AMOS 22.0 program.

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The Effect of Public Office Values on Government Trust: Focusing on the Effects of Regulating the Level of Citizenship

Restaurant Business ◽

10.26643/rb.v118i8.7713 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 118 (8) ◽

pp. 366-374

Author(s):

Nam-Sik Yun ◽

Seok-Kee Lee

Keyword(s):

Statistical Analysis ◽

Public Administration ◽

Public Service ◽

Public Office ◽

Institute Of Public Administration ◽

Service Value ◽

Korean Government ◽

Government Sector ◽

The Impact

The study discussed the impact of citizens' perceptions of public office values of integrity, accountability, and fairness, based on the view that government trust is centered on the citizens' perception of the value of public office. Methods/Statistical analysis: The data was based on a 2017 survey conducted by the Korea Institute of Public Administration on the perception of corruption in the Korean government sector. The study included 1,000 people and was conducted through a survey public service value, citizenship level and government trust. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 22 and AMOS 22.0 program.

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The impact of the new media on public relations in the public administration in Kurdistan Region

Journal of Raparin University ◽

10.26750/vol(7).no(1).paper16 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 268-288

Author(s):

Dlan Ismail Mawlud ◽

Hoshyar Mozafar Ali

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

New Media ◽

Public Relations ◽

Public Administration ◽

Management System ◽

Theoretical Research ◽

Kurdistan Region ◽

The Public ◽

Government Institutions ◽

The Impact

The development of technology, information technology and various means of communication have a significant impact on public relations activity; especially in government institutions. Many government institutions have invested these means in their management system, in order to facilitate the goals of the institution, and ultimately the interaction between the internal and external public. In this theoretical research, I tried to explain the impact of the new media on public relations in the public administration, based on the views of specialists. The aim of the research is to know the use of the new media of public relations and how in the system of public administration, as well as, Explaining the role it plays in public relations activities of government institutions. Add to this, analyzing the way of how new media and public relations participate in the birth of e-government. In the results, it is clear that the new media has facilitated public relations between the public and other institutions, as it strengthened relations between them

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THE USE OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION IN GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THE IMPACT OF JOHN R. COMMONS AND EARLY INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMISTS

Accounting Historians Journal ◽

10.2308/0148-4184.22.1.1 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 1-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Mark A. Covaleski ◽

Mark W. Dirsmith ◽

Sajay Samuel

Keyword(s):

Public Administration ◽

Progressive Era ◽

Political Process ◽

Accounting Information ◽

Turn Of The Century ◽

Governmental Regulation ◽

Calculative Practices ◽

The Impact ◽

Return Regulation ◽

Intrinsic Measure

This paper examines the socio-political process by which an ensemble of such calculative practices and techniques as accounting came to be developed, adopted, and justified within turn-of-the-century public administration. We are particularly concerned with examining the influence of John R. Commons and other early institutional economists during this Progressive era. Using primary and secondary archival materials, our purpose is to make three main contributions to the literature. First, the paper explores Commons' contribution to the debates over “value” which seems to be somewhat unique in that he explicitly recognized that there exists no unproblematic, intrinsic measure of value, but rather that it must be socially constituted as “reasonable” with reference to common law. To illustrate this point, this paper explores Commons' role in the historical development and implementation of rate of return regulation for utilities. Second, the paper describes the contradictory role accounting played during this period in ostensibly fostering administrative objectivity while accommodating a more pragmatic rhetoric of “realpolitik” in its development and deployment. The third contribution is to establish a linkage between current work in economics and accounting concerned with utility regulation and the debates of ninety years ago, noting that Commons' contribution has not been fully explored or recognized within the accounting literature.

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