scholarly journals Profissionalizando a burocracia e construindo capacidades: avanços desiguais na administração pública brasileira?

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 687-710
Author(s):  
Ciro Campos Christo Fernandes ◽  
Pedro Lucas de Moura Palotti
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Federal Administration ◽  
State Functions

Abstract This article contributes to the discussion on public administration in Brazil. It examines the differences between the four functions of the state (basic functions, welfare, infrastructure and development, and emerging functions), based on the positions and careers of public servants. The data were collected in 2014 using a survey with public managers from different agencies of the Brazilian federal administration. The results point to distinctions regarding the roles played by middle managers, considering their distribution by state functions, profile, and activities. In a historical perspective, although there are basic functions that constitute the state, the creation of new careers and the recruitment of staff in the bureaucracy resulted in unequal development of the different state functions, generating imbalance and asymmetries. Also, emerging functions are generating new, more flexible, and dynamic ways for managers to work, which have renewed the Brazilian bureaucracy, albeit in a limited and heterogeneous way.

scholarly journals Professionalizing bureaucracy and building state capacities: are there unequal advances in Brazilian public administration?

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 687-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciro Campos Christo Fernandes ◽  
Pedro Lucas de Moura Palotti
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Federal Administration ◽  
State Functions

Abstract This article contributes to the discussion on public administration in Brazil. It examines the differences between the four functions of the state (basic functions, welfare, infrastructure and development, and emerging functions), based on the positions and careers of public servants. The data were collected in 2014 using a survey with public managers from different agencies of the Brazilian federal administration. The results point to distinctions regarding the roles played by middle managers, considering their distribution by state functions, profile, and activities. In a historical perspective, although there are basic functions that constitute the state, the creation of new careers and the recruitment of staff in the bureaucracy resulted in unequal development of the different state functions, generating imbalance and asymmetries. Also, emerging functions are generating new, more flexible, and dynamic ways for managers to work, which have renewed the Brazilian bureaucracy, albeit in a limited and heterogeneous way.

ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS OF STATE FUNCTIONS AT THE PRESENT STAGE: DYNAMICS OF CHANGES IN THE APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT AND VARIETIES AT THE LEGAL REGULATORY

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 137-141
Author(s):  
ROMAN ZELEPUKIN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Administrative Reform ◽  
The State ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Logical Connection ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Continuous Activities ◽  
And Function ◽  
And Control ◽  
State Functions

In this article the author analyses the development of administrative regulations in the system of modern public administration. The state of administrative regulations and their institutionalisation as a result of the administrative reform is noted. It has been identified and found that there has now been a change in the approach to the delineation of the administrative regulations of the executive authorities - before 2018, administrative regulations were divided into service regulations and function regulations, where service regulations are related to requests by private persons to the state represented by its bodies and officials - and function regulations are related to the implementation of continuous activities to perform assigned powers and exercise the established competence, after 2018, administrative regulations are divided into service regulations and control (supervision) regulations. According to the author, the established approach has allowed the above varieties of regulations to be merged into such a group of types of administrative regulations as administrative regulations for the implementation of state functions. Also the author concludes that it is necessary to adopt a special legislative act systemising the functions of the executive authorities and the administrative procedures they carry out in a single logical connection.

scholarly journals Public sector reform and the state of performance management in Portugal: is there a gap between performance measurement and its use?

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (6/7) ◽  
pp. 613-627
Author(s):  
Ana I. Melo ◽  
Luís F. Mota
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Ideal Type ◽  
The State ◽  
Performance Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Managers

PurposeThis paper aims to analyse the state of performance management in the Portuguese public sector as part of the efforts towards public administration reform.Design/methodology/approachTheoretically, the authors took Bouckaert and Halligan's (2008, pp. 35–39) approach into consideration to analyse the adoption of performance management practices. This approach was supplemented by an adaptation of Pollitt and Bouckaert's (2011, p. 33) framework to analyse the context for administrative reforms. The used data analysis techniques include documentary analysis (namely legislation and evaluation reports of reform efforts), secondary data analysis and a survey conducted with 296 Portuguese top public managers.FindingsThe findings show that Portuguese public sector organisations adopted several tools to measure performance over the years, but failed to incorporate performance information into their management practices or to properly use it for either internal or external purposes. Concerning the ideal types proposed by Bouckaert and Halligan (2008, p. 36), Portugal is considered to fit the “performance administration” ideal type, even though it is moving closer to the “managements of performance” ideal type.Originality/valueThis is one of the first comprehensive studies on the state of performance management in Portugal framed within the broader context of public sector reforms. The findings will be of interest both to scholars who study public administration reforms and performance management and to Portuguese policy makers and public managers who are interested in understanding and improving the way performance information is measured, incorporated and used in that sector.

scholarly journals State management of scientific and scientific-technical activity in the Russian Federation on the example of the preparation and adoption of the system of scientific specialties

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-410
Author(s):  
V. V. Omel’chenko
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Classification System ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
State Management ◽  
Scientific Technical ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
The Russian Federation

This article is a further continuation of the work on the review of the foundations of public administration of the use of national resources in relation to the field of scientific and state scientific and technical activities in the Russian Federation. The basic functions of the state management of scientific and technical activity are considered from the system positions, the analysis of the existing legal regulation of preparation and acceptance of system of scientific specialties on which scientific degrees are awarded is carried out, system shortcomings of the approved nomenclature of scientific specialties on which scientific degrees are awarded are revealed. The substantiation of the classification system for “Nomenclature of scientific specialties for which scientific degrees are awarded” is carried out.

scholarly journals An anti-corruption value of administrative and legal restrictions of joint work of near persons in justice system

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-73
Author(s):  
Oksana Polna
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Justice System ◽  
The State ◽  
Joint Work ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Restrictions ◽  
Relationship Of

The article focuses on the formulation of an urgent comprehensive scientific thought on the anti-corruption value of the administrative and legal restriction of the closely affiliated persons’ collaboration in the justice system of Ukraine. It is a justified restriction of the citizens’ rights to access professional public service in the justice system, provided by national administrative legislation, to continue public service and to exercise a career in this system, by preventing the conclusion of a service contract, blocking the promotion of persons, if this predetermines about direct subordination to a closely affiliated person; termination of official legal relations with persons who are in a relationship of direct subordination to a closely affiliated person. It is noted that the general anti-corruption essence of the restriction under consideration is manifested in the fact that this restriction appears as a «personnel barrier» for increasing corruption risks in the justice system due to the implementation of personnel policy, as well as a “personnel instrument” for correcting situations when a violation of the corresponding restrictions takes place. Considering the concept and essence of limiting the collaboration of closely affiliated persons in the justice system, the author proves that the anti-corruption value of such a limitation is that it: while restricting the joint work of closely affiliated persons in the justice system, makes it impossible for nepotism as a separate manifestation of corruption to arise in this system; is a real barrier that reduces the dynamics of the spread of corruption and limits its scale (primarily, in the form of nepotism) in the system of public administration subjects in Ukraine in general and in the justice system in particular; contributes to increasing the authority of judges, professional public service in general and the level of respect and trust of society in the judiciary, the state, as well as reducing legal nihilism in society; maximizes positive incentives for lawful behavior of citizens in general and professional public servants in the justice system, in particular; is the actual result of a public demand for a decrease in the level of tolerance to corruption in the public administration system in general and in justice system, in particular. In the conclusions to the article, it is noted that non-compliance with the administrative and legal restrictions on the collaboration of closely affiliated persons in the justice system creates a situation in which the public service bodies in this system are filled with close persons, who may enter into a corruption conspiracy to use the common good and public interest in their own (personal) interests, which is unacceptable because it distorts the purpose of the existence of the state in general and the judicial power, in particular. Keywords: administrative and legal restrictions, anti-corruption value, corruption in the justice system, joint work of closely affiliated persons, justice system, personnel barrier, personnel tool.

scholarly journals МОВНА КОМПЕТЕНЦІЯ ЯК СКЛАДНИК КОМУНІКАТИВНОЇ ПРОФЕСІОГРАМИ ПУБЛІЧНОГО УПРАВЛІНЦЯ

2019 ◽  
pp. 303-307
Author(s):  
Л. С. Загребельна
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
The State ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Servant ◽  
The People ◽  
Inner World

At the present stage of the state-building in Ukraine, professionalisation of the public service and formation of the professional linguistic competence of public servants are top-priority issues. Proper command of the state language and the ability to use it correctly is mandatory for the people working in public administration. In this regard, an urgent need arises to clearly identify the competences of business communication and the areas of competence development of public servants generating strong interest on behalf of scientists. The rationale of the topic researched is determined by both the theoretical and practical importance of the issues related to the improvement of the professional speech of specialists working under conditions of constant communication (contact and distant, direct and indirect, oral and written, dialogic and monologic, interpersonal and mass, private and official, informational and factual, related to the inner world of the speaker). The objective of the research is to determine the ways of improving the linguistic competence of public servants. The achievement of the objective in question provides for implementation of the following tasks: • Generalise the approaches to the definitions of the notions of “communicative competence,” “linguistic competence,” “communicative behaviour,” “culture of business communication,” and “communicative professiogram”• Determine the linguistic competence as a factor required for shaping up the professional image of a public servant• Develop proposals for enhancing the linguistic training of public servants • Propose the measures to deepen the linguistic competence of public servants through the systematised linguistic communicative professiogram. The article presents a set of measures aimed at improving the linguistic competence of public administration employees. The emphasis is made on the communicative professiogram which outlines the components of linguistic competences required and the forms of enhancing the communicative culture of public servants.

scholarly journals Política dos diamantes em Angola durante a primeira era colonial: as relações entre o estado e a Diamang 1917-1961

Afro-Ásia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Alencastro
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Constitutive Relationship ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Colonial State ◽  
Early Colonial ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Influential Individuals ◽  
State Functions

<p class="abstract">Este artigo tem como objetivo examinar as origens e a evolução do setor dos diamantes em Angola. Ele começa em 1921 com a criação da companhia Diamantes de Angola (Diamang) e termina em 1961 com o início da luta anticolonial. Ao longo desse período, o Estado colonial e o setor dos diamantes desenvolveram uma relação simbiótica: o Estado atribuía os poderes necessários para a Diamang estabelecer um “estado dentro do estado” e, assim, consolidar a presença territorial das autoridades portugueses. Para explicar a emergência e a consolidação dessa relação, o artigo explora as razões pelas quais o Estado colonial cedeu poderes à Diamang, sublinhando sua fraca capacidade institucional para projetar autoridade no interior da colônia de Angola. Em seguida, o artigo mostra como a Diamang passou a ter um papel essencial nos debates sobre política administrativa e fiscal na colônia e na metrópole.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Palavras-chave</strong>: Lunda - setor dos diamantes - história colonial - Angola.</p><p class="abstract"><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p class="abstract"><em>This article examines the origins and evolution of the diamond sector in Angola. It begins in 1921 with the creation of DIAMANG and ends in 1961 with the outbreak of the liberation war. It argues that throughout this period (and beyond) the colonial state and the diamond sector shared a complex but ultimately co-constitutive relationship: the state granted DIAMANG the necessary powers, while DIAMANG built a ‘state inside the state’ on the former’s behalf. To explain the emergence – and the persistence – of this relationship, the chapter explores the reasons why the colonial state empowered DIAMANG to perform state functions in Lunda in the first place, highlighting the institutional incapacity of the early colonial state to broadcast its power directly in the hinterland. It then shows how DIAMANG furthered the financial and other interests of Portuguese colonial officials and other influential individuals in the colony as well as in the metropolis, and vice-versa. </em></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Keywords</strong>: <em>Lunda - diamond sector - colonial history - Angola</em></p>

scholarly journals ПИТАННЯ ДЕРЖАВНОГО УПРАВЛІННЯ ВІДНОСНО ПІДВИЩЕННЯ ЙОГО ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ

2019 ◽  
pp. 110-114
Author(s):  
N. R. Asadullina
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Local Population ◽  
The State ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Public Servants

In the article there considered the issues of theoretical underlying reasons of public administration as an element of management system of society, the issues of combination of self-management and public management, in dependence of forms of participation of the state in economy from head institutions. The purpose of the research is the mapping of the main directions of public management and administration, in order to find ways to improve its efficiency and effec-tiveness. The object of research – the process of public administration in the country of state-owned objects, as well as ways to improve its efficiency. The methods used in the research – logical, comparative, analytical, scientific and methodological. The hypothesis of the research is the ways to improve the efficiency of public administration depend on the qualifications of management personnel and feedback from the local population. The statement of basic materials. The economic conversions which carried out in Uzbekistan have beck directed to dismantling of the institutes resisting to the market, and active formation of the new institutional struc-tures inherent in preferentially market public systems. Gradualness and sequence of the re-formatory steps excluding shock components for economy and population and providing a necessary social insurance of transformational risks are the feature of transformational model of Uzbekistan. The originality and practical significance of the research. The choice of model of public admin-istration in economy is inevitably connected by geopolitical priorities and ideas of the place of the country in the modern world. It means that exert impact on institutes of management and an assessment of management efficiency and political factors which are in turn subdivided on internal political are, first of all, support by the population of the idea of the state independence. Conclusions of the research. Further improvement of public admin-istration assumes improvement of legal base of administrative activity (from a position of in-terests of public servants), necessary guaran-tees and incentives, standardization of their activity as most complex, responsible and skilled work, and maximum informatization of administrative decisions. Such approach as-sumes formation of special legislation on pub-lic service, development of the quality stand-ards of state services, electronic forms of low-cost and transparent forms of interaction with economic entities and citizens.

scholarly journals Rethinking Public Administration through Managers as Leaders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Romanelli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Leadership Identity ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Public Organisation ◽  
Democratic Life

Rethinking public administration helps to drive public managers as agents of change who assume behaviours coherently with a leadership identity. Public administration is rediscovering the sustainability as a key source and goal for strategic and organisational change by promoting the organisational dimension that relies on enhancing the quality of people as human resources, strengthening both the public manager as a leader and public servants as employees who are committed and motivated to public service. Managers as leaders help to drive public administration as an organisation which is able to proceed towards future as a sustainable public organisation which develops the quality of human capital and improves performances, supports public trust and enhances democratic life. Rediscovering the organisational dimension helps to develop the leadership as identity and source for ethical and transformational behaviours of a leader, and enables public managers to assume coherent values, attitudes and behaviours developing the leadership as central identity. Today, driving public administration requires effective public managers who are able to behave as ethical and transformational leaders who motivate, support and drive the employees at work.

scholarly journals Theoretical approaches to the conceptual-categorical apparatus of cybersecurity in the system of public administration

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
E. V. Kubanov
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
The State ◽  
Administration System ◽  
The Public ◽  
External Threats ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Creation

The article analyzed the scientific approaches to the concept of «cybersecurity». The author defined the concept of «cybersecurity of the public administration system», which is understood as the basis of the national security of Ukraine, which forms the security of the state, society, public administration system, and the population of the country in the cybernetic space through the creation of legitimate mechanisms for ensuring the cybersecurity of public administration. The article identified internal and external threats. The author highlighted the main elements of the cybersecurity system of public administration, in particular: information, information and communication systems; threats; mechanisms of providing cybersecurity of the public administration system; subjects of the cybersecurity of the public administration system.Integration of Ukraine into the European space and the reform of the spheres of economy, industry and defense has called for a radically new approach to information and cybernetic security. Cyberspace as an arena of conflicts between states, organizations, and officials is one of the most pressing problems of the present.The article analyzes the scientific approaches to the concept of «cyber security» and states that cybersecurity of the system of public administration is the basis of the national security of Ukraine, which forms the security of the state, society, public administration system, and the population of the country in the cybernetic space through the creation of legitimate mechanisms for ensuring the cybersecurity of public administration. Separate internal (corruption actions; hardware bookmarks in chips and firmware of computer and network equipment; weak organization of the cyberspace management system) and external threats (targeted attacks, cyberterrorism, cyberwar, hatcism, attacks on banking systems, attacks on e-government).

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