Identifying and Explaining Organizational Cultures in the Public Sector: A Study of the Australian Public Service Using the Interaction Ritual Theory of Randall Collins

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 1363-1396
Author(s):  
Craig Matheson
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
The Public ◽  
Interaction Ritual ◽  
Ritual Theory ◽  
The Status ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Office Location

This article identifies and explains different cultures within the Australian Public Service (APS) using the interaction ritual (IR) theory of Randall Collins. It argues that such cultures vary along two dimensions: power and status. On the power dimension, we may distinguish three cultures: that of the order givers, that of the order takers, and that of those who both give and take orders. On the status dimension, we may distinguish localistic and cosmopolitan cultures. Cultural differences on these two dimensions are associated with variations in organizational rank, educational levels, agency tasks, relationships with clients, and central versus regional office location.

scholarly journals “Break the Corruption Chain: The Philippine Anti-Corruption Initiatives”

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 1365-1369
Author(s):  
Anthony John A. Jimenez
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
Service Commission ◽  
Philippine Government

Every government seeks to build a public service having the value of excellence and with integrity. Thus, every government should wish to constantly maintains the standard of “a public office is a public trust,” for that being said, they started various programs or initiatives specifically to curb or combat the problem of corruption in our society and encourage good governance and public thrust. This study wants to assess the implementation and monitoring of the different anti-corruption initiatives to promote good governance and enhance public trust. The problem being investigated is the effort of the Philippine Government in the implementation, and monitoring of different anti-corruption initiatives. Expressly, it ought to collect particular answer to the following question: (1) What is the status of the anti-corruption initiatives of the Philippine Government in terms of: 1.1. Implementation; and 1.2. Monitoring. The methodology used was a qualitative research. 10 respondents were chosen from the Philippine civil service commission. A semi-structured interview was utilized. The findings of the study show that the commission is continuously improving its procedure and conducting surprise visit to its satellite office to ensure the public trust, also these anti-corruption initiatives are being monitored to give an assurance to the public that they continuously provide quality, effective, and efficient public service to everyone.

On creating modern urban service spaces: ensuring the comprehensiveness and accessibility of service (Case study: public services in Mytishchi urban area)

10.12737/5550 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Татьяна Харитонова ◽  
Tatyana Kharitonova ◽  
Татьяна Кривошеева ◽  
Tatiana Krivosheeva ◽  
Светлана Казакова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Information Support ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status

The issues of public service sector development have remained current since the sector was overhauled and reformed in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. The authors identify the following reasons for problems in the public service sector: a failure to force public service providers from the semishade sector and to provide opportunities for cost-effective operations in the newly created market. Currently, the major problems in the sphere of public service provision are largely connected with quality characteristics. Public service shapes the service space in modern urban areas, and provides adequate living conditions, which is a key criterion for quality-of-life evaluation. The authors’ working hypothesis focuses on developing a new format of public service companies’ development on the basis of complexity/integrity and maximal accessibility. The format is seen by the authors as suitable for a network of mini public amenities centers located in functionally diverse urban zones. The authors’ conclusions rest on the results of the authors’ marketing research into the status and development prospects of the public service sector in Mytishchi, Moscow Region. The essence of the concept proposed by the author is the different lines of mini public amenities center development: creating a business environment, priority-based resource allocation, cooperation in information support activities, as well as implementation mechanisms.

scholarly journals Les phases de l'évolution de l'Université Saint-Joseph à Beyrouth : Les premières décennies (1875-1914)

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Herzstein
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation

RÉSUMÉ :L’origine de l’Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (USJ) remonte au Séminaire de Ghazīrfondé par les Pères jésuites en 1843. Le Collège de Ghazīr, destiné à former le clergé maronitelocal, est transféré à Beyrouth en 1875. Ce centre d’études supérieures prend le nom d’UniversitéSaint-Joseph. Le Pape Léon XIII, dans son audience du 25 février 1881, confère le titred’Université pontificale à l’USJ. L’article traite de l’histoire de l’USJ, premier grand établissementjésuite francophone de la région qui, à l’époque, porte le nom de « Syrie ». On évoqueles différentes étapes de la création de l’Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth durant la période1875 à 1914. L’objectif de cet article est de témoigner du rôle central que l’USJ a joué dans laformation des élites du pays pour la période étudiée. En effet, les anciens étudiants occupentles postes-clés et y assument des charges importantes notamment dans la fonction publique.ABSTRACT :The origins of Saint Joseph University in Beirut (SJU) go back to the seminary founded by theJesuits in Ghazīr in 1843. The Collège in Ghazīr, intended to train the local Maronite clergy,relocated to Beirut in 1875, where it took the name of Saint Joseph University. In an audienceon February 25th, 1881, Pope Leo XIII gave the USJ the status of pontifical university. This articleexamines the history of the USJ, the first large francophone Jesuit institution in the regionreferred to at the time as “Syria.” It will look at each of the different stages of the creation ofSaint Joseph University in Beirut from 1875 to 1914. The author argues that the USJ played acentral role in educating the elites of the region during that period. Students of the USJ wenton to occupy important positions, particularly in the public service.

scholarly journals Palm Tree Whispers and Mountain Escapes: How Contemporary Artworks Contribute to an Inclusive Public Sphere

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-190
Author(s):  
Annatina Aerne
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Palm Tree ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Public Sphere

How do artworks contribute to a more inclusive public sphere? Artworks contribute to the inclusiveness of a public sphere in that they help us consider previous objects as acting subjects, and thus as entities deserving membership in the public sphere. In addition, artworks typically attract a public, thus generating the necessary recognition for additional subjects. We propose a typology that categorizes artworks’ contribution to an inclusive public sphere. The typology is based on two axes: (a) artworks’ explicitness in attributing the status of a subject to a previous object and (b) the number of people that get to see the artwork. In order to illustrate the applicability of the typology and in order to understand how the two dimensions relate to one another, we analyze how two artworks include the non‐human as subjects into the public sphere: Eduardo Navarro’s Sound Mirror (shown at the 2016 São Paulo Biennal) and Prabhakar Pachpute’s Mountain Escape (exhibited in the 2016 Colombian Salón Nacional de Artistas). Comparing both artistic strategies we find that there may be a trade‐off between the explicitness and the reach of a new subjectification.

scholarly journals PUBLIC SERVICE OF JUDGES IN UKRAINE: ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REGULATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
Roman Holobutovskyi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
Definition Of

The article examines the problems of administrative and legal regulation of the service of judges in Ukraine. The legislation on public service in the judiciary has been studied. It is determined that public service in the judicial bodies of Ukraine is a complex state-legal and social institution, which covers the formation of administrative, procedural and socio-psychological foundations of employees in the courts; construction and legal description of the hierarchy of positions; identification, selection, training, development, promotion, evaluation, promotion and responsibility of public servants. That is, this service exists in order to exercise the powers of an employee in court in a constructive and effective methods. Based on the analysis of the main provisions of regulations governing the organizational and legal framework of the civil service, the content of administrative and legal regulation of the public service of judges in Ukraine is clarified. It is determined that despite the legislative consolidation of the order of service in the judiciary, today remains unresolved a number of problematic issues, which include the following: features of public service in court, special requirements for skills and qualifications of court staff compared to other employees, and there is also no list of positions of the court staff that must be attributed to the public service. The author's definition of the term «administrative and legal regulation of judicial activity» is formulated. It is proposed to understand the activity of the state, which consists in the implementation of state-authoritative, normative-organizational, purposeful influence of funds on public relations, arising during the performance of courts assigned to them, which are implemented through a set of administrative law. Conclusions on the current state of administrative and legal regulation of the public service of judges in Ukraine have been formed. It is determined that the conduct of public service by judges is associated with the implementation of a specific in its meaning and content function - the administration of justice. Administrative and legal regulation of the public service reflects the objective principles and normative enshrinement of rules and administrative procedures that ensure the procedure for selection, appointment, passage and termination of public service by judges. Further scientific investigations require the status of judges' implementation of administrative and legal status.

scholarly journals The Linguistic Landscape on the Streets of Kuwait: A Challenge to the Concept of Diglossia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. p65
Author(s):  
Rahima Akbar ◽  
Hanan Taqi ◽  
Nada Al-Gharabally
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
The Public ◽  
Standard Arabic ◽  
Language Varieties ◽  
The Status ◽  
Main Streets

Linguistic landscape (LL) is a representation of language(s) visibility in public space. This study aims to draw a comprehensive profile of LL as adopted by private firms on billboards alongside the main streets of Kuwait, shedding light on the status of Kuwaiti vernacular, Standard Arabic (SA), and English in the country. The study utilises a quantitative approach through which billboards on the main streets of Kuwait were photographed, categorised based on the language of the script, then quantified to assess the popularity of the language. Billboards representing the main displayed language varieties were presented to a heterogeneous sample of respondents to assess their views across the two dimensions of status and solidarity through a digital questionnaire. The study also utilised a qualitative approach through informal interviews to gain the language specialists’ perspective on the issue. The results indicate that Kuwaiti vernacular has a growing positive attitude because of its perceived charisma and promotion of solidarity. When SA is mixed with English, or when English is transliterated into SA orthography, it tends to appeal to the public eye. Kuwaiti sociolinguists reflected a strong rejection of the trendy Kuwaiti vernacular over SA. Yet, English has not been viewed as a threat to SA.

Legal status of the head of public service in the state body as a subject of public service legal relations

2021 ◽  
pp. 118-122
Author(s):  
O. Stets
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Power Functions ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Functions ◽  
Public Servant ◽  
The Status ◽  
Degree Of Participation ◽  
State Body

The article is devoted to the study of the essential features of the head of the public service in a state body as a subject of public service legal relations. It is found that depending on the nature of the powers that determine the role and degree of participation of public servants in the exercise of public power functions, there will be a different range of rights and responsibilities of managers, specialists, executors. Given the great diversity of public servants, the scope of their powers affects the content of the legal status of a public servant, but not the fact of his belonging to the public service. It is established that the head of the public service in a state body has: a) the general status of a citizen of Ukraine; b) sectoral status within the framework of official law – the status of a public servant; c) a special status within the framework of official law, which is mediated by the nature of the powers granted – the status of the head of the public service in a state body. The substantive features which characterize a public servant who has acquired a special legal status of the head of the public service in a state body are singled out: 1) he is assigned to public servants; 2) he holds the highest position of public service in a state body; 3) he is obliged to perform a special type of duties that are an element of authority: a) in matters of public service and b) organization of work of other employees in this body. Attention is paid to the fact that each head of the public service in a state body is an official authorized to perform organizational and administrative functions, but not every official is the head of the public service in a state body. A possible algorithm for finding a higher position in a state body is identified: a) if there are positions in a state body that fall into different categories, the highest position in a state body will be held by the public servant who replaces a category “A” or “B” (in the absence of positions classified in category “A”); b) if there are positions in a state body that are assigned to one category, the highest position will be held by the public servant whose position is assigned to the highest subcategory.

scholarly journals Normative provision of the institute of appeals in the system of providing public services

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 6-15
Author(s):  
Т. В. Серьогіна
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Public Service Delivery ◽  
Administrative Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Application Procedure ◽  
Public Service Provision ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Law

It is established that one of the first elements of ensuring the proper level of efficiency in the process of providing a public service is the appeals procedure. The need to prevent the possible influence of a subjective factor on the part of an official of a public authority requires the creation of the necessary basis, both theoretical and practical. However, attention of domestic scientists is not sufficient to the institute of appeals, so there is no single approach to defining the notion to date. It is revealed that the definition of the concept of "appeals" in the field of public service provision was not found in the legislative framework too. Therefore, it is proposed to update the provisions of the Preamble to the Law of Ukraine "On Citizens' Appeals" in the context of the public service delivery system.The peculiarity of the institute of appeals is the status of a person who is considered, depending on the sphere of public service, as a "subject of treatment", "educational seeker", "patient", "person, individual social groups, who are in difficult life circumstances and cannot independently to overcome”, which requires special attention.It is revealed that among the categories of appeals defined in the Law of Ukraine “On Citizens' Appeals”, the most relevant to the content of the concept of “appeals” in the public service delivery system is the statement.The application procedure is covered in more detail in the by-laws. In particular, it is approved the Classifier of Citizens' Appeals in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Decree No. 858 of September 24, 2008 and it is approved Methods of assessing the level of organization of work with appeals of citizens in the executive bodies in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Decree of June 24, 2009, No. 630.It is established that a considerable level of detailed fixing in the domestic regulatory framework of the procedure of appeals takes place only in the field of administrative services. The necessity of supplementing the mechanism of public service provision with a component related to the procedure of appeal is substantiated.

Africana Librarians and Outreach

1980 ◽  
Vol 10 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 52-57
Author(s):  
Corinne Nyquist
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Service Orientation ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Interlibrary Loan ◽  
The Public ◽  
College And University ◽  
The Status ◽  
Visiting Scholars

Librarians have always served a wider clientele than those we are expected to serve. In part this is due to our reluctance to question the status of individuals who come before us and in part it is due to the public service orientation of most librarians. In college and university libraries this wider clientele includes people of all ages from the community, former students, visiting scholars who come to the library and, through interlibrary loan, many others long distances away. Some librarians would say that “outreach” is what every good librarian does.

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