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Using qualitative data gathered from interviews with municipal department heads in a random sample of South Carolina municipalities, this article presents evidence that local administrators fail to characterize themselves as participants in political processes. When faced with political issues or conflicts, they preferred to fall back on professional standards or hierarchical deference. This contrasts with Barth's (1991, 1993) study of federal administrators that supported Rohr's (1986) "balance wheel" model of administrators. Local government administrators reflected more of a corporate than apolitical model, which, in turn, harks back to the ideology of Wilsonian, progressive reform literature. This suggests that local administrators practice in an environment significantly different from that of their federal and state counterparts, and different from that described in generic public administration literature. These findings warrant the attention of public administration researchers and teachers.

The purpose of this research was to study 1) the administrator's characteristic, the quality management behavior of the administrator, and the administrative effectiveness of the local government organization administrators in Lampang Province; 2) the relationship between the administrator's characteristic, and the quality management behavior of the administrator and the administrative effectiveness of local government organization administrators in Lampang Province; 3) the influence of the administrator's characteristic, and the quality management behavior of the administrator on the administrative effectiveness of local government organization administrators in Lampang Province. The research was survey research using quantitative research methods. The population was the local government organization personnel in Lampang Province. The samples were chosen stratified random sampling. The sample size of 416 participants was determined by using the table of Krejcie & Morgan with a confidence level of 95%, 5% error. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire with a reliability of 0.97. The data analysis used descriptive statistics were: frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation; and the Inferential statistics were: Pearson's product-moment correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. The research results founded that: The administrator's characteristic was at a high level ( = 3.57, S.D. = 0.43), the quality management behavior of the administrator was at a moderate level ( = 3.18, S.D. = 0.48), and the administrative effectiveness of the local government organization administrators in Lampang Province was at a moderate level ( = 3.18, S.D. = 0.51) respectively. The administrator's characteristic, and the quality management behavior of the administrator were related to the administrative effectiveness of local administrative organization administrators in Lampang Province with statistical significance of .01 The administrator's Characteristic (EC), and the quality management behavior of the administrator (PA) had a positive effect on the administrative effectiveness of local government organization administrators with statistical significance of .01. The predictive equation is EAβ = .701EC + .195PA. ; การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษา 1) คุณลักษณะของผู้บริหารพฤติกรรมการบริหารงานคุณภาพของผู้บริหาร และประสิทธิผลการบริหารงานของผู้บริหารองค์กรปกครองส่วนท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดลำปาง 2) ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างคุณลักษณะของผู้บริหารและพฤติกรรมการบริหารงานคุณภาพของผู้บริหารกับประสิทธิผลการบริหารงานของผู้บริหารองค์กรปกครองส่วนท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดลำปาง และ 3) อิทธิพลของคุณลักษณะของผู้บริหารและพฤติกรรมการบริหารงานคุณภาพของผู้บริหารต่อประสิทธิผลการบริหารงานของผู้บริหารองค์กรปกครองส่วนท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดลำปาง การวิจัยนี้เป็นการวิจัยเชิงสำรวจ ใช้วิธีการวิจัยเชิงปริมาณ ประชาการ ได้แก่ บุคลากรองค์กรปกครองส่วนท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดลำปาง เลือกกลุ่มตัวอย่างด้วยวิธีการสุ่มแบบแบ่งชั้น กำหนดขนาดกลุ่มตัวอย่างโดยใช้ตารางของเครจซี่และมอร์แกน ที่ระดับความเชื่อมั่น 95% ความคลาดเคลื่อน 5% ได้กลุ่มตัวอย่างจำนวน 416 คน เครื่องมือในการเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลเป็นแบบสอบถาม มีค่าความเชื่อมั่นเท่ากับ 0.95 วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลใช้สถิติเชิงพรรณนา ได้แก่ ค่าความถี่ ค่าร้อยละ ค่าเฉลี่ย ค่าส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน และสถิติเชิงอนุมาน ได้แก่ การวิเคราะห์สัมประสิทธิ์สหสัมพันธ์ของเพียร์สันและการวิเคราะห์ถดถอยพหุคูณ ผลการวิจัยพบว่า คุณลักษณะของผู้บริหาร อยู่ในระดับมาก ( = 3.57, S.D. = 0.43) พฤติกรรมการบริหารงานคุณภาพของผู้บริหาร อยู่ในระดับปานกลาง ( = 3.18,S.D. = 0.48) และประสิทธิผลการบริหารงานของผู้บริหารองค์กรปกครองส่วนท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดลำปาง อยู่ในระดับปานกลาง ( = 3.18, S.D. = 0.51) ตามลำดับ คุณลักษณะของผู้บริหารและพฤติกรรมการบริหารงานคุณภาพของผู้บริหารมีความสัมพันธ์กับประสิทธิผลการบริหารงานของผู้บริหารองค์กรปกครองส่วนท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดลำปาง อย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ .01 คุณลักษณะของผู้บริหาร (EC) และพฤติกรรมการบริหารงานคุณภาพของผู้บริหาร (PA) มีอิทธิพลทางบวกต่อประสิทธิผลการบริหารงานของผู้บริหาร (EA) องค์กรปกครองส่วนท้องถิ่น อย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ .01 โดยมีสมการพยากรณ์ คือ EAβ = .701EC + .195PA

This study examines the factors that facilitate and hinder the use of performance information by public administrators in local governments in Florida. Acknowledging the incompleteness of many theoretical and conceptual models in previous performance management studies and the absence of theory on the use of performance information; this study utilizes a grounded theory approach to develop and test a model analyzing the use of performance information. The research focuses on cities and counties, members of the Florida Benchmarking Consortium (FBC), and surveys public administrators whose tasks are related with the collection and/or reporting of performance information. The study examines three research questions: First, to what extent and in what capacity do local government administrators use performance information? Second, what are the predictors of the use of performance information among local government administrators? Finally, to what extent does the design adequacy of a performance measurement system (PMS), institutionalization of performance measurement (IPM), organizational support (OS), individual factors (IF) and external influences (EI) impact the use of performance information among local government administrators? To collect data on the above questions, an online survey was administrated to public administrators involved in the 2015-2016 FBC data collection cycle. The data were analyzed with structural equation modeling (SEM). The results of the study demonstrate that institutionalization of performance measurement has the strongest statistically significant positive association with the use of performance information followed by the influence of the design adequacy of the performance measurement system. Organizational support, through institutionalization of performance measurement, has an indirect influence on the use of performance information. Interestingly, in this study individual factors were not found to be significantly associated with the use of performance information. ; 2017-05-01 ; Ph.D. ; Health and Public Affairs, Dean's Office COHPA ; Doctoral ; This record was generated from author submitted information.

The state recognizes and respects units of regional government that are special or special in nature. This recognition and respect is valid until the customary law community and their traditional rights are still alive and in accordance with the development of society and the principles of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia as referred to in Article 18 B paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. The state for village autonomy along with its traditional rights is an embodiment of the constitutional provisions in the form of regulating customary villages in the Indonesian government system as stipulated in Law Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages. Efforts to strengthen the recognition of customary villages need to be realized in the legal politics of regulating customary villages that are just and constitutional so that customary villages can be realized in real terms. This study aims to analyze whether the legal politics of customary village recognition in regional governance is based on the principle of autonomy in Indonesia and its implementation. The method used is empirical normative legal research with a statutory approach and concepts and field studies. The results of the research and discussion show that the legal politics of customary village recognition in the implementation of regional government based on the principle of autonomy in Indonesia is a constitutional mandate and legislation that must be carried out by all parties consequently and fairly. Objectively, Article 18 B paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and Law Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages have fundamental policy directions to strengthen the existence of traditional villages and their traditional rights in a consistent and fair manner in the Indonesian government system. ; The state recognizes and respects units of regional government that are special or special in nature. This recognition and respect is valid until the customary law community and their traditional rights are still alive and in accordance with the development of society and the principles of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia as referred to in Article 18 B paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. The state for village autonomy along with its traditional rights is an embodiment of the constitutional provisions in the form of regulating customary villages in the Indonesian government system as stipulated in Law Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages. Efforts to strengthen the recognition of customary villages need to be realized in the legal politics of regulating customary villages that are just and constitutional so that customary villages can be realized in real terms. This study aims to analyze whether the legal politics of customary village recognition in regional governance is based on the principle of autonomy in Indonesia and its implementation. The method used is empirical normative legal research with a statutory approach and concepts and field studies. The results of the research and discussion show that the legal politics of customary village recognition in the implementation of regional government based on the principle of autonomy in Indonesia is a constitutional mandate and legislation that must be carried out by all parties consequently and fairly. Objectively, Article 18 B paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and Law Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages have fundamental policy directions to strengthen the existence of traditional villages and their traditional rights in a consistent and fair manner in the Indonesian government system.

African public administration today is mixed with elements of the old bureaucratic model continuing alongside the new public management (NPM). The increasing application of the NPM approach has placed public administration and management systems in the spotlight and raised a number of challenges. Among them are the relevance of policy importation and the availability of civil servants with the requisite competence to perform the very critical responsibilities of government that reforms introduce. Using the case of Mozambique, this article shows that implementation of public sector reforms has brought in its trail considerable gaps between reform strategies and the competences needed to execute them. Convinced that competences of public administrators are a vital prerequisite for the success of reforms, the government of Mozambique has instituted a series of training programmes to provide the kind of competences that would reflect the new demands and realities facing the public sector. Though it is too early to expect results, the article concludes that the technical, managerial and leadership skills of public administrators and managers are being improved through better training curricula than were provided in the past. Points for practitioners The structure, functions, and processes of public administration and management have undergone remarkable changes as a result of NPM approaches. But as new approaches are being introduced, government managers have found themselves trying very hard to manage using old skills. In almost every profession, new circumstances require the development of new, or a redefinition of existing, skills. Institutionalizing new training curricula to provide technical, managerial and leadership competence for government administrators has become imperative now more than ever before. The caveat is that building new competencies will not necessarily fix all the problems unless other structural problems such as remuneration, promotion and utilization of ex-trainees are also addressed.

In 1984, President Raúl Alfonsín, was determined to create a body of eliteofficials, and it was under this initiative that the Training Program for GovernmentAdministrators was launched. The goal of the initiative was to bridge the gap betweenpolitical and administrative roles, following the model of the École nationaled'administration in France. The aim of this study is to explain the process that gaveorigin to this program, its startup and current situation, based on a mainly qualitativemethodological approach. In order to do so, it was necessary to reconstruct thepersonal careers of different key stakeholders, as well as their political and personalconnections. New recruitments for this program are currently suspended, however,government administrators continue to perform their duties while on the road toextinction. ; En 1984 el entonces presidente argentino Raúl Alfonsín se propuso la formación de un cuerpo de funcionarios de "elite", y bajo esta consigna surgió el Programa de Formación de Administradores Gubernamentales. El país había recuperado su democracia recientemente y se necesitaban medidas que generaran transparencia institucional, el espíritu de la iniciativa era romper la escisión entre roles políticos y administrativos, inspirándose en el modelo de la École nationale d'administration (ENA), Francia. Este trabajo se propone explicar el proceso que dio origen a este programa, su puesta en marcha y situación actual a partir de un abordaje metodológico principalmente cualitativo. Se reconstruyeron las trayectorias de diferentes agentes clave, sus vínculos políticos y personales. Actualmente, las convocatorias para integrar este cuerpo están suspendidas, pero los administradores gubernamentales continúan cumpliendo funciones, camino a su extinción.

Presidents, governors and mayors certainly cannot be experts in all the matters with which they are called upon to deal, nor, as a rule, are they thoroughly expert in any of them; and in fact this is generally true of officers elected to administer public affairs. We cannot, therefore, avoid the question whether they do, or do not, need expert assistance if the government is to be efficiently conducted. The problem is not new, for the world struggled with it two thousand years ago. The fate of institutions has sometimes turned upon it, and so may the great experiment we are trying today—that of the permanence of democracy on a large scale. Americans pay little heed to the lessons taught by the painful experience of other lands, and Charles Sumner expressed a common sentiment when he remarked sarcastically his thankfulness that they knew no history in Washington. Our people have an horizon so limited, a knowledge of the past so small, a self-confidence so sublime, a conviction that they are altogether better than their fathers so profound, that they hardly realize the difficulty of their task. We assume unconsciously, as a witty writer has put it, that human reason began about thirty years ago; and yet a candid study of history shows that the essential qualities of human nature have not changed radically; that men have little more capacity or force of character than at other favored epochs. Some improvement in standards has, no doubt, taken place, and certainly the bounds of human sympathy have widened vastly; but there has been no such transformation as to justify a confidence that the men of the present day can accomplish easily and without sacrifice what to earlier generations was unattainable.