Achievable or Ambitious?

2020 ◽  
pp. 2401-2414
Author(s):  
Taewoo Nam
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Side Effect ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
National Initiatives ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
The Government ◽  
Normative Messages

Government 3.0 emerged as a new paradigm of the government workings in Korea. The previous administration's (2013–2017) strong pledge for public sector reform through the Government 3.0 initiative envisions a transparent, competent, and service-oriented government. The paper, with comparison of the Government 3.0 initiative with Government 2.0 as a precedent paradigm and national initiatives of other countries, discusses what kind of challenges the initiative faces and how the government could overcome the challenges. Government 3.0 seems like a policy package of diverse programs. Novel is how the policy package is labeled rather than what the substance is. The initiative delivers normative messages to public employees. Prioritizing quantitative transparency may cause such a side effect as extra tasks of public employees and failure in guaranteeing information security and accuracy. Since a policy package differs and varies with the administration and political parties, what the initiative sheds light on may not last long after the presidential term.

Achievable or Ambitious?

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taewoo Nam
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Side Effect ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
National Initiatives ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
The Government ◽  
Normative Messages

Government 3.0 emerged as a new paradigm of the government workings in Korea. The previous administration's (2013–2017) strong pledge for public sector reform through the Government 3.0 initiative envisions a transparent, competent, and service-oriented government. The paper, with comparison of the Government 3.0 initiative with Government 2.0 as a precedent paradigm and national initiatives of other countries, discusses what kind of challenges the initiative faces and how the government could overcome the challenges. Government 3.0 seems like a policy package of diverse programs. Novel is how the policy package is labeled rather than what the substance is. The initiative delivers normative messages to public employees. Prioritizing quantitative transparency may cause such a side effect as extra tasks of public employees and failure in guaranteeing information security and accuracy. Since a policy package differs and varies with the administration and political parties, what the initiative sheds light on may not last long after the presidential term.

scholarly journals Combating Fraud and the Challenge of Political Willingness: Evidence from Nigerian Public Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
Shehu Umar Sa’id ◽  
Khairul Saidah Abas Azmi ◽  
Abdullahi Bala Alhaji ◽  
Ali Usman ◽  
Idrith Ahmed Yusif
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Party System ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Political Intervention ◽  
The Government ◽  
Lack Of Commitment ◽  
Practical Implications

The purpose of this paper is to explore the lack of political willingness in Nigeria as a challenge to combating fraud among public employees. This study is a qualitative approach. The sources of data collection involve government reports, newspapers and interviews. In all, 12 participants were employed for the study. The study found that a lack of political willingness in Nigeria shows a persistent challenge to combat fraud. Our findings suggest that (1) political intervention, (2) party system or political party and (3) lack of commitment from the government make fraudulent practices in Nigerian public sector (NPS) perennial. Thus, it has hindered the effort to combat fraud in NPS. This study has practical implications for regulators (like CBN), and anti-corruption bodies such as EFCC, ICPC, AMCON, and CCB. The study could perhaps redirect their efforts and eases the way of mitigating fraudulent practices in Nigeria's public sector. The study also has an academic contribution to the body of knowledge and inFraudsight to the literature. This paper is original and unique in its form and has the value on fraud prevention, detection of corruption, combating the contemporary fraud cases in the Nigerian public sector, and useful to those who might cherish its standing.

Service, Security, Transparency & Trust

2011 ◽  
pp. 3354-3370
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Roy
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Public Sector Reform ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada

The objectives of this article are twofold: first, to examine the main conceptual dimensions of electronic government (e-government); and secondly, to critically assess both the current responses and future prospects of Canada’s public sector. The first sections of the paper are primarily conceptual as they delve into e-government’s meaning and scope by presenting a set of major thematic challenges driving public sector reform. The paper then provides a critical assessment of recent reforms and new initiatives undertaken by the Government of Canada. Building on this analysis, the article aims to sketch out the major issues and challenges likely to confront Canadian governance. Of particular interest is whether or not a sufficient balance exists in focusing on dimensions of e-government and e-governance in order to adapt effectively to a more informational, digital, and interdependent world.

Service, Security, Transparency and Trust

2008 ◽  
pp. 314-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Roy
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Public Sector Reform ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada

The objectives of this article are twofold: first, to examine the main conceptual dimensions of electronic government (e-government); and secondly, to critically assess both the current responses and future prospects of Canada’s public sector. The first sections of the paper are primarily conceptual as they delve into e-government’s meaning and scope by presenting a set of major thematic challenges driving public sector reform. The paper then provides a critical assessment of recent reforms and new initiatives undertaken by the Government of Canada. Building on this analysis, the article aims to sketch out the major issues and challenges likely to confront Canadian governance. Of particular interest is whether or not a sufficient balance exists in focusing on dimensions of both e-government and e-governance in order to adapt effectively to a more informational, digital and interdependent world.

E-Government and Transformation of Service Delivery in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
pp. 1606-1622
Author(s):  
Noore Alam Siddiquee ◽  
Mohd. Zin Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
The Core ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
Service Delivery Systems ◽  
The Government

Since the 1990s e-government has been a leading feature of public sector reform in Malaysia. As elsewhere around the world, at the core Malaysia's e-government agenda is the desire to reinvent governance and service delivery so as to realize national developmental goals. Variety of e-initiatives undertaken and implemented over the past decades has improved the nation's e-profile and readiness. These programs have also brought about profound changes to the mode of service delivery and the nature of interactions between the government and citizens and other stakeholders. The paper demonstrates the current trends in e-government by focusing on some most recent initiatives and their roles in modifying governance and service delivery systems thereby producing benefits of efficiency, improved access and convenience, among others. It argues that while Malaysia has made significant inroads in e-services and is ahead of most developing countries, yet progress remains unsatisfactory when compared with regional and world leaders. The paper sheds lights on current impediments of e-government in Malaysia and their implications.

scholarly journals Issues in the Designing of Public Sector Reform

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (4II) ◽  
pp. 299-327
Author(s):  
Nadeem ul Haq
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Civil Service Reform ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Management Reform ◽  
Public Sector Management ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Government

“Civil service reform,” which has become the nickname for public sector management reform in the parlance of development economics, has only recently and grudgingly been accepted by those who advise on policy in the poor countries. Even then, the approach is somewhat paternalistic in that it emphasises externally-designed rules and processes for management, organisation, audit and accountability. It recognises the role of people in terms of noting that incentives and employment policies matter but only in terms of right-sizing the government and second to the need to spread budgetary resources over the politically chosen level of employment. What it does not accept is that and the drive to manage the public sector better has to be led and implemented by the domestic talent and in that they must have both the incentive and the honour of doing just that. This paper argues that the main reason that the public sector management has suffered in many of the poor countries is that incentives have been allowed to erode rapidly as public sector employment was viewed politically as a means of providing welfare.

Incentives and Human Resource Management in the Design of Public Sector Reform (Distinguished Lecture)

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (4I) ◽  
pp. 471-488
Author(s):  
Nadeem Ul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Public Sector Reform ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The Government ◽  
Development Approach

THE ‘DEVELOPMENT APPROACH’ TO GOVERNANCE We, in Pakistan, should be very happy that the global development community has finally accepted the centrality of public sector reform (also known as improved governance) in the quest for improved living standards in poor countries. Development economics is a subject that is based on the interpretation and observation of some Western academics and Western donor-based agencies. We should have some sympathy for these leaders of development thought and policy for they have struggled with integrating the prevailing theme (fad) in Western thought and philanthropy with learning about the societies and economies that they were supposed to be prescribing for. Using the principle of “ends justifying the means”, they defend their reliance on the current “fad” as well as on the only clearly visible, organised and powerful actor—the government, no matter how inefficient—they would.

E-Government and Transformation of Service Delivery in Malaysia

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
Noore Alam Siddiquee ◽  
Mohd. Zin Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
Service Delivery Systems ◽  
The Government

Since the 1990s e-government has been a leading feature of public sector reform in Malaysia. As elsewhere around the world, at the core Malaysia's e-government agenda is the desire to reinvent governance and service delivery so as to realize national developmental goals. Variety of e-initiatives undertaken and implemented over the past decades has improved the nation's e-profile and readiness. These programs have also brought about profound changes to the mode of service delivery and the nature of interactions between the government and citizens and other stakeholders. The paper demonstrates the current trends in e-government by focusing on some most recent initiatives and their roles in modifying governance and service delivery systems thereby producing benefits of efficiency, improved access and convenience, among others. It argues that while Malaysia has made significant inroads in e-services and is ahead of most developing countries, yet progress remains unsatisfactory when compared with regional and world leaders. The paper sheds lights on current impediments of e-government in Malaysia and their implications.

scholarly journals Behavioral Drivers of Performance in Public-Sector Organizations: A Literature Review

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402198928
Author(s):  
Aymen Asif ◽  
Kashif Rathore
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Scientific Databases ◽  
Human Resource Management Practices ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
The Government

The main purpose of the article is to review performance management in the public sector through internal management of public employees by a micro-level approach to enhance the delivery of services by public-sector organizations. The study systematically analyses all the previous research that impacts public organizations through the behavior of public administrators. It aims to demonstrate that the behavioral aspect of public employees is as important as measurement aspects. The research methodology was based on a comprehensive and traditional literature review established on previous research studies. The literature surveyed in this article consists of peer-reviewed articles and research papers based on highly scientific databases. Thus, research finding uncovered that: leadership capacity along with management behavior toward the employee and integration of commitment-based Human Resource Management practices that build long-term commitment in which employees feel obliged toward their organizations, plays a major role in improving the performance of public-sector organizations, which in turn help in increasing the performance of the government.

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