Globalization and the Challenges of Public Administratio

Abstract

This book is an attempt to understand the challenges of globalization and governance in the public sector. Many researchers make use of the term “governance” to describe the multitude of actors involved in the delivery of services. Although governance can be applied to different sectors of the society, for example, health care, education, and business, this book focuses on the governance of the public sector, the traditional task of public administration. The book analyzes the important aspects of public administration: human resources management (HRM), leadership, ethics and accountability, sustainability, and e-governance to understand the challenges of globalization. Public administration can no longer be confined simply to a discussion of the government agencies, and their processes and procedures. Therefore, many researchers now use the term “governance” to understand the cur rent dynamics of government. This book uses the terms governance and public administration interchangeably because the tasks of implementation require the cooperation of both the public and private sectors. To under stand public administration, one has to consider the interplay of both formal and informal actors in the implementation of policies. Globalization implies the importance of the interaction between public and private sectors at both the domestic and global levels. Therefore, public adminis tration faces enormous challenges in dealing with all the actors in delivering government services. Public administration does not exist in a vacuum.