Public Administration

The Provincial Agency for Sustainable Development (OPDS) and municipalities under the law of industrial settlement: delegation and decentralization in provincial regionalization.

by Federico Del Giorgio Solfa

Co-authored with Luciana Mercedes Girotto, published in VII Congreso de Medio Ambiente de la AUGM, May 22th - 24th 2012.

Environmental issues are oriented towards clean production, that is, a preventive strategy against contamination and a... more Environmental issues are oriented towards clean production, that is, a preventive strategy against contamination and a key point in the environmental policy. There is a trend to generate a sustainable productive development, including the environmental dimension. Among the rules and regulations, the General Environmental Act of the Province of Buenos Aires (Law No. 11723) seeks to protect, preserve, enhance and restore natural resources within the territory. This Act also compels the Provincial Executive Branch and the Municipalities to guarantee environmental rights, environmental policy principles as well as an environmental impact assessment on industries. This paper shows the relationship between the provincial institution for sustainable development (OPDS, in Spanish) - as the authority to enforce the law- and the municipalities within the Province of Buenos Aires. Municipalities were classified according to their productive features and resources. The industrial profile of each municipality was analyzed and the need for more exhaustive and direct control was determined in order to strengthen environmental protection. Advantages and obstacles (operative, legal and economic) from a local and a provincial perspective were also analyzed in order to delegate the OPDS faculties to Municipalities so the latter can issue environmental certificates and control industrial business. After this analysis, some proposals were made in order to strengthen  environmental actions taken by the provincial government.. Two lines were stated to improve the control of productive enterprises to achieve sustainable development: 1. trengthening the idea of the delegating OPDS faculties to municipalities, 2. decentralizing OPDS in the provincial program.

El horizonte en la temática ambiental es la producción limpia, estrategia preventiva de la contaminación e instrumento clave de la política ambiental. La tendencia es generar un desarrollo productivo sustentable, incorporando la dimensión ambiental. Entre las normativas, la Ley N° 11.723 “Ley de Medio Ambiente”, tiene por objeto la protección, conservación, mejoramiento y restauración de los recursos naturales y del ambiente, en la Provincia de Buenos Aires. La misma, obliga a que el Poder Ejecutivo Provincial y los Municipios, garanticen los derechos ambientales y los principios de política ambiental; al mismo tiempo que cada emprendimiento industrial cuente con una evaluación de impacto ambiental. En este contexto, el presente trabajo da cuenta de la relación existente entre el Organismo Provincial para el Desarrollo Sostenible (OPDS) -como Autoridad de Aplicación de la Ley- y los Municipios bonaerenses. Se clasificó a los Municipios, tomando en cuenta sus características productivas y recursos territoriales. Se diagnosticó el perfil industrial de cada municipio y se determinaron las necesidades de controles más directos y exhaustivos, para el fortalecimiento de la protección medioambiental. También se analizaron ventajas y obstáculos –operativos, legales y económicos- desde las perspectivas municipal y provincial, para la delegación de facultades del OPDS a los Municipios, en la expedición de Certificados Ambientales y las fiscalizaciones de los establecimientos industriales (Art. 2°, Ley N° 11.459). Una vez realizado el diagnóstico y el análisis respectivo, concluimos con algunas propuestas tendientes a alinear está temática con los principales ejes del gobierno provincial (PBA, 2011) y de esta manera, fortalecer la gestión medioambiental. Se desarrollan dos líneas: 1. Fortalecimiento de la delegación de facultades del OPDS a los Municipios; y, 2. Descentralización del OPDS en el marco del Programa de Regionalización Provincial. Entendiendo que a partir de estas propuestas, se podría mejorar el control de los emprendimientos productivos, logrando un desarrollo sustentable.

Leadership competencies and organizational culture in police organizations

by Emanuel Banutai

Co-authored with Iztok Podbregar

Published in 'The proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Organizational Science Development' / Ed. Marko Ferjan, Mirjana Kljajic Borstnar, Miha Maric & Andreja Pucihar /, Kranj: Moderna organizacija, 2012, pp. 75-83.

Through HRM this paper deals with police organization as part of public administration. Based on European pilot study... more Through HRM this paper deals with police organization as part of public administration. Based on European pilot study it analyzes the leadership competencies’ impact on successful change management in police organizations. Change management is measured with the change-performance measurement model through the transformation of cultural values in public administration organizations. Preliminary results show that traditional and new cultural values co- exist within the organization, and there is a statistically significant correlation between them. Also, significant positive correlation exists between new cultural values and ‘acceptance and approval to change'. The implications of these findings for police organizations are discussed.

Keywords: leadership competencies, change management, organizational culture, police

On-the-job management training and multicultural skills: the moderating effect of openness to experience

by Emanuel Banutai

Co-authored with Milan Pagon & Uros Bizjak.

Published in 'European journal of cross-cultural competence and management', 2011, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 45-53.

This study examined the effects of on-the-job management training on the incumbent public administration managers’... more This study examined the effects of on-the-job management training on the incumbent public administration managers’ multicultural skills as a function of the managers’ openness to experience. Two hundred eighty four public administration managers from the European Commission and 26 member states participated in the study. The results indicate that on-the-job training (including the initial training, informal training, mentoring, coaching, and the availability of resources) improve the incumbent managers’ multicultural skills, but only when the managers are moderate or high in openness to experience. The multicultural skills of the managers who are high in openness to experience benefit from on-the-job training the most, followed by the skills of the managers who are moderate in openness to experience. When the managers are low in openness to experience, the increased amounts of on-the-job training actually decrease their level of multicultural skills.

Keywords: management training, multicultural skills, openness to experience, public administration.

Multicultural skills in the EU public administration

by Emanuel Banutai

Co-authored with Milan Pagon & Uros Bizjak.

Published as a chapter in a 'Economic integration, competition and cooperation: research monograph' / Eds. Vinko Kandzija & Andrej Kumar /, Rijeka: Faculty of Economics, 2010, pp. 683-693.

This study examined multicultural skills in the EU public administration on a sample of 284 public administration... more This study examined multicultural skills in the EU public administration on a sample of 284 public administration managers from the European Commission and 26 Member States. The results show that personality and personal traits play a role in possessing multicultural skills; so does on-the-job training. The most influential was a set of traits that we called ‘desirable personal traits.’ The results further indicate the possible negative effects of working in the same PA institution for a long time. Next, public administration managers' possession of higher levels of multicultural skills is related to some important organizational outcomes in a PA institution, more specifically to openness and transparency, stakeholders’ satisfaction and support, productivity, and successful change leadership. Managers with higher levels of multicultural skills also tend to have higher levels of other competencies. Finally, the implications of these findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Keywords: multicultural skills, public administration, European Union, personality, competency, organizational outcomes

Embracing Disciplinary Diversity: Public Administration Education in Italy

by Denita Cepiku

Paper prepared for the XXII World Congress of Political Science (IPSA)
Madrid, July 8-12, 2012

The paper presents a statistical analysis exploring public administration education in Italian universities. It aims... more The paper presents a statistical analysis exploring public administration education in Italian universities. It aims at verifying if the administrative law approach to university-based public administration teaching is still prevalent in Italy – as stated by the literature, as well as the extent of development of other disciplinary orientations. The research also highlights the main specificities of public administration education in Italy with reference to the disciplinary character, the geographical distribution, the type and level of PA programs, etc. It aims at describing how universities are adjusting curricula in relation to public sector modernization, by comparing the main faculties (economics and management sciences, law, political sciences, sociology, engineering, sciences of communication, social sciences) of all Italian universities.
Information from 204 faculties of 72 universities was gathered. 2.198 education programs at different levels were registered and classified.
Overall evidence suggests that the legal cluster, including but not limited to administrative law, is not the prevalent approach in teaching public administration in Italy. The public cluster - mainly political sciences and public economy approach - is instead widespread in Italian universities. Furthermore, there is a strong, yet more recent, development of the managerial approach.

Call for papers: FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CUTBACK MANAGEMENT: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS

by Denita Cepiku

Papers are encouraged on long term financial sustainability and cutback management as emerging critical issues faced... more Papers are encouraged on long term financial sustainability and cutback management as emerging critical issues faced by Public Sector Organisations. Serious questions surround the ongoing viability of States, Universities and Local Governments both in terms of financial sustainability, financial as well non-financial performance.
Papers will be selected for publication in one Special Issue of Public Money & Management. The goal of the conference and special issues is to advance the knowledge on a world-wide phenomenon to all public organisations’ stakeholders (academic researchers, practitioners, state and local government organizations, international organisations - such as EC, IMF, WB and OECD - and rating agencies, media and the public, among others) due to its significant implications on the political, social, and economics state of affairs.

Deadline for submission of papers for the Euram Mini-Conference: October 1, 2012

TOWARDS THE REGULATION OF THE COMPETENCES OF SOUTH AFRICA'S WATER SERVICES MANAGERS

by Mike Muller

Bureaucratic Incentives Path Dependence And Foreign Aid

by Eduardo Araral

The Strategic Games that Donors and Bureaucrats Play: An Institutional Rational Choice Analysis. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (2009). 19:853–871

by Eduardo Araral

Araral, E. 2009. The Strategic Games that Donors andBureaucrats Play: An Institutional RationalChoice Analysis. JPART 19:853–871

Foreign aid plays an important role in developing countries, but little is empirically knownhow it affects incentives... more Foreign aid plays an important role in developing countries, but little is empirically knownhow it affects incentives of recipient bureaucracies. I provide a model and analytic casestudy to understand the strategic games that donors and bureaucrats play. My findings arebroadly consistent with the theoretical expectations of institutional rational choice:bureaucrats attempt to ensure bureaucratic survival, whereas donors ensure growth of loan portfolio. These findings, however, are not consistent with the Samaritan’s Dilemmaand the Patron’s Dilemma

Book review: La Réforme administrative en Nouvelle Zélande et en Australie dans les années 80s et 90s. Etat des lieux.

by Mahama Tawat

Cet article passe en revue la littérature sur les réformes administratives introduites en Nouvelle Zélande et en Australie à la fin des années 1980s. Malgré de nombreuses similitudes entre les deux pays, chacun adopta une stratégie différente. La Nouvelle Zélande, contrairement à l' Australie et plus que tout autre pays occidental, appliqua les Nouvelles Politiques Managériales (NPM). Cet article résume tous les livres qui ont été publiés sur le sujet à ce jour.
This article takes stock of the existing literature on the adoption and implementation of New Public Management (NPM) in Australia and New Zealand in the 1980s and 1990s. Despite strong similarities between both countries, New Zealand unlike Australia and indeed any other Western country implemented NPM.

autorizzazione all'attività di intermediazione finanziaria Commentario al testo unico bancario a cura di Capriglione

by Luca R. Perfetti

Reviewing Italian Bank Law provision on authorisation to be provided by Banca d’Italia to professional broker or... more Reviewing Italian Bank Law provision on authorisation to be provided by Banca d’Italia to professional broker or financial operators, the paper proposes a general framework of State regulatory powers on financial and bank system focused on consumer protection instead of public interest or Economic policy

Governing by Numbers? Obstacles and opportunities for cultural indicators in policy

by Emma Blomkamp

Presented at Making Culture Count: Rethinking measures of cultural vitality, wellbeing and citizenship, Melbourne, 3rd May 2012

If governance is as much an art as a science, then what role should numerical indicators play in policy making?more If governance is as much an art as a science, then what role should numerical indicators play in policy making?

“What’s measured matters” is a common assumption in the practice and theory of governance.  Following the hegemony of economic measures of progress and the short-lived social indicators movement, numerous frameworks of cultural and community indicators are now emerging. Variously touted as tools for identifying problems, capturing values, monitoring progress and evaluating outcomes, these indicators have a range of potential policy applications. Representing and responding to complex socio-cultural outcomes in numerical form is full of challenges, though.

Just as painting by numbers is hardly considered a form of “high art”, the use of indicators to guide policy-makers may fall short of “good governance”. This presentation explores the potential for cultural indicators to inform and improve evidence-based policy and democratic accountability, while also considering the pitfalls of “governing by numbers”. By giving a broad critical overview of the origins and applications of cultural indicators, the presenter will thus problematise these devices, before considering concrete examples where they have been, or might be, put to good use by policy-makers.

Basels muslimische Schwimmverweigerer

by Marius Rohrer

A Disarmingly Simple Idea? Practical Bottlenecks in Implementing a Universal Basic Income

by Jurgen De Wispelaere

Published in International Social Security Review 65(2), 2012 (co-authored with Lindsay Stirton)

This paper considers the implementation of a universal basic income, a neglected area in basic income research. We... more This paper considers the implementation of a universal basic income, a neglected area in basic income research. We identify and examine three important practical bottlenecks that may prevent a basic income scheme from attaining the universal reach desired and proclaimed by its advocates: (1) maintaining a population-wide cadaster of eligible claimants ensuring full take-up; (2) instituting robust modalities of payment that reach all intended beneficiaries; and (3) designing an effective oversight mechanism in a policy context that actively opposes client monitoring. We argue basic income faces unique implementation challenges that its proponents must consider carefully.

Le management au secours de services publics? Modernisation de l’Etat et régimes de domination à l’heure de la Révision générale des politiques publiques (RGPP) – 2007-2012.

by Fabien Gélédan

Forthcoming

Cet article puise dans les données issues d'une recherche ethnographique de presque trois ans à la Direction générale... more Cet article puise dans les données issues d'une recherche ethnographique de presque trois ans à la Direction générale de la modernisation de l'Etat (DGME) et en services déconcentrés (préfectures, tribunaux). Il vise à identifier et caractériser les régimes de domination, notamment managériaux, à l'oeuvre dans la conduite de la RGPP.

Administration et lieux de pouvoir en Nouvelle-France

by Marie-Eve Ouellet

Texte de vulgarisation scientifique rédigé pour le compte du Musée virtuel de la Nouvelle-France, site relevant du Musée canadien des civilisations (Gatineau, Québec).

Le texte de Marie-Eve Ouellet dresse un portrait des rouages de l’administration coloniale et en décrit la structure... more Le texte de Marie-Eve Ouellet dresse un portrait des rouages de l’administration coloniale et en décrit la structure et le fonctionnement. On y découvre que les régimes de gouvernance ont évolué au fil du temps et selon les régions du territoire de la Nouvelle-France, contrée qui s’avère, pour la couronne, un lieu d’expérimentation. On constate également en quoi le caractère absolu du pouvoir royal s’est trouvé atténué dans la pratique.

Effective Public Service Delivery in Latin America: Can it Be Done at the Local Level?

by Heidi Jane Smith

The Rule-Making Powers of Independent Administrative Agencies (‘QUANGOs’)

by Yseult Marique

published in K Boele Woelki and S Van Erp (eds), General Reports of the XVIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law – Rapports généraux du XVIIe Congrès de l’Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé (Brussels/Utrecht: Bruylant/Eleven publishing, 2007) 589-636 and in (2007) (11/3) Electronic Journal of Comparative Law (http://www.ejcl.org/113/article113-30.pdf)

- 'Les conflits d’intérêt au travers du critère technique 'Value for Money': un exemple britannique de régulation éthique' (2009) Pyramides 119-157

by Yseult Marique

available for free on volume 2

(2012) De la Administración Pública a las Políticas Públicas. Ensayos desde la Ciencia Política

by Alex Ricardo Caldera Ortega

Libro. Coeditado por Miguel Ángel Porrúa, Universidad de Guanajuato y Gobierno del Estado de Aguascalientes. ISBN 978-607-401-547-8