Fundamente economice ale managementului public. Organizaţia birocratică
Economics as a Foundation for Public Management.The Bureaucratic Organization

Summary/Abstract: In this article, we make the case in favor of founding the management science on the relevant conclusions of the economic science. Therefore, the study of incentives and constraints that public servants (and in particular the bureau chiefs) face are essential for understanding their productive behavior. The environment of a governmental bureau in a democracy needs a careful examination. On this basis, some aspects of public production are inspected, as revealed by the Public Choice school of economics: the tendency toward budget maximization, a much lager output at increased costs, etc. The phenomenon of bureaucracy, which is the main cause of dissatisfaction and criticism related to public production of goods and services, is also discussed. After a brief review of the history of the phenomenon (by discussing some theories authored by a number of renowned researchers such as Max Weber, Anthony Downs, Ludwig von Mises, and William Niskanen), the main features of the contemporary bureaucracy are discussed. We also analyze the implementation stage of some general actions for Romanian public administration reform from a European perspective, such as the law regarding the free access to public information.

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