PAD190 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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PAD190 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

• LESSON 10
• CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS LESSON

• After attended this lecture student should be
  able to-
• Describe the contemporary issues and challenges
  of public administration.
• Describe the concept of ethic and integrity in
  public administration.
• Describe the strategies to be adopted in
  enhancing ethics and integrity of public
  administration.
• Explain the importance of PIN in Malaysia

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INTRODUCTION

• Malaysia has been a successful developing
  country and is forging ahead to become a
  developed nation in its own mould. In order to be
  more successful, our nation has to be managed
  effectively and its weaknesses and shortcomings
  have to be overcome. A major challenge it has to
  address in this endeavour is the strengthening of
  ethics and Integrity.
• Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (Ex-Prime Minister

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THE FUNDAMANTEL CHANGE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

• PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE
• PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TO BE MORE PROFESSIONAL
• PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TO BE MORE ACCOUNTABLE TO
  THE PUBLIC
• PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TO BE MORE ETHICALS
  CONCERNS

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND
CHALLENGES

• Corruption and bribery among public servants
• Misused of public fund
• Malpractices in administration activities
• Inefficiency in delivering services
• Lack of initiative, motivation, commitment and
  performance among public employees
• Lack of accountability among public servants

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THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE ISSUES

• Raise ethical and integrity concerns of public
  administration
• Reduce Public trust and confidence towards the
  government
• Effect public administration services delivery
  and performance

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STARTIGIES FOR IMPROVING AND ENHANCING PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION

• Enhancing ethics and integrity
• Enhancing public administration accountability
• The application of best technology to enhancing
  service delivery
• Training and development
• Organizational Restructuring
• Reinventing public services
• Reorienting public perceptions

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ENHANCING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ETHICS AND
INTEGRITY

• ETHICS Moral values or codes which concerns
  with goodness or badness of character or
  disposition.
• INTEGRITY having abilities to achieve the goals
  in most ethical and efficient manner
• By having these two values public administration
  able to apply good practice and fulfill the
  public high expectation on public service
  delivery

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NATIONAL INTEGRITY PLAN (PIN)The overall
objective is to establish a fully moral and
ethical society whose citizens are strong in
religious and spiritual values and imbued with
the highest ethical standards
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NIP TARGETS 2008

• Effectively reduce corruption, malpractices and
  abuse of power
• Increase efficiency of the public delivery system
  and overcome bureaucratic red tape
• Enhance corporate governance and business ethics
  
• Strengthen the family institution and
• Improve the quality of life and people's
  well-being.

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PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY

• The obligation of public administration and
  agencies (who are entrusted with public resources
  ) to be answerable for fiscal and social
  responsibilities, to those who have assigned such
  responsibilities to them.
• Enhancing public administration accountability
  means public administration must operate based on
  legal, administrative, political and
  constitutional framework.
• Any organizational misconduct should be avoided.

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APPLICATION OF BEST TECHNOLOGY e-government

• E-government - refers to the use by government
  agencies of information technologies (such as
  Wide Area Networks, the Internet, and mobile
  computing) that have the ability to transform
  relations with citizens, businesses, and other
  arms of government.
• These technologies can serve a variety of
  different ends better delivery of government
  services to citizens, improved interactions with
  business and industry and more efficient
  government management.

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• The resulting benefits can be less corruption,
  increased transparency, greater convenience,
  revenue growth, and/or cost reductions.

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REINVENTING PUBLIC SERVICE

• LIBERALIZATION/PRIVATIZATION - the transfer of
  the public sector activities and functions to the
  private sector.
• DOWNSIZING - Reducing the total number of
  employees at an organization through
  terminations, retirements, or spinoffs.
• QUALITY MANAGEMENT - All management activities
  and functions involved in determination of
  quality policies and its implementation through
  means such as quality planning and quality
  assurance and quality control.

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• KEY PEFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs) - help an
  organization define and measure progress toward
  organizational goals.
• THE NATIONAL KEY RESULT AREAS (NKRA) Government
  Transformation Program (GTP) roadmap in
  implementing the policies based on six major
  areas for ensuring performance.
• NEW ECONOMIC MODEL (MEB) - outline how Malaysia
  can further improve its economic situation from
  the high middle income level now to the high
  income level.

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THE SIX NKRAs

• Reducing crime
• Fighting corruption
• Improving student outcomes
• Raising living standards of low-income household
• Improving rural basic infrastructure
• Improving urban public transport

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GOVERNMENT TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME
Transformational Leader Must be Able To Break
Down Resistance To Change . Najib Tun Razak
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INTERNET LINKS

• http//www.transformation.gov.my/index.php?option
  com_contentviewarticleid138Itemid83langen
• http//www.fortner.com.my/Consulting_KPI.htm
• http//www.usm.my/ipptn/fileup/Key20Performance2
  0Indicators20(KPIs).pdf

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TUTORIAL

• Define public administration ethics and
  integrity.
• Describe National Integrity Plan
• Describe the strategies adopted by the government
  to enhance public administration in Malaysia.

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THAT ALL

• WISH ALL OF YOU THE BEST AND GOOD LUCK

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