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MAKING ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS HAPPEN: LESSONS FROM THE EFFICIENCY SCRUTINES IN THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE

Year 2003, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 103 - 114, 01.12.2003

Abstract

During the years between 1979 and 1984 the Conservative Government in
Britain conducted the Efficiency Scrutinies to reform public
administration. The Scrutinies had considerable impact in terms of
achieving savings and profound changes in the British civil service.
This study pays particular attention to the reform process and seeks to
explore the factors which played an essential role in making reform
programmes happen. Strong political commitment, the appointment of
Rayner from private sector and holding him responsible for reform, the
establishment of the Efficiency Unit as a reform agency and attaching it
to the Prime Minister's Office, winning the internal support emerge as
critical factors in making reforms successful.

İngiltere Muhafazakar Parti Hükümeti 1979-1984 yılları arasında kamu
yönetiminde iyileştirmeler gerçekleştirmek amacı ile "etkinlik
tetkikleri" olarak adlandırılan bir reform programı uyguladı. Bu
tetkikler, kamu yönetiminde önemli ölçüde tasarruf sağladı ve yönetimde
daha köklü değişimlerin öncüsü oldu. Bu çalışma, reform sürecine
özellikle vurgu yaparak, programın başarılı olmasında etken olan
faktörlerin neler olduğu üzerinde durmaktadır. Siyasal iktidarın reform
politikalarındaki kesin kararlılığı, özel sektörden danışman atayarak
reform programından sorumlu tutmak, reforma yön vermek ve teşvik etmek
amacıyla Başbakanlıkta küçük ve etkili bir birim oluşturmak,
bürokrasinin reforma karşı direncini kırmak için örgüt katılımını
sağlayan düzenlemeler yaparak desteklerini kazanmak "etkinlik
tetkikleri" uygulamasının başarılı olmasında kritik faktörler olarak
ortaya çıkmaktadır.



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Year 2003, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 103 - 114, 01.12.2003

Abstract

References

  • Aykaç, B. Yönetimin İyileştirilmesi ve Örgütsel Değişim, Amme İdaresi Dergisi, 24(2), 81-122, 1991.
  • Caiden, G. E. The Vitality of Administrative Reform, International Revew of Administrative Sciences, 54(3), 331-357, 1988.
  • Chapman, L. Your Disobidient Servant, Chatto and Windus: London, 1978.
  • Drewrt, G. ve Butcher, T. The Civil Service Today, Basil Blackwell: Oxford, 1991.
  • Efficiency Unit. Making Things Happen: A Report on the Implementation of Government Efficiency Scrutines, HMSO: London, 1985.
  • Ergun, T. Yönetimin Yeniden Düzenlenmesi Gereksinmesi ve Kamu Yönetimi Araştırma Projesi, Amme İdaresi Dergisi, 24(4), 11-23, 1991
  • Farnham, D. ve Horton, S. (eds). Managing The New Public Services, MacMillan: London, 1993.
  • Greenwood, J. ve Wilson, D. Public Administration in Britain Today, 2nd Edition, Unwin Hyman: London, 1989.
  • Holland, P. F. Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Civil Service-the Rayner Scrutines, Pavic Publications: Sheffield, 1988.
  • House of Commons. 984. Deb. 5s. c. 1050, 1980.
  • House of Commons. Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Civil Service, Third Report of the Treasury and Civil Service Committee, HC 236, HMSO: London, 1982.
  • Metcalfe, L. ve Richards, S. The Impact of the Efficiency Strategy: Political CLout or Cultural Change?, Public Administration, 62, Winter, 1984.
  • Metcalfe, L. ve Richards, S. Improving Public Management, Sage: London, 1990.
  • National Audit Office. The Rayner Scrutiny Programmes 1979-1983, HC. 322, 1986.
  • Parry, R. Concepts and Assumptions of Public Management. in C. Duncan (ed.), The Evolution of Public Management: Concepts and Techniques for the 1990s, Macmillan: Basingstoke, 1992.
  • Perez, A. Legitimacy and the Administrative CApacity of the State: Public Administration in Developing Countries, International Reviews of Administrative Sciences, 57, 641-649, 1991.
  • Pollitt, C. Symposium: Changing European States; Changing Public Administration, Public Administration Review, 56(1), 82-87, 1996.
  • Public Acoounts Committee. The Rayner Scrutiny Programme, 1979-1983, HC. 365, 1986.
  • Rhodes, R. A. W. Reinventing Whitehall 1979-1995 in Walter J. M. Kickert (ed.), Public Management and Administrative Reform in Western Europe, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 1997.
  • Saylan, G. Administrative Reform as Problem of Structural Change, Turkish Public Administration Annual, 1, 119-141, 1974.
  • Soysal, M. Political Prerequisite for an Effective Administrative Reform in a Transitional Society, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi, XXII (1), 163-168, 1968.
  • Sürgit, K. Türkiye'de İdari Reform, TODAİE: Ankara, 1972.
  • Tutum, C. Kamu Yönetiminde Yeniden Yapılanma, TESAV: Ankara, 1994.
  • Warner, N. Raynerism in Practice: Anatomy of a Rayner Scrutiny, Public Administration, 62, Spring, 7-22, 1984.
  • Zifcak, S. New Managerialism: Administrativei Reform in Whitehall and Canberra, Open University Press: BUckingham, 1994.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Public Administration
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Süleyman Sözen

Publication Date December 1, 2003
Submission Date January 31, 2000
Published in Issue Year 2003 Volume: 19 Issue: 1

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APA Sözen, S. (2003). MAKING ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS HAPPEN: LESSONS FROM THE EFFICIENCY SCRUTINES IN THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE. Anadolu Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 19(1), 103-114.


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