scholarly journals Science needs more external evaluation, not less

2021 ◽  
pp. 053901842110191
Author(s):  
Loes Knaapen
Keyword(s):  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
External Evaluation ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Scientific Communities ◽  
Economic Productivity ◽  
The Public ◽  
Quantitative Performance ◽  
The Many ◽  
Lay Public

When science is evaluated by bureaucrats and administrators, it is usually done by quantified performance metrics, for the purpose of economic productivity. Olof Hallonsten criticizes both the means (quantification) and purpose (economization) of such external evaluation. I share the concern that such neoliberal performance metrics are shallow, over-simplified and inaccurate, but differ in how best to oppose this reductionism. Hallonsten proposes to replace quantitative performance metrics with qualitative in-depth evaluation of science, which would keep evaluation internal to scientific communities. I argue that such qualitative internal evaluation will not be enough to challenge current external evaluation since it does little to counteract neoliberal politics, and fails to provide the accountability that science owes the public. To assure that the many worthy purposes of science (i.e. truth, democracy, well-being, justice) are valued and pursued, I argue science needs more and more diverse external evaluation. The diversification of science evaluation can go in many directions: towards both quantified performance metrics and qualitative internal assessments and beyond economic productivity to value science’s broader societal contributions. In addition to administrators and public servants, science evaluators must also include diverse counterpublics of scientists: civil society, journalists, interested lay public and scientists themselves. More diverse external evaluation is perhaps no more accurate than neoliberal quantified metrics, but by valuing the myriad contributions of science and the diversity of its producers and users, it is hopefully less partial and perhaps more just.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Mental Health Clinics ◽  
Occupational Outcomes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
The Many

Physicians who choose to serve in public sector mental healthcare settings and physicians-in-training assigned to public sector mental health clinics may not be fully prepared for the many roles of the public and community psychiatrist. This primer offers practical information and guidance to the psychiatrist called upon to serve in the roles of public-sector clinician, team member, advocate, administrator, and academician. Each chapter includes a concise description of these various roles and responsibilities and offers engaging examples of the public psychiatrist at work. The chapters also ask readers to thoughtfully consider case-based problems typical of those faced by the public psychiatrist. Each chapter also features works of art and literature, usually from the public domain. Medical humanities help physicians keep sight of the lived experiences of public-sector patients; this includes not only the pain and suffering endured by them due to both the medical disorders with which they live and the disparities they endure in health, educational and occupational outcomes, but also their resilience while facing so many challenges. Medical humanities also serve to reinforce the physician’s individual and collective will to address the disparities endured by our patients. There are several very comprehensive textbooks available that examine community psychiatry broadly. By contrast, this work is a concise guide for the resident and early-career psychiatrist to the many roles he or she might be asked to provide in a public-sector mental health setting. Our hope is that the primer provides a level of support to psychiatrists that fosters their desire, individually and collectively, to serve the poor and the marginalized with grit and determination, and to broadly consider their potential to improve not only patient well-being but also these patients’ incorporation into their communities.

scholarly journals Who wants to work in bureaucracy? Career intentions of post-millennial students

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Jäkel ◽  
George Alexander Borshchevskiy
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Employment ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Millennial Students ◽  
The Public ◽  
Career Plans

This article investigates who wants, or does not want to work in Russian public administration, and why. A majority of Russians believe that public servants are concerned with improving their personal well-being rather than serving the public interest. Understanding working sector choices is thus the first step to attract talent into the civil service. We study public employment intention among a group of students of public administration in two elite Moscow universities who are relatively early undergraduates. Parents working in the civil service are the most important public sector career motivators of students in Russia, more important than positive perceptions of public sector compensation and its impact on society. Our findings imply that early-stage career plans are shaped outside university lecture rooms. We conclude that teaching public administration in Russia will have to focus on drawing a line between behavior that falls below standards of the profession and efforts to contribute to the well-being of citizens.

Public and Community Psychiatry

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Community Psychiatry ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Early Career ◽  
The Public ◽  
Medical Disorders ◽  
The Many ◽  
Concise Guide

Physicians who choose to serve in public sector mental healthcare settings and physicians-in-training assigned to public sector mental health clinics may not be fully prepared for the many roles of the public and community psychiatrist. This primer offers practical information and guidance to the psychiatrist called upon to serve in the roles of public-sector clinician, team member, advocate, administrator, and academician. Each chapter includes a concise description of these various roles and responsibilities and offers engaging examples of the public psychiatrist at work. The chapters also ask readers to thoughtfully consider case-based problems typical of those faced by the public psychiatrist. Each chapter also features works of art and literature, usually from the public domain. Medical humanities help physicians keep sight of the lived experiences of public-sector patients; this includes not only the pain and suffering endured by them due to both the medical disorders with which they live and the disparities they endure in health, educational and occupational outcomes, but also their resilience while facing so many challenges. Medical humanities also serve to reinforce the physician’s individual and collective will to address the disparities endured by our patients. There are several very comprehensive textbooks available that examine community psychiatry broadly. By contrast, this work is a concise guide for the resident and early-career psychiatrist to the many roles he or she might be asked to provide in a public-sector mental health setting. Our hope is that the primer provides a level of support to psychiatrists that fosters their desire, individually and collectively, to serve the poor and the marginalized with grit and determination, and to broadly consider their potential to improve not only patient well-being but also these patients’ incorporation into their communities.

ONE HEALTH AND BIOSAFETY -NEED OF HARMONIZATION IN MONGOLIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-157
Author(s):  
Zayatiin Batsukh ◽  
Gonchigoogiin Battsetseg
Keyword(s):  
One Health ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Wildlife Health ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Health Concept ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One

The One Health concept recognizes that the health of humans is connected to the health of animals and the environment. The major aim of the One Health is to improve health and well-being through the prevention of risks and the mitigation of effects of crises that originate at the interface between humans, animals and their various environments.Regardless of which of the many definitions of One Health is used, the common theme is collaboration across sectors. Collaborating across sectors that have a direct or indirect impact on health involves thinking and working across silos and optimizing resources and efforts while respecting the autonomy of the various sectors. To improve the effectiveness of the One Health approach, there is a need to establish a better sectoral balance among existing groups and networks, especially between veterinarians and physicians, and to increase the participation of environmental and wildlife health practitioners, as well as social scientists and development actors.As this kind of collaboration newly introduced in Mongolia, there are numerous complications and difficulties may arise, that eventually could lead to the results, with higher negative impact to the public and personal health. From the technical perspective, it is undoubtfully important to evaluate the system and reveal the gap and weakness of each stakeholder in this important network and try to introduce common standard operational procedures for the handling and maintaining infective agents to avoid the unpleasant spill over the pathogen into the environment.Mongolian Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol.13(2) 2014: 146-152

scholarly journals O ABSENTEÍSMO DOS SERVIDORES PÚBLICOS ESTADUAIS DE SANTA CATARINA

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Paula Corrêa ◽  
Paulo Antônio Barros Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Civil Servant ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Work Absenteeism ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Servant ◽  
Means Of Production

Esta pesquisa, quantitativa e de caráter ecológico, explorou um banco de dados oficial Estadual, e verificou uma série de características do perfil dos servidores públicos de Santa Catarina que se afastam do trabalho para licença de tratamento de saúde. Através dela foi possível constatar as principais causas que levam o servidor público ao absenteísmo do trabalho. Desde causas osteomusculares, que frequentemente são encontradas em estudos do gênero, até causas mentais e comportamentais que têm se apresentado cada vez mais corriqueiras no ambiente laboral. O estudo também corrobora com diversos autores citados, que tratam do absenteísmo ao trabalho com forte correlação ao adoecimento do trabalhador da área da saúde. Observa-se que há grande necessidade de haver maior entendimento destes dados visando buscar estratégias de intervenção para que o ambiente laboral do servidor público, seja visto como um universo de bem-estar, realização e evolução profissional e pessoal, e não tão somente como um meio de produção de serviços.Palavras-chave: Absenteísmo. Servidor público. Afastamentos. ABSTRACTThis quantitative and ecological research explored an official state database and was able to verify a series of characteristics in the profile of public servants in Santa Catarina who are out from work for health treatments. Because of this, it was possible to see the main causes that lead the civil servant to work absenteeism. Sometimes from musculoskeletal causes, which are often found in gender studies, others to mental and behavioral causes that have become increasingly often in the workplace environment. The study also meets with several authors cited, which deal with work absenteeism and its strong correlation to the health worker illness. It is observed that there is a wide need for greater understanding of these data in order to seek intervention strategies so that the work environment of the public servant, is seen as a universe of well-being, achievement and professional and personal evolution, and not only as a means of production or services.Keywords: Absenteeism. Public Employee. Absences.

scholarly journals PENGARUH BUDAYA KERJA PEGAWAI NEGERI SIPIL TERHADAP PELAYANAN PUBLIK DI DINAS CATATAN SIPIL DAN KEPENDUDUKAN KOTA PAYAKUMBUH

Humanus ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldri Frinaldi
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
The Government ◽  
Positive Work Culture ◽  
The Many

The many negative assessments of the work culture of civil servants in public service is an issue that must be addressed by the government and local government. This research was conducted by formulating the problem of how culture influences the work of civil servants in the public service in the Payakumbuh Civil Registry Office in order to analyze the work culture of civil servants in an effort to improve the quality of human resources in public services. This study used a descriptive quantitative approach. The population is all employees in the Payakumbuh’s Department of Population and Civil Registration amounting 30 people based on the data in the month of December 2013. Due to the small number of population in this study, total sampling is applied. The data is collected by spreading questionnaires to all respondents and then returned after some time, whose whole process took place from October to December 2013. The questionnaire was scaled based on Likert scale that is made in a positive statement. The result of the study shows that in general the work culture of civil servants in the Payakumbuh’s Department of Population and Civil Registration are very good, although two indicators are still mediocre. The effort to improve these two indicators are suggested by training programs based on local wisdom and the involvement of stakeholders who are experts in the field by the Payakumbuh administration in building and cultivating a positive work culture based on local wisdom. Keywords: work culture, public servants, public service

Training and development model for municipal frontline staff

2021 ◽  
pp. 014473942199752
Author(s):  
Rochelle G Wessels
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
The Body ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Frontline Staff ◽  
The Public ◽  
Customer Care ◽  
The City

The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa states that public servants must deliver services to improve the general welfare of the citizens. The public servants therefore have a duty to the citizens to deliver effective and efficient public services that will be to the satisfaction of the citizens to improve their well-being. However, this is not the case since service delivery protests have become the norm, with citizens regularly protesting about the services received from the various municipalities. Citizens are not happy about the level of service delivery received and therefore take to the streets to render their unhappiness. The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality is no exception, as service delivery protests have also plagued the municipality and during 2016, the media referred to the protests as Tshwane burning. The municipal frontline staff are at the coalface of service delivery and are often the only public servants that the citizens come into contact with. The municipal frontline staff deliver services to the public on a daily basis and should possess the necessary knowledge, skills, behaviours, attitudes and competencies to deliver professional services. This article will describe what the Customer Care Consultants think should be included in the design of an essential model for training and development for Customer Care Consultants at the City of Tshwane, as they are at the forefront of service delivery. It does so by drawing on an extensive case study using a qualitative questionnaire toexplore the views and perceptions of the municipal frontline staff. The article seeks to add to the body of knowledge by critically analysing the views provided by the Customer Care Consultants on the content for a training and development modelfor Customer Care Consultants at the City of Tshwane. This study reports on research undertaken for the author’s doctoral research conducted during 2018 and culminates in a training and development model for municipal frontline staff.

scholarly journals AKTIVITAS PENGELOLAAN LAYANAN PUBLIK BERBASIS WEBSITE DI DINAS KOMUNIKASI DAN INFORMATIKA BANYUMAS

2021 ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Mirra Saefunnissa
Keyword(s):  
Public Institutions ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Service Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Many ◽  
Information Providers ◽  
Communication And Information Technology

This research is motivated by the many problems of government activities that are currently increasingly being highlighted by the community, especially those related to public services organized by the Government agencies of the Communication and Informatics Office of Banyumas Regency. One problem is that public institutions, which in fact act as information providers, are led to work continuously by preparing a database of information for publication. Thus the purpose of this study is to determine the activities of public service information management in realizing the quality of communication in the Communication and Informatics Office of Banyumas Regency. The purpose of this research is to find out how public servants are a way for the Communication and Information Technology Office to provide transparent, accurate, fair services to the public, so that public agencies can produce quality services. Furthermore, documenting information, which is an activity of recording and storing all information that has been obtained in the work unit by authenticating information, coding the information and its relation to the packaging of information.

scholarly journals Bureaucratic Accountability and Public Sector Management in Nigeria: Examining the Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-178
Author(s):  
C.J. Igbokwe-Ibeto ◽  
K.O. Osakede ◽  
F. Nwobi
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Public Sector Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Bureaucratic Accountability

The main objective the public sector in Nigeria seeks to achieve is policy initiation, formulation and implementation for the well-being and welfare of the citizens. However, over the years, the sector has been plagued with declining service delivery and moral bankruptcy. This article within the framework of social exchange theory examined the dynamics of bureaucratic accountability, the nexus between bureaucratic accountability and public sector management in Nigeria. It is usually the public that suffers from a malfunctioning public service. Nigerian citizens look up to public servants for protection against various ills in the society and the provision of essential services. If the involvement of public servants in the political, economic and social life of the country is considered, we shall better appreciate the needed urgency in making the service accountable for its actions. It argues that for Nigeria to match forward, there is need for effective, efficient, patriotic and committed public servants, who should be accountable for their stewardship. The article recommends that unless the Nigeria public sector is revitalized and "dead woods" therein removed, Nigeria and Nigerian will continue to experience deep-seated frustrations in the often-touted desire to move the nation forward. Key Words: Accountability, bureaucracy, government, service delivery, patriotic

What Makes Government Work Great: The Characteristics of Positive Public Service

2021 ◽  
pp. 009102602098555
Author(s):  
B. J. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Helping Others ◽  
Government Work ◽  
Depth Interviews

Optimal work experiences in the public sector do not receive the attention they deserve. And, though positive psychology research has shown that flourishing in the workplace is connected to healthier and more fulfilled employees as well as improved organizational performance, the public sector has largely taken a backseat as a subject of study in this field. This article addresses this shortcoming by conducting in-depth interviews of current and former public servants to identify the most prevalent features of their best work experiences and their connection to the components of prominent well-being theories. Five characteristics of positive public service emerged: challenge, efficacy, camaraderie, empowerment, and service. Several well-being components were connected to these characteristics as were other features such as hardship, novelty, leadership, and helping others. These findings provide a stronger theoretical basis to suggest that more can be—and should be—expected of government work.

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