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Application of Bureaucratic Accountability in Public Service

Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration Conference (EROPA 2018), 2019

this study aims to identify the application of bureaucratic responsibility to perform certain functions as stated in the hierarchy of responsibility by offering several solutions in the improvement of administrative services in terms of tourism. This research uses a descriptive-qualitative approach with case study approach. Data collection techniques used is interviews, observation, and documentation. The instrument in this research is the researcher himself, while the informant uses purposive techniques. Analytical techniques use an "interactive model" that includes data collection, condensation, data presentation, and verification / drawing conclusions. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of program, procedural and financial accountability in tourism services in the tourism and creative economy of Makassar City has not been in accordance with the expectations of the community. This is based on the implementation of bureaucratic accountability has not been done thoroughly and continuously in accordance with the needs and competitiveness of tourism by referring to the Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) effectively, efficient and transparent based on the principle of justice and propriety as well as benefits for the community. Thus the proposition in this study is in providing services as accountably bureaucracy is sustainable.

Accountability in Public Policies: A Comparative Study

Public policies can be defined as; actions, which governments select to do or not to do, or a series of actions that are developed and implemented by the governments or public organizations. According to Easton (1965); stages of public policy process are agenda setting, policy formulation, implementation, budgeting and evaluation. In public implementation stage three different approaches may be adopted. One of them is top-down approach, which means that public policy implementation should start with a decision made by central government. Second one is bottom up approach, which means that local actors take should take more initiatives during the policy implementation stage. Thirdly, hybrid approach means that both central and local actors must take the responsibility of policy implementation rationally. The public policy approach has changed after 1970s. Welfare state approach, which was adopted after the Second World War, made the governments to operate in new fields. Governments could not reach the success of private sector in many of the fields where private sector operated as well, and consequently welfare state approach experienced a crisis by 1970s. By this crisis, accountability approach was brought to agenda together with economy, effectiveness and efficiency in public administration. Accountability can be defined as; necessity of living up to expectations of the citizens and serving them for the ones having the public power. In the new era, public administrators and politicians have to behave responsible for the policies they implement and they have to give information to the community and voters about the policies. Politicians and public administrators have to take non-governmental organizations and citizens into account, when they presume to do something regarding public. Types of accountability are political accountability, administrative accountability, legal accountability and professional accountability.One of the factors, which are mostly effective on accountability, is information asymmetry. Public administrators and politicians have far more information than the individuals whom they account. Therefore, the level of accountability is generally, determined by the accountants. Public authorities make expenditures in the name of public. Accountability of public authorities means that they are democratic and transparent at that rate. Besides, when we take into account that administration systems all over the world show more tendencies to be more transparent and more democratic in the new era, we can easily suggest that accountability will get more important for the countries all over the world. On the other hand emergence of accountability is not the same in every country. Some factors such as: statue of the government, democratic level of the country, effectiveness of civil society, development level of human rights, political poverty of the government and development level of legal structure play an active role in accountability of both politicians and public administrators. Due to many factors being effective on accountability, the level of accountability in different countries is determined by these factors in those countries.In this study, public policies, processes of public policy, concept of accountability and cases of different countries on accountability will be dealt. Fort his aim, literature has been examined and valuable information has been compiled from the literature.

New public management approach and accountability

… , Economics and Social Sciences (IJMESS), 2012

A new paradigm for public management, called "New Public Management", has emerged since 1980s that is formed to confront the present problems. This model is originated from the fusion of economic theories and private sector management techniques. The most important particulars of this model are decreasing government size, the decentralization of management authority, the emphasis on efficiency, effectiveness and economy. This paper examines how New Public Management (NPM) impacts on fulfilling different aspects of accountability in the public sector.

Modernization and Accountability in Public-Sector Administration

Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development, 2018

The issue of studying has been determined as the development of the Turkish public sector in terms of modernization and accountability. In this chapter, it is aimed that postmodernism and new public administration concepts as well as the effects of modernization and accountability concepts coming to the public in the field of public administration are aimed. These impacts will be examined by examining the legal arrangements related to political and administrative accountability as well as the use of new legislative acts such as e-government and ombudsman. Modernization and accountability in public sector management in Turkey can be evaluated under the following headings; Political Accountability, Public Accountability, Accountability at Public Administration, Accountability at Public Employees, Accountability as Different Citizens, Citizenship Accountability.

Accountability of Public Institutions: A Bibliographic Survey

Kalam International Research Journal, 2020

This study is about accountability of public institutions. Accountability is an important aspect of good governance as without it there can be no democratic governance. The purpose of this study is to review the literature available about accountability and identify the gap in previous studies. This study, before focusing on accountability, first searched for the available literature on this topic. Once this was done, theoretical and empirical literature were reviewed. Published books, previous research papers, and the Internet were the secondary sources used to obtain the qualitative data for this study. These secondary sources were analyzed using the descriptive method. Through this study, much knowledge was gained of the actors and processes of accountability, history of accountability, accountability framework, importance of accountability, and types of accountability, by reviewing the theoretical literature. Further, the accountability practices of different countries were scrutinized by going through the empirical literature. An important research gap this study noted was that socio-demographic and administrative factors were not fully identified in previous studies. This gap must be narrowed or eliminated if further progress is to be made in future studies.

Public Sector’s Managerial and Financial Accountability

The international journal of accounting and business society, 2017

The aims of this study is to explore the financial and managerial accountability of public sector and its institutionalization. The process of institutionalization was comprehended through the perspective of New Institutional Theory (NIT). The Type of this research is qualitative approach using a case study in The Government of Jombang in Indonesia. The New Institutional Theory (NIT) in organizational studies is related to the fact that the structure of an organization is influenced by the social environment where it is located. Organization has a function to maintain its existence through the process of adaptation or institutionalization. Symptoms of isomorphism occurs where the formal organization similar to the environment through the mechanism of coercive, normative and mimetic. On financial accountability, coercive and normative mechanisms seem to be the most dominant. While on managerial accountability, the coercive mechanisms is the most dominant. Decoupling behavior emerges ...

Accountability in Government A Critical Review of PSA.doc

This research was geared primarily towards bringing to light the practical framework of accounting system in the public sector, in a typical government abolishment. It therefore, followed that, the decision taken in any situation has a direct link with the information available on such matter. The main objective of this study is to ascertain if there is any significant relationship between accounting system in the public sector and that of the private sector and also to know if government accounting system actually checkmate fraudulent practices within the public sector. The primary and secondary sources of data collection was used while the chi-square statistical tool was adopted. The study found out that the public sector has diverse functions and resource allocations, which are governed by the budget estimates, in order to ensure compliance with existing statues. The study concludes that the private sector has achieved a higher degree of standardization in financial accounting and audit practices, more than the public sector. The study however recommends among others that the cash accounting techniques should evaluate assets and liabilities in order to ascertain the worth of a ministry or department.

Evolution of administrative accountability : the Lithuanian case

The process of developing administrative accountability is the focus of this case. Accountability is defined as the process in which public agencies and civil servants operating inside the public administration answer to the public, directly or through the parliament, for public policy, financial management and administrative discretion. Accountability is understood as both "an end in itself— representing democratic values — and a means towards the development of more efficient and effective organisations". The following case analyzes the problem of a mismatch between the present situation and the need to ensure that the Lithuanian civil service becomes accountable to the public for its actions. Three case situations on accountability for policy, financial management and administrative discretion are presented. The case then outlines the main measures of public administration reform in Lithuania and their effects on administrative accountability, while the concluding section examines the process of implementation.