The Struggle for Mastery

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-76
Author(s):  
Alasdair Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Gain Control ◽  
The State ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
State Apparatus ◽  
Information Today

This chapter highlights how the field of public administration was invented to achieve the goal of leaders to gain control, to establish mastery over their circumstances, so that the potential of American democracy could be realized. For leaders, the first aspect of mastery consists of knowing the territory over which sovereignty is claimed. The next step toward mastery is gaining a deeper understanding of the environment in which states operate. However, mastery requires more than information and understanding. Leaders need tools to influence the dynamics of systems; or, in other words, to influence circumstances. People outside the state apparatus need to be induced to change their behavior, whether by persuasion, material inducement, or threat of punishment. Whatever the preferred method of influence, leaders must have the administrative capacity to apply it: they must establish their own bureaucracies or delegate responsibilities to other public or private organizations. The chapter then explains that the extent of control enjoyed by leaders today is vastly greater than it was a century ago. For example, advances in information technology are producing ever-larger amounts of data about the behavior of governed populations. Indeed, the obstacle to mastery may no longer be a dearth of information. Today, the obstacle might be a tsunami of information that overwhelms the capacity of leaders to make sense of it and respond appropriately.

About some of the factors for public administration effectiveness

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
ALIKHAN М. BAIMENOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Information Flows ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
State Apparatus

The article emphasizes that modern governments, working in unique socio-economic, historical and cultural conditions, must take into account global trends, as well as the growth of citizens’ expectations associated with the rapid development of information technologies and other factors. In such circumstances, special attention is paid to the effectiveness of public administration. The article discusses some of the significant factors impacting the effectiveness of public administration, such as the professionalization of the state apparatus, the legibility of the institutional framework, the optimization of information flows and corporate culture. In accordance with this, on the basis of work experience in the public administration system and analysis of civil service reforms in the countries of the region, the main challenges and possible solutions are shown. In the professionalization of the state apparatus, the importance of the merit principles in the selection and promotion stages of personnel through the empowerment of human resource (HR) management services, the integrity of tools and approaches at all stages of selection process, and the responsibility of the selection board are noted. The author focuses on the need to ensure a balance of powers, responsibility and resources, delimitation of powers between political and administrative civil servants, optimization of information flows. Particular importance is paid to corporate culture, which is one of the main factors affecting the efficiency of the state apparatus. It is noted that central values of corporate culture and leadership in state bodies of the countries of our region, along with generally accepted in the modern leadership theory, should be respect for the dignity, work and time of employees.

scholarly journals Que Modelo é Esse? As Alterações nos Processos de Capacitação de Recursos Humanos nos 20 Anos do Plano MARE

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea De Oliveira Gonçalves ◽  
Rogério Luiz Alves dos Santos ◽  
João De Abreu Faria Bilhim ◽  
Thiago Dias da Costa
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
The State ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
State Apparatus ◽  
The Face ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Training Policy ◽  
Data Collection Technique

The Master Plan for the Reform of the State Apparatus was implemented by the Brazilian Government in 1995. Among its actions, it instituted the Policy for Staff Development in Public Administration. This action resulted in the guidelines of the public service Training Policyin Brazil. Thus, this article analyzes the main changes in the training processes at the University of Brasilia (UnB), between 1995 and 2015, in the face of the literature on strategic people management. The study is qualitative and as a data collection technique interview and documents were used, being evaluated through content and document analysis respectively. The results were classified into four models of public administration addressed in the literature. The results about the working conditions, planning, execution and control of the training policy as well as the incentives to qualification tend to have one or more public administration models adopted. Keywords: training policy; public administration models; Master Plan for the Reform of the State Apparatus; Brazil.

scholarly journals The Level of Public Awareness of the Application of the Electronic Ticket System in Surabaya

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-163
Author(s):  
Ertien Rining Nawangsari ◽  
Koko Prasetya ◽  
Muhammad Arifin ◽  
Khusnul Khothimah ◽  
Rhea Ardhana
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
The State ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
High Category ◽  
State Apparatus ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City ◽  
New System

In Indonesia, currently there has been progress in the field of information technology. Along with the development of sophisticated and advanced technology, there are more and more demands of need. By utilizing the sophistication and advancement of existing technology, the government makes electronic-based policies, namely e-government. From the existence of this new electronic-based system, it makes easier to carry out the implementation of services carried out by the state apparatus to public. The objective of this study is to measure the level of public awareness of Surabaya people towards the application of the E-ticket system related to frequent violations. The scope of the study is the city of Surabaya. The problem is focused on the level of public awareness about the e-ticket system that has been running. In order to approach this problem, a theoretical reference from Soerjono Sukanto was used regarding public awareness. The data were collected through questionnaires spread across 31 districts in Surabaya and analyzed quantitatively with a descriptive approach. This study concludes that Surabaya people had awareness and knew a new system in ticketing, namely the electronic ticketing system, but for its application, many violations still occured. It is indicated by the percentage of 55% which is included in the fairly high category with a percentage of 70.5% regarding the existence the new system.

scholarly journals State Mode and Management Style: the Difficulties of Democratic Transformation

Upravlenie ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-71
Author(s):  
Охотский ◽  
Evgeniy Okhotskiy
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
The State ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Value Judgments ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Proper Order ◽  
State Apparatus ◽  
Modern System ◽  
Democratic Transformation

The article attempts to analyze the scientific relevance and practical relevance for the modern system of public administration mainstreaming mode of governance and management style, their forms and manifestations in practice. Thus explores the underlying quality characteristics and stylistic peculiarities of functioning of the state apparatus, the difficulty of optimizing performance, problematic and contradictory nature of overcoming corruption and bureaucratic pathologies, threats, dysfunctions and other deformations in the practice of public administration. It is emphasized that at some point the corrupt and bureaucratic mechanisms become latent shadow control system, which resist very difficult. In the result remain on top of the bureaucracy, the corruption, the brutality, the callousness and irresponsibility, and the bottom begins to dominate legal nihilism, distrust of authorities, double standards. Analyzing the distinguished types of styles, the author stops at the optimally-effective style performance focuses on the value of the benefits and ways of learning, introduces into scientific circulation the concept of “style of meanness and hypocrisy” – style, based on lies, double standards, fraud, provocations and corruption. This article presents some value judgments made appropriate generalizations and conclusions, analyzes the actions taken by a state in respect of establishing proper order in the system of public administration and public service. Formulated proposals which, in the opinion of the author, will help accurately implement the tasks put by the state in terms of democratic governance and innovation updates of the struggle against formalism, bureaucratic abuse, corruption, hardware isolation.

Management pathology of the state: uncertainty, dysfunctions, social risks

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-70
Author(s):  
Охотский ◽  
Evgeniy Okhotskiy
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Error Control ◽  
The State ◽  
Scientific Thinking ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
State Management ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
State Uncertainty

The presented article is not only a review of the recently published monograph of Professor I.V.Ponin «Theory of deviantology of public administration: uncertainty, risks, defects, dysfunctions and failures of public administration», but also a scientific thinking of studying problems. First of all, they are the problems of administrative capacity of the state, various weaknesses, imbalances and uncertainty in state management, dysfunctions, risk and other abnormalities in the mechanisms of modern public administration. Particular attention is paid to the factors and conditions generating dysfunctional governance forming untenable, «parallel» and so – called corrupt distopia states. The reader´s attention will be drawn by plots concerning risk – based approaches in the state of political and administrative activity, as well as the features of error control in situations of uncertainty and crisis failures.

Summary of Propositions

2020 ◽  
pp. 23-25
Author(s):  
Alasdair Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
The State ◽  
State System ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
Substantial Influence ◽  
Overall Design ◽  
State Apparatus ◽  
Governance Strategies ◽  
Design Construction

This chapter summarizes the propositions that are emphasized within the proposed macro-level approach to public administration. These propositions suggest that the fundamental unit of political organization is the state. Every state has leaders; that is, a relatively small group of people who have substantial influence over the ordering of state goals and the means by which those goals are pursued. Generally, leaders try to maintain and improve their own positions within the state apparatus; increase power and legitimacy within the state system; increase power and legitimacy within the state's own territory; and increase national prosperity. In addition, leaders ought to advance human rights for the population that is subject to their authority. The behavior of leaders is guided by governance strategies that describe priorities and the means by which those priorities will be pursued. The chapter then details the aspects of the governing environment which must be taken into account as leaders set priorities and decide how those priorities will be pursued. Ultimately, scholars and practitioners in the field of public administration should be experts in the overall design, construction, administration, and renovation of those institutions that constitute a state. They should use this expertise to help leaders craft governing strategies that are effective, durable, and normatively defensible.

Building administrative capacity under developmental states in Chile and Singapore: a comparative perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 002085232094365
Author(s):  
M. Shamsul Haque ◽  
Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
State Formation ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Developmental State ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
The State ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
Developmental States ◽  
Administrative Systems

Administrative capacity depends on the nature of the state of which the administrative system is an integral part. In recent years, there has been a revival of debates on the role of public administration under developmental states in Southeast Asia and Latin America. A major analytical component of developmental states has been their administrative capacity and how to build it. There are significant variations in administrative capacity among developmental states caused by divergences in their historical, economic, political, and cultural contexts. This article compares two cross-continental cases (Singapore and Chile) with regard to the formations of developmental states shaping their administrative systems and capacity-building initiatives. It examines the divergences in their state formations and the contextual factors affecting their administrative capacity. The article concludes by making some generalizations, offering an analytical framework for further research, and suggesting policies needed for building effective administrative capacity. Points for practitioners This article highlights the significance of administrative capacity-building for development. It explores how this capacity is shaped by the formation of the state under which public administration functions. In explaining this relationship between state formation and public administration, the article specifically focuses on the “developmental” state, compares two cross-continental cases (Singapore and Chile) as regards how these two developmental states differ and cause variations in their administrative systems, and explains the major contextual factors leading to such variations. This understanding is crucial to designing effective policies for building administrative capacity in any country depending on its state formation and context.

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: THE DIFFICULTIES OF OVERCOMING THE BURDENS OF BUREAUCRATIC GRAVITY

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Охотский ◽  
Evgeniy Okhotskiy
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Value Judgments ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
State Apparatus ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Shadow Side

In presented to attention of readers article the author attempted to analyze the scientific relevance and practical relevance for the modern system of public administration the problems of bureaucracy and red tape. The article explores the basic qualitative characteristics and peculiarities of functioning of the state apparatus, the difficulties of optimization of style, performance, problematic and contradictory nature of overcoming corruption and bureaucratic pathologies, threats, dysfunctions and other deformations in the practice of human resource management and public administration in General. It is emphasized that at some point the corrupt and bureaucratic mechanisms become latent shadow control system, which resist very difficult. In the result remain on top of the bureaucracy, the corruption, the brutality, the callousness and irresponsibility, and at the bottom of legal nihilism, distrust in the sincerity of the authorities ‘ double standards. In confirmation are the concrete facts relevant statistical and sociological data. In parallel, we analyze the phenomenon of bureaucracy, explores the essence of bureaucracy and corruption, their causes and origins, manifestations, shadow side and negative social consequences. This article presents some value judgments made appropriate generalizations and conclusions, analyzes the actions taken by the state for the improvement of personnel management and guidance of proper administrative procedure in the public administration and civil service. Formulated proposals which, in the opinion of the author, will help to more efficiently realize the tasks put by the state in terms of bureaucratic control and innovation updates of the struggle against formalism, assessorship, corruption and corporate reticence.

Information and communication in public administration

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Александр Киселев ◽  
Alyeksandr Kisyelyev ◽  
Петр Киричёк ◽  
Petr Kirichek
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Scientific Publication ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Personnel Policy ◽  
Technological Concepts ◽  
State Apparatus ◽  
Information And Communication

The scientific publication examines various aspects of the dialectical synthesis of information, communication and management in modern conditions, determines the Genesis of the phenomenon of management information. The essence and properties of the system of public administration carried out in the transforming society are analyzed, the features of personnel policy at the Federal and regional levels are highlighted. Ideological and technological concepts of public administration in the perimeter of reformation transformations of the Russian society are formulated. The role and importance of media-communicative professionalism of employees of the state apparatus as one of the leading bases of efficiency of work of managers is characterized.

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