Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants doc. PhDr. Daniel Klimovský, PhD. Comenius University in Bratislava Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences Institute of Public Policy Bratislava 15 December 2016

Agenda Public administration and innovations/reforms Factors and determinants of adaptation to changes in public administration Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

Public administration and innovations/reforms Public administration system should be sound and steady However, there is no eternal public administration system Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

Public administration and innovations/reforms Why do we need any innovations or reforms? Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

Public administration and innovations/reforms Innovation/reform as an effort to adapt to changes This effort is a never-ending story Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

Innovations ≠ reforms Is there any difference between the innovations and the reforms? Often semantic problem for scientists Usually senseless discussion for practitioners Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

Innovations ≠ reforms Innovation = implementation of a new approach, method or technology Reform = implementation of a complex set of measures and tools (it is not necessarily connected to new approaches, methods or technologies) Both innovation and reform leads to some kind of adaptation to changed circumstances Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

Factors and determinants Metcalfe (1998, OECD): Reforms/innovations in government often start with high expectations and end in disarray and disappointment. There are two basic reasons: bureaucratic resistance to change lack of political will Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

Factors and determinants Metcalfe (1998, OECD): However, although reformers/innovators get both the bureaucratic resistance and political will under control, it is not sufficient to guarantee the success of any reform/innovation. It is possible to identify five conditions that can determine reform/innovation and its quality: Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

Factors and determinants External pressure Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

Factors and determinants External pressure Internal dissatisfaction Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

Factors and determinants External pressure Internal dissatisfaction Reform strategy Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

Factors and determinants External pressure Internal dissatisfaction Reform strategy Mechanism for managing reform Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

Factors and determinants External pressure Internal dissatisfaction Reform strategy Mechanism for managing reform Feedback and evaluation Successful implementation of innovative/reform measures in public administration: Factors and determinants

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