Kinnock Reforms and Change In The European Commission

Year 2016, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 174 - 187, 22.12.2016

Direnç Kanol

Abstract

Kinnock reforms - based on the New Public Management
(NPM) model - are the most extensive reform initiatives in the European
Commission’s administrative history. When asked to staff at the Commission,
they argue that the reforms have put a burden on the organization by
introducing unnecessary documentation procedures. However, they also
acknowledge that they have got used to these procedures and life is back to
normal at the Commission. It would be an underestimation of the complex nature
of public administration reform if one simply states that reforms are
successful or not successful. Nevertheless, it is possible to say that
‘maintain’ and ‘modernize’ reform strategies have caused some change in the
functioning of the European Commission. Despite the agreement among majority of
scholars that the ‘maintain’ strategy has been more successful than the
‘modernize’ strategy, it could be argued that the Commission has moved away
from the Weberian model of administration; albeit, not towards NPM but towards Neo-Weberian
administrative style.

Keywords: European Commission, Public Management
Reform, Kinnock Reforms, New Public Management

Keywords

Europe, Commission, Kinnock

Kinnock Reformları ve Avrupa Komisyonu’nda Değişim

Abstract

Avrupa Komisyonu’nun tarihindeki en kapsamlı kamu
yönetimi reformu girişimi, Kinnock reformları olarak bilinen Yeni Kamu İşletmeciliği
(YKİ) reformlarıdır. Komisyon
çalışanlarına sorulduğunda Kinnock reformlarının gereksiz evrak işleri
doğurduğundan söz edilse de çalışanların bu yeni düzenlemelere alıştıklarını söylemek
mümkündür. Genele baktığımızda, Kinnock reformlarını tamamen başarılı ya da
başarısız olarak nitelemek kamu yönetiminin karmaşık yapısını hafife almak
olur. Fakat yapılan araştırmalara bakıldığında reformlarda dile getirilen
‘koruma’ ve ‘modernleşme’ amaçlarının belli değişikliklere yol açtığını söylemek
mümkündür. Reform olarak ‘koruma’ ve ‘modernleşme’ stratejileri ile ilgili
değerlendirmelerde, ‘koruma’ politikalarının daha başarılı olduğuna değinilse
de, Avrupa Komisyonu’nda son gerçekleşen reformların ardından Weberci bir
Komisyon’dan uzaklaşıldığı iddia edilebilir. 
Buna rağmen, ‘yeni’ örgütün YKİ ile uyumlu yönetimsel bir organizasyon
değil Yeni-Weberci bir organizasyona dönüştüğü söylenebilir.

Anahtar
Kelimeler: Avrupa Komisyonu, Kamu Yönetimi Reformu, Kinnock Reformları, Yeni
Kamu İşletmeciliği

Keywords

Avrupa, Komisyonu, Kinnock

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