Major Concerns in Philippine Public Administration
MAJOR CONCERNS IN PHILIPPINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PRAXIS: REORGANIZATION DECENTRALIZATION AND CORRUPTION.
Presentor: Alkhaizer H. Ibrahim
Discussant: Roddalyn Lee
Reorganizing the Bureaucracy
Reorganization of the Philippine Public Administration had been sighted as the central to the entire initiative in the search and design for more responsive structures and process since the term of President Manuel Roxas in the 40’s to Arroyo in 2002.
Below are the major Reform Agenda and Re-engineering initiatives of the Administration to the Philippine Public Administrations.
Administration
Reform Agenda
Description
Outcome/Results
President Ferdinand Marcos
Integrated Reorganization Plan (Presidential Decree No 1)
Administrative Reform through Decentralization and Reducing the Bureaucracy, and Standardizing departmental organization.
The Government was restructured according to Will of Marcos and it has been shielded from public scrutiny and criticism; thus the perpetuation of irresponsible acts. (Endriga, 2001)
President Corazon Aquino
Presidential Commission on Public Ethics and Accountability
Presidential Commission on Good Governance (PCGG)
Sought to restore government integrity and public confidence.
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Became more active in participating in decision-making and program implementation of the government.
Removal of thousands of civil servants from the position replaced through political appointment thus, blurring the merit and fitness of the civil service.
President Fidel V. Ramos
Praxis of NPM (Reengineering the Bureaucracy)
The Philippines 2000 (Flagship Program)
Envisioned to make the country globally competitive by pursuing the thrusts of deregulation, market liberalization, and privatization.
The reengineering plan remained a plan with the Congress not laying down the legal framework for his aspiration of streamlining the bureaucracy
President Joseph Estrada
Rationalization Program of 2001 through
Presentor: Alkhaizer H. Ibrahim
Discussant: Roddalyn Lee
Reorganizing the Bureaucracy
Reorganization of the Philippine Public Administration had been sighted as the central to the entire initiative in the search and design for more responsive structures and process since the term of President Manuel Roxas in the 40’s to Arroyo in 2002.
Below are the major Reform Agenda and Re-engineering initiatives of the Administration to the Philippine Public Administrations.
Administration
Reform Agenda
Description
Outcome/Results
President Ferdinand Marcos
Integrated Reorganization Plan (Presidential Decree No 1)
Administrative Reform through Decentralization and Reducing the Bureaucracy, and Standardizing departmental organization.
The Government was restructured according to Will of Marcos and it has been shielded from public scrutiny and criticism; thus the perpetuation of irresponsible acts. (Endriga, 2001)
President Corazon Aquino
Presidential Commission on Public Ethics and Accountability
Presidential Commission on Good Governance (PCGG)
Sought to restore government integrity and public confidence.
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Became more active in participating in decision-making and program implementation of the government.
Removal of thousands of civil servants from the position replaced through political appointment thus, blurring the merit and fitness of the civil service.
President Fidel V. Ramos
Praxis of NPM (Reengineering the Bureaucracy)
The Philippines 2000 (Flagship Program)
Envisioned to make the country globally competitive by pursuing the thrusts of deregulation, market liberalization, and privatization.
The reengineering plan remained a plan with the Congress not laying down the legal framework for his aspiration of streamlining the bureaucracy
President Joseph Estrada
Rationalization Program of 2001 through
References: 1. IS THERE A PHILIPPINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION? OR BETTER STILL, FOR WHOM IS THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION? – Alex Brillantes, Jr. and Maricel Fernandez 2. REENGINEERING THE BUREAUCRACY: Issues and Problems. Policy Insights – Senate Economic Planning Office, April 2005 3. THE AQUINO MANAGEMENT OF THE PRESIDENCY. Foundation for Policy Making – Presidential Management Staff, Office of the President, June 1992