A green economy in major regional cities of Poland – the status of its implementation and transformations in the public sector

To improve the trust of citizens and delivery of services, employing good governance principles in the public sector is very crucial. Despite efforts to improve service delivery, criticisms and complains toward public services remain evident. This study aims to assess the status of good governance practices in the public sector of Malaysia. Primary data were collected from the responses of 109 department heads under 24 federal ministries to a survey questionnaire. Respondent perception of good governance practices was measured using a seven-point Likert scale and analyzed by descriptive statistics and path measurement modeling. Standard diagnostic tests were also conducted to check the reliability of the data and model. Results indicated that nine factors were significant in the measurement of good governance practices. However, very few people in the public sector of Malaysia practice fraud control, which is at the lowest intensity. Among the service groups, the engineer group practiced good governance at the highest level, whereas the health service group practiced good governance at the lowest level. Therefore, still there are scopes available to improve good governance systems to become more reliable and efficient public sector in Malaysia. Findings of the study will help policy makers improve the efficiency of the public sector of Malaysia and other countries.

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Public Accountability System: Empirical Assessment of Public Sector of Malaysia

10.31235/osf.io/x5dtf ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Jamaliah Said ◽

Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽

Mohamad Azizal bin Abd Aziz

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Asset Management ◽

Assessment System ◽

Primary Data ◽

The Public ◽

System P ◽

Final Sample ◽

The Status ◽

Auditor General ◽

Strongly Agree

As the recent Auditor General‟s report discovered some corruptions, weakness, and lack of control in asset management in the public sector of Malaysia, this study is an attempt to assess the status of current practices of accountability in public sector of Malaysia. This study collected primary data based on a set of questionnaire survey that was distributed by email using the Google Doc application among the head of department of 682 departments and agencies under 24 federal ministries including the Prime Minister Department in Malaysia. Finally, based on the email responses, the final sample of the study is 109 respondents. The data were collected based on the opinion about ten factors of accountability practices in the department or agency by using seven-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). The data are analysed under descriptive statistics and factor analysis. Further, the reliability of the data is tested by using Cronbach alpha test, and the validity of data is tested by checking the normality of data through Shapiro Wilk test and graphically. Overall, 87.3% of the respondents mentioned that overall they practice accountability in their department. However, the priority of these ten factors of accountability differs among the services schemes. The accountability in the administrative & diplomatic, education, and medical & health is below the overall average accountability. The accountability in the financial and information system schemes is also not strong enough. Therefore the public sector in Malaysia needs to be transformed into becoming a reliable and efficient sector by ensuring proper accountability and its proper assessment system.

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Fra hjelper til profesjonsutøver - profesjonalisering av tolkeyrket i Norge

FLEKS - Scandinavian Journal of Intercultural Theory and Practice ◽

10.7577/fleks.1300 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hanne Kristine Angelshaug

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Native Speaker ◽

Graduate Degree ◽

Access To Education ◽

National Register ◽

Professional Skills ◽

The Public ◽

The Status ◽

Professional Title

The title “interpreter” is not a professional title in Norway; Norwegian legislation only applies to “sworn interpreters” authorized by the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi). The interpreter authorization scheme is one of the steps that have been taken to guarantee the quality of the interpreters and their services. Another step has been the creation of the National Register of Interpreters, which provides the public with access to qualified interpreters. However, the register is not flawless and may exclude well-qualified interpreters. The register has five qualification categories with different sets of requirements; the only problem is that the interpreter’s access to the different courses that enables the interpreter to enter the register is limited. This problem could be remedied easily by means of the official exams for the grant of the title ”sworn interpreter”, but regretfully the exams, as well as the necessary courses to advance from category to category in the register, are not available in all language combinations or on a frequent basis. The distinction between an “interpreter” and a “sworn interpreter” may not be the quality, as much as the professional title and having access to education. In this context, the importance of licensing or professionalization linked to the phenomenon of trust becomes evident. The foreign and native speaker have to communicate through an interpreter, they need to trust the interpreter in order to get their message through, but why anyone should do that without a guarantee that the interpreter is qualified is another question. Mainly non-professional interpreters perform interpretation in the public sector and several studies show that the interpreters lack linguistic and professional skills to do their job satisfactory. This problem should not be ignored, but rather properly addressed by establishing a professional graduate degree to ensure the quality of the interpreter and consolidate the status of the interpreter as a professional in the public sector in Norway. However, this is only one side of the problem, it is also necessary to promote and ensure the use of qualified labour in the public sector.

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Public entrepreneurship and the economics of reform

Journal of Institutional Economics ◽

10.1017/s1744137407000641 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 183-202 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

JAN SCHNELLENBACH

Keyword(s):

Economic Policy ◽

Public Sector ◽

Status Quo ◽

Point Of View ◽

Liberal Democracies ◽

Checks And Balances ◽

The Public ◽

Public Entrepreneurship ◽

The Status ◽

Schumpeterian Approach

Abstract:Public entrepreneurship is commonly understood as the outcome of the activities of a Schumpeterian political innovator. However, empirical research suggests that changes to a more efficient economic policy, even if it is known and technically easy to implement, are usually delayed. This is difficult to reconcile with Schumpeterian notions of public entrepreneurship. In this paper, it is argued that the attempt to transfer a Schumpeterian approach to the public sector is fundamentally flawed. Institutional checks and balances that characterize most modern liberal democracies make the strategy of bold leadership an unlikely choice for an incumbent. If change occurs, it occurs normally as a response to the fact that the status quo has become untenable. From a normative point of view, it is argued that if public entrepreneurship nevertheless occurs, it will often be associated with unwanted consequences. A dismantling of formal institutional checks and balances is therefore not reasonable.

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Internal audit in the public sector – comparative study between the Nordic countries: The development of internal auditing within the public sector in the Nordic countries

Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration ◽

10.13177/irpa.a.2018.14.2.2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 19-44

Author(s):

Anna Margrét Jóhannesdóttir ◽

Stina Nielsson Kristiansson ◽

Niina Sipiläinen ◽

Riikka Koivunen

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Comparative Study ◽

Internal Audit ◽

Nordic Countries ◽

International Standards ◽

Current Status ◽

Internal Auditing ◽

The Public ◽

The Status ◽

Further Development

The subject of this paper is a comparative study about the current status of internal audit within the public sector in the Nordic countries. The aim is to understand the basis and recognize trends in the development of internal audit in the public sector in these countries. The status of internal audit within each country, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, is presented and also the regulatory basis, laws and regulations, for internal audit and the main challenges that internal auditing faces. Finally, the opportunities for further development of internal audit in the public sector are addressed. The International Standards for Internal Auditing are well recognized and in use in all the countries. There are differences between these countries in their approach of the regulatory framework for internal audit and the arrangement of the operation of internal audit units. Therefore, further development of internal auditing should be pursued in cooperation and to harmonize the regulatory bases in these countries and to learn from each other when implementing internal audit in the public sector.

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La Administración Pública en la era del cambio exponencial. Hacia una gobernanza exploratoria

RVGP 18 - Pertsonak eta Antolakunde Publikoak kudeatzeko Euskal Aldizkaria / Revista Vasca de Gestión de Personas y Organizaciones Públicas ◽

10.47623/ivap-rvgp.16.2019.ab.03 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 52-73

Author(s):

Francisco LONGO MARTÍNEZ

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Status Quo ◽

New Governance ◽

Negative Externalities ◽

Economic Sectors ◽

Public System ◽

The Public ◽

The Status ◽

Basic Features

Laburpena: Globalizazioak eta teknologia bat-batean sartzeak aldaketa azkarrak eragin dituzte, eta horiek jarduera ekonomikoaren sektore guztiei eragiten diete. Horiek horrela, sistema publikoek erronka garrantzitsuei egin beharko diete aurre. Aldaketa horietako batzuek berekin dakartzaten kanpo-efektu negatiboen ondorioz sortzen dira erronketako batzuk, edo, bestela, pertsonen eta gizarteen egonkortasuna, ziurtasuna eta babesa ahal den heinean sustatzeko beharraren ondorioz. Beste erronka batzuek, berriz, egoera berriek berekin dakartzaten aurrera egiteko aukera handiekin dute zerikusia, bai eta horiek baliatze aldera sektore publikoak hartu behar duen lidergo rol ordezkaezinarekin ere. Bi erronka-mota horiek administrazioa behartzen dute muturreko eta anbizio handiko berrikuntza-agenda bere gain hartzera. Agenda horren norainokoaren eraginez, sektore publikoak statu quoaren bereizgarri diren oinarrizko erakunde arteko akordioetako batzuk aztertu eta berriz diseinatu behar ditu. Lan honek aztertzen du zein diren egin beharreko oinarrizko eraldaketak, zer tresna behar diren esku hartzeko, eta zer dilema kudeatu behar diren. Horrez gain, gobernantza-ikuspegi berriaren funtsezko ezaugarriak aurkezten ditu. Eredu horrek aukera emango die gobernuei eta beren erakundeei esplorazioaren eta esperimentazioaren bidean murgiltzeko, eta sistema publikotik at kokatutako eragileekin lankidetzan aritzera irekitzeko, aldi berean gizarteari erantzuteko eta haren aurrean kontu emateko eskakizunen maila handiari eutsiz. Resumen: En el entorno de cambios acelerados que la globalización y la disrupción tecnológica han creado, y que afecta a todos los sectores de actividad económica, los sistemas públicos afrontan desafíos importantes. Una parte de esos desafíos dimanan de las externalidades negativas que algunos de esos cambios llevan consigo, y de la necesidad de proveer en lo posible de estabilidad, certidumbre y protección a las personas y a las sociedades. Otra parte tiene que ver con las enormes oportunidades de progreso que los nuevos escenarios traen consigo, y con el insustituible rol de liderazgo que el sector público está llamado a asumir para aprovecharlas. Ambos tipos de reto obligan a la Administración a asumir una agenda de innovación ambiciosa y radical. El alcance de esa agenda obliga al sector público a reconsiderar y rediseñar algunos de los arreglos institucionales básicos que caracterizan al statu quo actual. Este trabajo analiza las transformaciones básicas que resultan necesarias, el instrumental de intervención que exigen, y los dilemas que necesitarán ser gestionados. También presenta los rasgos básicos de un nuevo enfoque de gobernanza capaz de permitir a los gobiernos y sus organizaciones adentrarse en la vía de la exploración, la experimentación y la apertura a la colaboración con actores situados fuera del sistema público, manteniendo al mismo tiempo alta las exigencias de responder y rendir cuentas ante la sociedad. Abstract: Public administrations are facing major challenges within the milieu of accelerated changes generated by globalisation and technological disruption and that affected all economic sectors. A certain percentage of these challenges arise from the negative externalities of some of these changes, and the need to provide stability, certainty and protection to individuals and societies as much as possible. Another part of these challenges are linked to the huge opportunities for progress that go hand-in-hand with the new scenarios and the irreplaceable role of leadership taken by the public sector to take full advantage of them. Both types of .challenge have forced the Administration to undertake an ambitiously innovative and radical agenda The scope of this agenda has forced the public sector to rethink and redesign some of the basic institutional arrangements that characterise the status quo. This paper analyses the basic transformations necessary, the required instruments of intervention and the dilemmas that need to be managed. It also presents the basic features of a new governance approach capable of enabling governments and their organisations to pursue the path of exploration, experimentation and openness to collaboration with stakeholders outside of the public system, while also upholding the requirements to respond and be accountable to society.

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Norms and Creativity: Tensions Between the Status Quo and Innovation in Quality Standards for Public Service Interpreting in the United Kingdom

Linguaculture ◽

10.1515/lincu-2015-0005 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 (2) ◽

pp. 31-39

Author(s):

Brooke Townsley

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Status Quo ◽

The Public ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

The Status ◽

Professional Registration ◽

The Uk ◽

Assessment Procedures ◽

The Impact

Abstract This article will examine the validity of existing assessment procedures in the UK and compare and contrast these models with other possible assessment and accreditation models. It will also examine the possibilities for quality assessment (QA) procedures offered by the use of digital technologies. Implicit in this descriptive and analytical process will be an examination of the linkages between these models of assessment and the opportunity for professional registration. Issues addressed in this article will be: the status quo in the assessment and registration of interpreters and translators for the public sector in the UK; the impact of new social, political and economic realities on the existing assessment and registration regime; the opportunities and/or threats to quality norms represented by online digital technologies. The material will be of particular interest to: end users of interpreter and translator services in the public sector; interpreting and translation test developers and QA procedure designers; interpreting and translating practitioners, in-service and aspiring

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The Status of e-Administration in Hungary – Are We on the Right Track?

Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review ◽

10.53116/pgaflr.2017.2.3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 42-59

Author(s):

Bernadett Veszprémi

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Public Administration ◽

Daily Lives ◽

The Public ◽

Entire Process ◽

The Status ◽

Private And Public ◽

Public Sectors ◽

The Right

The goal of this study is to define (or find out) where Hungary currently stands in the development of e-Administration solutions. The issue is more topical than ever, as infocommunications became an integral part of our daily lives, affecting both the private and public sectors, and changing our ways of working – thus, it requires our understanding. When it comes to the public sector, however, striking changes can only be achieved if the entire process of public administration is (or would be) changed. The goals are clear: work should be faster, as it would result in satisfied clients, cut costs and more efficient procedures. The question to ask now is where Hungary stands in this endeavour. Are we on the right track?

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Political satire and the counter-framing of public sector IT project escalation

10.26686/wgtn.12909965 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jocelyn Cranefield ◽

G Oliver ◽

J Pries-Heje

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Stakeholder Management ◽

Political Satire ◽

It Projects ◽

The Public ◽

High Profile ◽

Significant Research ◽

The Status ◽

Turnaround Process ◽

Technological Frames Of Reference

© 2018 by the Association for Information Systems. Despite significant research into why IT projects fail, the frequency and impact of failure remains high. Attention has shifted to understanding and guiding de-escalation (i.e., reversing failure). This major turnaround process initially benefits from negative feedback on the status quo and requires an organization to break its established frames and re-establish its legitimacy with stakeholders (Pan & Pan, 2011). We consider the role of satire as a lens to challenge dominant frames and better understand stakeholders during the shift towards de-escalation based on analyzing political cartoons about high-profile troubled public sector projects in New Zealand and Denmark. Drawing on the theories of technological frames of reference, legitimacy, and stakeholder salience, we show how cartoonists expose and critique the normative framing of dysfunctionality to act as field-level evaluators of legitimacy. Through counter-framing, exaggeration, and metaphor, they emphasize the urgency of citizen users’ claims while undermining the legitimacy of powerful stakeholders. We extract lessons for stakeholder management and communication during project turnaround and suggest that satire could be a valuable addition to diagnostic and planning tools during de-escalation. We identify that sensitivity to framing of IT projects exists in the public realm, which reinforces calls for organizations to consider institutional framing.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT MODEL IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF REPUBLIC OF SERBIA: CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND CHALLENGES

Facta Universitatis Series Law and Politics ◽

10.22190/fulp1901033v ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 033

Author(s):

Igor Vukonjanski

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Human Resources ◽

Public Administration ◽

Central Government ◽

Transition Period ◽

Human Resources Management ◽

Resources Management ◽

The Public ◽

Public Servant ◽

The Status

Human resources management in the public administration of the Republic of Serbia is a combined model of good practices from the European administrative area and the remaining stereotypes from pre-transition period. Introduction of the public servant system with all features of contemporary public servant related legislation was a necessity that accompanied overall reform of the public administration in Serbia. The process of introducing human resources management function in the Serbian public administration has been encumbered with application of two different legal models that define the status of public servants: public servant related legislation is applied to employees in executive branches of the central government (ministries, government departments and offices), and the status of employees in city and municipal administrations is stipulated in obsolete laws, adopted over 20 years ago. It should be noted that employees in public sector are still prone to old habits in their work, which altogether reduces successful reforms in this area. This paper provides a description of the current state of affairs and opens certain questions: whether the modern human resources (HR) management in Serbia’s public sector is understood and accepted in the right way; and whether it is possible, by means of applying specific methods, to strengthen awareness of public employees concerning their actual position and responsibility to establish a new public administration, adjusted to the citizens’ needs, requirements and expectations. Relying on a decade-long personal engagement in this field, the author analyzes the current circumstances and provides critical remarks and recommendations.

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