Globalization And The Challenges of Public Administration

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have sufficient opportunities to attract people for recruitment into government services although they may have detrimental effects on the country. On the other hand, in the developed world, and particularly in the United States, government officials are criticized as being inefficient and wasteful. One of the popular themes in American politics is to reduce its size. Both Democratic and Republican presidents since President Carter have sought to decrease the government size. Immediately after his inauguration, President Trump issued a directive to freeze hiring. Gloembiewski (1989) expressed dismay in the state of public service because older people are leaving at the first opportunity, middle-aged people are reconsidering their commitment to government services, and younger people are pessimistic about the future of public service. The overall trust in government is at an all-time low in both developed and developing countries. As a result, the prestige and the importance which government officials had once enjoyed no longer exists. The privatization movement, New Public Management and the Reinventing Government philosophy have constantly criticized public officials for being wasteful, rigid, and inefficient. These management practices have led to the rise of a disrespect for public services. As a result, the commitment to public service is no longer the principal driver for influencing people to join the government. In earlier times, the prestige, power, and respect associated with the jobs attracted people to join public services. Bourgault and Gusella (2001) found that pride in one’s job influences worker performance, fostering retention. In an age of globalization, with an increased emphasis on privatization, public servants are looked upon as inefficient and wasteful. The proponents of reinventing government and the New Public Management with their advocacy of privatization corroborated the image of inefficiency. The media, with its constant coverage of government corruption and waste, further damaged the reputation of the public service. It has led to what Cohen et al. (2013) call a crisis of public management. The constant projection of a negative image of public service complicates recruitment into government services (Reichenberg 2002). According to the GAO report (2014), nearly 600,000 (or 31 percent of federal employees) are eligible to retire by September 2017. Holmes (2012) speaks in terms of a “retirement Tsunami” as a result of the the baby boomer generation leaving the workforce. In a 2006 “Survey of the Profession,” the International City/County Management Association found that over “60 percent of members are over 50 years old, implying an imminent loss of experienced city and county managers” (Holmes 2012, p. 450).


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Index

12min
pages 207-216

Appendix

2min
pages 203-206

8 Conclusion

1min
pages 201-202

References

11min
pages 193-200

Equity and Environmental Justice

4min
pages 185-186

Public Procurement

1min
page 189

International Trade and Sustainability

1min
page 184

International Collaboration

1min
page 183

Ideological Divide

3min
pages 181-182

Cooperation Between the Public and Private Sectors

1min
page 179

Institutional Capacity

1min
page 178

What Is Sustainability?

1min
page 171

The Evolution of Environment Policy

6min
pages 172-174

7 Globalization and Sustainability

3min
pages 169-170

Developing the Mission on Sustainability

1min
page 177

Consequences of Climate Change

1min
page 175

Planning and Policy-Making

1min
page 176

References

7min
pages 164-168

Dependent Variable = E-Governance

1min
page 162

Training and Learning

1min
page 160

E-Governance and Trust

1min
page 159

The Challenges of Local Government

1min
page 157

The Reduction of Corruption

1min
page 158

Social Media

1min
page 156

Must Be Citizen Centered

2min
page 155

Human Connections

1min
page 154

Security

1min
page 152

Flexi-Time/Flexi-Place

1min
page 150

Participation and E-Democracy

5min
pages 147-149

Transparency and Accountability

2min
page 146

6 The Challenges of E-Governance in Public Administration

3min
pages 143-144

References

8min
pages 137-142

Improvement in Efficiency

1min
page 145

Justice

1min
page 130

Fairness

2min
page 129

Ethical Decision-Making

1min
page 126

Organizational Politics and Ethics

1min
page 125

Privatization Movement and Ethics

3min
pages 119-120

Moral/Ethical Leadership

4min
pages 122-123

Challenges of Maintaining Privacy

2min
page 124

Ethics in Contracting

1min
page 118

Globalization and Corruption

3min
pages 116-117

Ethics for Good Governance

1min
page 115

5 Ethics and Accountability and the Challenges

3min
pages 109-110

References

14min
pages 100-108

Crisis Leadership

6min
pages 96-99

Organizational Culture and Leadership

1min
page 93

Partnership, Collaboration, and Leadership

1min
page 95

Moral and Ethical Leadership

1min
page 92

Transformational Leadership

2min
pages 90-91

Cultural Competence and Leadership

4min
pages 87-89

What Kinds of Leadership Skills?

3min
pages 84-85

References

13min
pages 69-76

4 Globalization and Leadership Challenges

2min
pages 77-78

Leadership Theories

6min
pages 79-81

Spreadable Diseases

2min
page 67

Strategic Planning and Human Resource Management

1min
page 61

Diversity

3min
pages 64-65

The Challenge of Cultural Competence

3min
pages 62-63

Challenges of Participation

1min
page 60

Motivation

2min
page 54

Implement a Change Culture

4min
pages 57-58

Technology and Training

3min
pages 55-56

Productivity/Performance

3min
pages 52-53

Decentralization

1min
page 51

Compensation

3min
pages 47-48

Public Service Ethics

2min
page 49

Demand for Accountability

1min
page 46

Loss of Prestige in Government Employment

3min
pages 43-44

Loss of the Tenure System

2min
page 45

The Challenges of Recruitment

1min
page 42

References

9min
pages 35-40

Capacity Building and Challenges

1min
page 34

Public Enterprises

1min
page 31

The Rise of Civil Society

1min
page 21

Globalization of Demands

2min
page 17

Globalization

1min
page 16

Innovation

1min
page 19

Openness and Transparency

1min
page 18
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