Building Administrative Capacity for the Age of Rapid Globalization: A Modest Prescription for the Twenty‐First Century

Abstract

Ali Farazmand is a professor of public administration at Florida Atlantic University, where he teaches courses on administrative theory, organization theory and behavior, personnel and human resource management, bureaucratic politics, ethics, governance, globalization, and executive leadership. His research and publications include 19 authored and edited books on such topics as governance and administrative capacity building, civilization and administration, bureaucratic politics, administrative theory, organization theory and behavior, privatization, globalization, sound governance, strategic human resources/human capital, the administrative state, administrative reform, global public administration, bureaucracy and administration, ethics, development policy, and crisis and emergency management.

Business and government interdependence in emerging economies: Insights from hotels in Ghana

“…In many developing countries, capacity building is one such policy (Farazmand, 2009;Tjosvold, Peng, Chen, & Su, 2008). In general, such policy is consistent with findings from prior studies that have highlighted the view that governments can play a role in firm-level capacity building (Cammett, 2007;Cull, Navajas, Nishida, & Zeiler, 2015;Farazmand, 2009;Ha & Kang, 2015;Shao, Hernández, & Liu, 2015;Tjosvold et al, 2008). In many instances, governments in collaboration with companies, industries, customers, and suppliers have engaged in capacity-building initiatives to create a sustainable business model (see also Suntikul & Dorji, 2015).…”

“…In parallel, many governments have formulated and implemented industrial policies geared towards opening up their economies to capture the benefits of globalization. In many developing countries, capacity building is one such policy (Farazmand, 2009;Tjosvold, Peng, Chen, & Su, 2008). In general, such policy is consistent with findings from prior studies that have highlighted the view that governments can play a role in firm-level capacity building (Cammett, 2007;Cull, Navajas, Nishida, & Zeiler, 2015;Farazmand, 2009;Ha & Kang, 2015;Shao, Hernández, & Liu, 2015;Tjosvold et al, 2008).…”

“…In many instances, governments in collaboration with companies, industries, customers, and suppliers have engaged in capacity-building initiatives to create a sustainable business model (see also Suntikul & Dorji, 2015). Yet a closer look at the existing literature suggests that, despite some research on business and government interdependence and collaboration (Tian, Shi, Hafsi, & Tian, 2017;Tjosvold et al, 2008;Wong, Wei, & Tjosvold, 2015) and capacity development (e.g., Farazmand, 2009;Stephens et al, 2017;Victurine, 2000), our understanding of capacity building through collaborative partnership between government and business remains severely limited (see Shao et al, 2015). By capacity building through collaborative partnerships, we are referring to a situation where multiple stakeholders are mobilized and resources marshalled towards building firms' capabilities and fulfilling their role within the national economy.…”

La Colaboración Público-Privada: capacidades públicas para la gestión del modelo desarrollado por el Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal y las Agencias Privadas de Colocación

“…Así las estructuras horizontales se readaptan e incardinan en las estructuras jerárquicas o verticales preexistentes (Agranoff y McGuire, 1998), creando espacios complejos de interrelación, pero sin abandonar objetivos y metas particulares. Este espacio de interrelación, pero también de autonomía de los actores, plantea al Estado la creación de nuevas capacidades de gobernabilidad o adaptación de las existentes (Christensen, et al, 2016;Arellano, et al, 2014;Farazmand, 2009;Skelcher y Smith, 2015;Radin, 2017;Sedgwick, 2016). No basta con una mera suma de aptitudes y reconocer las limitaciones de cada actor, sino que es necesario encontrar aquellas capacidades que harán viable y garantizarán las estrategias colaborativas.…”

The Power of Bureaucracy

“…A bureaucratic system is the prevention of a feudal system in which power and interests are provided on the basis of blood and personal relationships rather than the regulations of law (Farazmand, 2009). Bureaucracy is much better than the patronage or patrimonial system in which the selection of officials is decided by personal relationships.…”