The goals of administrative reforms can vary depending upon participant and situation substantially. Thus beginnings of the territorial dominated in the 1960er and 1970er years in the Federal Republic (e.g. Municipality fusions) and functional reforms (e.g. task misalignment between the administrative levels federation, countries and municipalities). At the same time was tried to align the administration strengthened rational planning which failed in view of the economic crisis in the middle of the 1970er years however. Also the transformation of the administration of the former GDR after the reunification and thus the expansion of the West German management system on East Germany is an administrative reform.

The necessity for administrative reforms increases structures and processes in the context of the increasing dynamics more socially (including more political and more economically).

The administrative sciences concern themselves scientifically with the reform of the public administrations and compile practical suggestions on the change of the administration.

Public achievement processes are not provided contrary to private-economical achievement processes by a market with a price: Contrary to the price for a roll, which can be determined easily and be evaluated as high or low, is much more difficult the price for the exhibition of a driving licence to evaluate. (Keyword: this concerns indivisible goods)

In order to evaluate public achievement processes to receive and thus the characteristic values for a reform one seizes therefore particularly for the means of the service catalogs. In a service catalog if possible all are seized and evaluated by an administration furnished achievements.

Subsequently, on basis of this catalog, the actual condition of the administration with a specified condition can be adjusted. During an analysis process afterwards one tries to reach by changes in the expiration of the administration the target being.

Is important to keep with the targets in the back of the head that an administration cannot only be based on the results, but also the way, as the results are reached, into which targets be considered must. An example of it is the consideration of the contradictions in the targets - the number of contradictions (administrative proceedings law) rises, is possibly present a biased error during the process. Differently around: Fast decisions can be caused, without examining the situation sufficiently and to fulfill the legal conditions for a decision. If one would make only the number of met decisions the characteristic, would not be served the administration. One speaks here of conflicting aims, with which a real objective (decision snaps) stands for a formal goal (respect for the law) opposite.

Practical results of an administrative reform are for example "citizen shops", in which one can settle many procedures at the same time as a "customer" of the administration in a place (for example: the identity card extend and a larger garbage can request).

Another example of measures than result of the administrative reform is the misalignment away from decision authority from federation and countries to the municipalities (Kommunalisierung).

For the 1980er year the German administrative reform movement stands in connection with an international reform movement, which firmiert under the term of the "new Public management". At present little discusses, but very probably part of the international reform movement of the "new Public management" is however the question of the transparency of public administration and the connection between administrative quality and public sharing. This question aims toward public participation (about: Referendum, choice of administrative coworkers) or also the fight against corruption (by expansion of the rights of information of the citizen, see for instance the "Freedom OF information act" in the USA).

One of the central problems of each view of the achievement processes in the administration is the personnel right, which makes a Incentivierung of coworkers difficult during above average achievement contribution.

Thought material for the administrative reform supplies the system theory of Niklas Luhmann beside the beginning of listing also.

See also

Uninformativeness, service

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