scholarly journals Towards a Managerial Public Service Bargain: The Estonian Civil Service Reform

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cerlin Pesti ◽  
Tiina Randma-Liiv
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Civil Service Reform

Abstract The aim of this article is to explore and explain the 2012 civil service reform in Estonia. The study builds on the concept of public service bargain, which facilitates the operationalization of changes in the civil service system. Although public service bargain has attracted a lot of interest of public administration scholars, it has not been previously applied in the civil service research in Central and Eastern Europe. The theoretical part synthesizes previous literature on typologies of public service bargain, thus elaborating an analytical framework for the empirical study. The empirical study addresses the following research question: did the civil service reform change the public service bargain in Estonia and if so, how ? The empirical research was carried out by relying on desk research, secondary literature on Estonian administrative reforms and participant observation. The study builds partly on the materials collected for the EUPACK case study on Estonia. The analysis shows that the civil service reform brought along changes in all three components of public service bargain: reward, competency and loyalty, although the agency-type bargain was retained. The shift towards the managerial public service bargain is evidenced in the greater emphasis on flexibility in employment relations, the use of fixed-term contracts, increased private-sector-style practices at all levels of the civil service, an emphasis on performance management, and the reduction of job security. Despite the widespread criticism of NPM, the Estonian civil service reform presents a “textbook case” of managerial NPM-oriented reform. It is argued that substantially diminished rewards may contribute to a vicious circle of temporary civil servants, including problems with recruiting new officials and a further increase in their turnover, ultimately leading to a “temporary state”. The loyalty of civil servants may in turn shift towards instrumental, short-term and easily influenced or changing loyalty, thus challenging the fundamental values of democratic governance.

scholarly journals Directions of Civil Service Institutional Transformation

Upravlenie ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Борщевский ◽  
G. Borshchevskiy
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Civil Service Reform ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public

The concepts of rational bureaucracy, New Public Management and Good Governance were studied. It is indicated that wrongly assume that one of them is more progressive, because all concepts originally aimed at the rationalization of the public service and subordination its own interests according the interests of society. A set of conditions for the participation of citizens in governance exists today. There are a networked organization, a partnership, a production of public goods, and value of public interest. It is proved that in the Concept of the Russian Federation civil service reform (2001) laid the modernization potential for building an open and democratic public service. We postulate the classification of the barriers and challenges that hinder the civil service reform, and we formulate the growth points and the alternative transformation vectors. Then we consider the risks of each alternative in the short, medium and long term, and how to overcome them. It is indicated that the priority should be the harmonization of the legal framework for civil service and public sector. In the first step is need the convergence of the legal content of civil service with other activities in the public sector, and the renouncement the civil servants to serve to politicians, which is aimed at increasing their personal responsibility. It is necessary to implement the new basic legal principle of targeting efforts of the civil servants to achieve economic growth and improve the quality of citizens life. In the next step a new phenomenon – the public service – should be formed. The new public service will include the civil service, municipal service and the public sector organizations, as well as some other types of organizations. This requires some changes in the personnel policy: the formation of a single personnel reserve for the entire public service, improving the qualification requirements for all public positions based on professional specializations, and ensuring the effective public control. A systematic approach to the creation of the public service will increase the efficiency of public institutions and their resilience in the face of global instability. Our conclusions were tested in draft the Strategy of socio-economic development of Russia for the period till 2030.

scholarly journals Reducing Corruption through Enhancing Public Service Ethics in Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fakhrul Islam ◽  
Anindyta Deb Ananya
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Ethical Code ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
People’S Perception

Corruption exists within and between government organizations as the form of bribing, swindling, favoritism and many other forms which destroys the public morale. It spreads its greedy clutches all over the country; Government officials are engaged in corruption for greed for power, selfishness, wealth and money. This paper is an attempt to identify the forms of corruption in civil service and how ethical code of behavior to reduce the level of malfunctions. Social survey method has been followed for this study where the factor has been explained to know the perception of general people. The study finds that lack of accountability and transparency, dishonesty, nepotism and favoritism are also responsible for corruption and made suggestions to combat corruption in Bangladesh based on the perception of civil servants and the general people.Keywords: corruption, public service, ethics, people’s perception

Career Mobility and Branding in the Civil Service: An Empirical Study

2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack K. Ito
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Voluntary Turnover ◽  
Career Mobility ◽  
New Age ◽  
Transition Management ◽  
Supervisory Support ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
The Public

This paper investigates recruitment and mobility patterns, and builds and tests a model that predicts voluntary turnover. The findings include why current employees joined, their motivations and problems in seeking positions once in the public service, and issues in transition management. The model found that promotion stress and commitment were primary causes for seeking new positions. However, this search favored remaining in the civil service. The model also suggested the importance of supervisory support in addressing a number of career issues. Implications are drawn for meeting challenges including recruiting and retaining the “new age” employee, and managing the more calculative relationship between employee and organization.

scholarly journals MOTIVATION OF CIVIL SERVICE IN UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Zhulavskyi ◽  
V. Gordienko ◽  
N. Malko
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Civil Service Reform ◽  
Current State ◽  
Public Servant ◽  
The Government

The article is devoted to the actual issues of the civil service reform in the direction of motivating the civil service, where a personal interest of a public servant is the key to the success of execution of the government tasks that are necessary to perform state functions at the appropriate professional level. An analysis of the existing features of the motivation of the civil service, which are determined in accordance with current regulations in Ukraine, was performed. The possibilities of improving the modern civil service as part of effective public administration by forming effective proposals, which are based on the analysis of the experience of European countries, were identified. The analysis of the legislative and regulatory framework in the field of civil service revealed problematic issues regarding the unequal of the financial remuneration of employees. The current state of ensuring the remuneration of civil servants was assessed. The formation of the salary of employees with mandatory and incentive payments in relation to the minimum wage in the country as of December 2020 was analyzed. Intangible motivations, such as positive honors (awards) for achievements in the professional activity of civil servants, offering remote work, and encouraging employees with corporate culture, which can be used by the head of the civil service office to create a favorable positive atmosphere. Contrary, in certain situations in a public body, negative incentives, e.g. punishment for improper performance of duties or inaction, were investigated. The peculiarities of the motivation of the civil service in Ukraine were identified taking into account experience of France in building a career matrix for the promotion of civil servants in public administration. Shortcomings in the practical components of the application of motivation in working with staff are partially revealed. The directions of reforming and methodical approaches of the civil service in terms of motivation were suggested. The ways of solving and improving the mechanisms of realization of the state policy in the sphere of civil service, namely the improvement of the system of motivation of civil servants were offered. The practical components of motivation were revealed, new mechanisms for improving the implementation of civil service reform were proposed.

scholarly journals The Reform of the Civil Service System in China 1993–2009

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Guzel Vasilevna Rakhimova ◽  
Dmitry Evgenyevich Martynov ◽  
Yulia Aleksandrovna Martynova ◽  
Glushkova Svetlana Yurievna
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Service System ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
Positive Experience ◽  
Selection Processes ◽  
The People ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Moral Standards

The paper is devoted to the analysis of public service reforms in China in the period of 1993 - 2009. The reforms, in part, took advantage of the positive experience of the Chinese past. They were aimed at improving the efficiency of civil servants by introducing more competitive selection processes, incentives to encourage activities and tightening control and supervision. The processes of selection, appointment, training, dismissal and retirement of civil servants were also streamlined. The chronological scope of the study is determined by the dates when the Interim Regulation on Civil Servants (1993) was adopted, and up to the date of adoption and implementation of the full-fledged Law on Civil Servants (2006). Then the first consequences of the reforms began to be felt: the legalization and normalization of the personnel system, the motivation to show high moral standards for civil servants who could gain respect from the people, and the activation of their high moral and business qualities. In part, the adoption of these laws was accompanied by the coming to power of the fourth generation of leadership of the CPC and PRC.

scholarly journals Building transformative capability through civil service reform

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 73-96
Author(s):  
Peter Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Civil Service Reform ◽  
Early Adopters ◽  
New Ways Of Working ◽  
Capability Building ◽  
Learn By Doing ◽  
Leadership Context ◽  
Key Features ◽  
The Uk

AbstractThis article explores the importance of capability building to the success of public service reforms. It draws on the neglected literature on capability to explore how capability is a product (or not) of the interaction between the skills, experience and methods of an individual – and the culture, structures, processes of the organisation they work in. The analysis identifies four key features of successful capability-building reforms in the UK, which are also found in the early successes of the Goal Programme for Public Service Reform and Innovation: an iterative and permissive approach to project identification and scoping; projects on high-priority, cross-cutting outcomes that demand new ways of working; projects that are connected with conducive elements of the organisational and leadership context; projects that are designed to create or adapt ‘enabling routines’ which civil servants ‘learn by doing’. Such reforms have acted as capability factories. And as the early adopters of new routines rise through the organisation and take on new roles, they become advocates and teachers of the routines and practice they have acquired. This is how organisations learn and build the capability they need to succeed.

scholarly journals legal basis of formation of piblic service institution in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
S. О. Nishchymna ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Service Institution ◽  
The Law

The article analyzes the approaches to the civil service organization in Ukraine and examines the regulations of the civil service establishment since independence time. The attention is payed to the regulatory uncertainty of the separation of civil and public service in Ukraine. It is emphasized that the legal basis of the civil service in Ukraine is determined by the Law of Ukraine “On Civil Service”, which was adopted in 2015. The first such laws were adopted in 1993 and 2011. The Law of Ukraine “On Civil Service” of 1993 for the first time established a special legal status of civil servants – persons authorized to perform state functions. The Civil Service recognized the professional activity of persons holding positions in state bodies and their staff for the practical performance of tasks and functions of the state, receiving salaries at the expense of state funds. The Main Department of the Civil Service under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine was designated as the civil service government body in the state bodies. At that time, the procedure for serving in local self-government bodies was not legally regulated in Ukraine, which hampered the establishment of the public service institution in Ukraine. With the adoption of the Constitution of Ukraine, there was a division of public service into civil service and service in local self-governments. The Laws of Ukraine “On Local Self-Government in Ukraine” and “On Service in Local Self-Government Bodies” became an additional basis for distinguishing types of public service. In 2011, a new Law of Ukraine “On Civil Service” was adopted, which provided for changes in the legal regulation of the civil service in Ukraine. Civil service was recognized as a professional activity of civil servants in preparing proposals for the civil policy formation, ensuring its implementation and provision of administrative services, ie the categories of political positions and positions of civil servants were distinguished. The current legislation defines the role of the civil service and its features, as well as the conditions of service in local governments, which is actually the basis for the public service system formation in Ukraine. Key words: civil service, public service, service in local self-government bodies.

Facilitating Civil Service Reform on Performance Management in Liberia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Rogger ◽  
Hanzhuo Zhang ◽  
Vincent Pons ◽  
Jennifer Ljungqvist ◽  
ERIKA DESERRANNO
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Civil Service Reform
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