Development of Public Administration in the Context of Bangladesh
Introduction
Managing the changes is the overall implementation strategy that concerns the support and coordinates all the initiative in the public administration of the country. The reform and development of Bangladesh proposes to actively involve all the major stakeholders. The action and initiatives of the country in the reform also includes the technical expertise available in the country. In all government ministries and departments, the change in management can support the change in agencies that results in new agents, networks, leaders, and gradually the expansion of the mind-set towards the total change in civil service.
Background and Problem Statement
From the past experiences in public administration and reforms in Bangladesh, it is recognize and shown a little result and impact in terms of developments. The developments implemented in the country encompass the country’s commitment over the poverty reduction and its agreement with the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). With this, the government shifts the spending towards the social sectors and creates better governance. In addition, with an aim to increase the professionalism in civil service, there is a given attention on the Career Development for the public administrators (WBO, 2005; Jahan, 2006). However, how effective does the development of public administration in Bangladesh and is there any room to increase it positive influence towards the total development?
Significance of the Study
The significance of the study is to resolve the issues regarding the common perception of the people on their civil servants. People often think that the public servant or the bureaucrats are in the position but have the inability to take actions. Commonly, this issue arrives from their experience in engagement with the public servants and described that the officials are deaf or unwilling to listen regarding the needs of the people. In Bangladesh, two problems arise- the defective recruitment and the politicization of the civil service, which creates a negative impact in the public administration. Therefore, the pressures are placed to manage the changes and aim for development.
Research Aim and Objectives
The main aim of the study is to investigate the developments created in Bangladesh from the previous years and generate the analysis on how much growth does the developments impacted in the public administration of the country. In order to provide the adequate information, there are three objectives that should be considered. First is to recognize the policies implemented and measure its importance. Second is to identify the problems in the public administration before and after the recent developments. And third is to provide the additional features or suggestions on how to strengthen the policies for the common good of the country.
Literature Review
The field of public administration evolved in recent decades because of the external and internal pressures it received. The government is forced to redefine the roles of the state and provide the appropriate methods to emphasize the capacities of the public administrators. This kind of changes is assumed to respond on the contemporary economic pressures and political practice within each and every sector (Alam, 2006). But despite the significant efforts in public administration, the reforms and some successful modernization of projects, still Bangladesh is caught in the middle of traditional concept of public administration and civil service. There are initiatives meant to improve the human resources management and development for the internal control of the public administration but the process has a little response regarding the organizational performance of each people. Overall, this is very crucial in aiming for the progress of the organizations and civil services. However, the government is expected to prepare the solution to effectively implement the necessary reforms in the civil services and one of those agenda is to create a governing body that will control and monitor the changes (Kim, et al, 2007). The development in public administration should include the three models of traditional public administration, public management, and developments on the new public management and responsive governance.
Methodology
The suggested method of the study is the use of secondary information coming from the Public Administration Reform Commission (PARC), government agencies, and the national report coming from the various organizations like the Work Bank. The method will measure the performances of the agencies in terms of the standards and their answer towards the economic and socio-political infrastructure, general services, technical services, and educational services. The innovations are also part of the review in which can generate a significant outcome for the success of the development of public administration.
References:
Alam, M., (2006) Role and Effectiveness of Bangladesh Civil Service in Achieving Millennium Development Goals, UNDP Bangladesh [Online] Available at: http://www.undp.org.bd/projects/prodocs/DCSC/MDGs%20and%20Bangladesh%20Civil%20Service.pdf [Accessed 11 August 2010]
Jahan, F., (2006) Public Administration in Bangladesh, The State of Governance in Bangladesh [Online] Available at: http://dspace.bracu.ac.bd/bitstream/10361/402/1/CGS%20working%20paper%201.pdf [Accessed 11 August 2010]
Kim, P., Johnston, J., Monem, M., Stoop, P., & Thomas, T.., (2007) End of Assignment Report by the Formulation Mission on Civil Service Reform Program, United Nations Development Programme Bangladesh [Online] Available at: http://www.undp.org.bd/projects/prodocs/DCSC/Civil%20Service%20Reform%20Program_2007.pdf [Accessed 11 August 2010].
WBO, (2005) Bangladesh PRSP Forum Economic Update: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives, The World Bank Office [Online] Available at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTBANGLADESH/Resources/EconomicUpdate-Forum-102705.pdf [Accessed 11 August 2010].
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