BEING COMPETENT AND BEING TRAINED: CHALLENGES FOR THE EMPLOYEES IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE Cover Image

BEING COMPETENT AND BEING TRAINED: CHALLENGES FOR THE EMPLOYEES IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE
BEING COMPETENT AND BEING TRAINED: CHALLENGES FOR THE EMPLOYEES IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE

Author(s): Albena Taneva
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Public Administration
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: academic education; public administration

Summary/Abstract: The paper is focused on the particular relationship between academic education and career development of graduate students in Public Administration as a transition towards a new model of public service. The results of the public sector are highly dependent not only on the regulation of this sector, but largely on the preparation of the new generation for the civil service. Preparation is understood as competence, commitment and possibility for integration within the institutional system. As the standards for the academic education in Public administration exist, the biggest challenge in this regard is the philosophy of recruitment of the new graduates in Public Administration, the transition from the academic status to the status of practitioners and the sustainable development of the established models. Quite different is the challenge for training of experienced civil servants. This issue is particularly important in regard to the standards, purposes and values which the trainer is expected to fulfill.

  • Issue Year: 3/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 47-58
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English