Factors Affecting the Transformation of Public Administration

• Author: Mirlinda Batalli
• Position: Associated Professor, PhD, Law Faculty, Prishtina University, Kosovo
• Pages: 31-43

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Factors Affecting the Transformation of

Public Administration

Mirlinda BATALLI

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Abstract: This article begins with a short description of the factors that affect the transformation of

public administration. Process of transformation in public administration as occurrence is affected by

different social, political, economical and cultural developments. As a result, most modern societies

and governments are looking forward to modernize their public administrations and make them

implement the principles of good governance. Governments around the world are increasingly

transforming their public administration through use of Information and Communication

Technologies (ICTs), adopting new administrative legislations, increasing oversight over the

administration and engagement of citizens. This study analyses the factors that directly or indirectly

affect the transformation of public administration in order to act in line with the new developments in

the society and citizens demands and to enhance relations and communication between the state,

social society, private bod ies, nongovernmental organizations and other institutions. A specific

question to be addressed in this context is that to what extent and under which conditions do

administrative sciences, legislations, administrative oversight, IT and engagement of citizens affect

the transformation of public administration.

Keywords: Pub lic administration; tran sformation; IT; ad ministrative legislation; administrative

science

JEL Classification: K11

1. Introduction

Administrative sciences include the theory of administrative bodies that moves

toward the study of business administration and management. This concept for

public administration was Max Weber's model of bureaucracy: impersonal non-

political, rational, hierarchical, and organized according to technically specialized

functions.

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Associated Professor, PhD, Law Faculty, Prishtina University, Kosovo, Address: Prishtina 10000,

Kosovo, Corresponding author: mirlinda.batalli@uni-pr.edu.

AUDJ, vol. 12, no. 3/2016, pp. 31-43