Strategic Planning and Public management Reform: The Case of Romania
<p>Strategic planning is an excellent tool that local governments can (and should) use in order to deal effi ciently with change, which means that planning is an important aspect of public sector reform, arguably one of the defi ning elements of the public policy landscape for the past three d...
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Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
2015-12-01
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| author | Călin Emilian HINȚEA Marius Constantin PROFIROIU Tudor Cristian ȚICLĂU |
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| description | <p>Strategic planning is an excellent tool that local governments can (and should) use in order to deal effi ciently with change, which means that planning is an important aspect of public sector reform, arguably one of the defi ning elements of the public policy landscape for the past three decades (Pollitt and Bouckaert, 2011). Our main objective with this research is twofold: to analyze why and how local public administration uses strategic planning as a managerial tool for managing change (reform), and to identify whether the planning efforts display a specifi c reform pattern. We employed a quantitative methodology – online survey – to collect data on the strategic planning process at the local level in Romania, with a specifi c framework for the strategic profi le (Hinţea, 2015) and another three dimension model – NPM, NWS, NPG1 – for the reform component (Pollitt and Bouckaert, 2011). Our analysis indicates that over 70% of strategic planning efforts are done because it is a mandatory condition for accessing EU funds. Major issues concern implementation, monitoring and evaluation with only around a third of organizations having a formal body responsible for this. Although the process has mixed characteristics, NWS type elements are more common/preferred, while NPM seem least common/preferred by local authorities</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72e0c80f92564ca0bd03021661aba6c72025-02-26T12:09:38ZengBabes-Bolyai University, Cluj-NapocaTransylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences1842-28452015-12-0111SI3044483Strategic Planning and Public management Reform: The Case of RomaniaCălin Emilian HINȚEA0Marius Constantin PROFIROIU1Tudor Cristian ȚICLĂU2Professor, Public Administration and Management Department, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaProfessor, Faculty of Public Administration and Management, Academy of Economic Sciences, Bucharest, RomaniaLecturer, Public Administration and Management Department, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania<p>Strategic planning is an excellent tool that local governments can (and should) use in order to deal effi ciently with change, which means that planning is an important aspect of public sector reform, arguably one of the defi ning elements of the public policy landscape for the past three decades (Pollitt and Bouckaert, 2011). Our main objective with this research is twofold: to analyze why and how local public administration uses strategic planning as a managerial tool for managing change (reform), and to identify whether the planning efforts display a specifi c reform pattern. We employed a quantitative methodology – online survey – to collect data on the strategic planning process at the local level in Romania, with a specifi c framework for the strategic profi le (Hinţea, 2015) and another three dimension model – NPM, NWS, NPG1 – for the reform component (Pollitt and Bouckaert, 2011). Our analysis indicates that over 70% of strategic planning efforts are done because it is a mandatory condition for accessing EU funds. Major issues concern implementation, monitoring and evaluation with only around a third of organizations having a formal body responsible for this. Although the process has mixed characteristics, NWS type elements are more common/preferred, while NPM seem least common/preferred by local authorities</p>https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/467strategic planning, new public management, neo-weberian state, new public governance, public management reform |
| spellingShingle | Călin Emilian HINȚEA Marius Constantin PROFIROIU Tudor Cristian ȚICLĂU Strategic Planning and Public management Reform: The Case of Romania Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences strategic planning, new public management, neo-weberian state, new public governance, public management reform |
| title | Strategic Planning and Public management Reform: The Case of Romania |
| title_full | Strategic Planning and Public management Reform: The Case of Romania |
| title_fullStr | Strategic Planning and Public management Reform: The Case of Romania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategic Planning and Public management Reform: The Case of Romania |
| title_short | Strategic Planning and Public management Reform: The Case of Romania |
| title_sort | strategic planning and public management reform the case of romania |
| topic | strategic planning, new public management, neo-weberian state, new public governance, public management reform |
| url | https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/467 |
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