Challenges of globalisation on public administration
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Globalisation is resulting in a transition from centrally planned to market structures, and their integration with the global economy the world over. This has repercussions for the administrative framework and, the functioning of State machinery. The emphasis is on acquiring new skills and capabilities; and changing the mindset of personnel to adjust to the new environment. The nature and processes of public administration have been severely affected by the changing perceptions of the role of the State, managerial orientation in governance, market-driven approach to development, and increasing advocacy of the complementary roles of government, market and civil society.
The impact of globalisation. These are:
• A growing need for negotiation skills among sovereign States
• Changed role of bureaucracy from managing to facilitating economic activities
• An organisational, managerial culture which stresses performance and resultoriented
management (There is a demand for managerial skills of adaptability,
cooperation and creativity)
• Focus on managerial leadership and expertise which has been necessitated by the
demands of negotiations, mediation, and sensitivity to human rights and diversity
• Emergence of e-government, where all countries have been executing major initiatives to tap the vast potential of the Internet for improving and perfecting the governing process
• Need for a comparative perspective wherein, in response to the new global reality, public administration must effectively utilise a comparative outlook that incorporates non-western as well as more developed systems