Identifying and Prioritizing the indicators for distinguishing between political and administrative jobs

Tabarsa, Gholam Ali; Amirkhani, Tayebe; Nani, Saeid

doi:10.30473/ipom.2018.5088

Document Type : Descriptive

Authors

¹ Professor of Public Administration, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

² Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

³ M.A of Public Administration, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30473/ipom.2018.5088

Abstract

Reducing the politicization of administrative system has been considered as an important goal of the reforms of administrative systems. The main purpose of this article is identifying the indicators for distinction between political and administrative jobs as a solution for politicization of administrative system of Iran that recognized by State Service Management Act.
Administrative jobs are those which should change based on career and changing them based on the results of presidential election is wrong but political jobs are those that president can change their employees after presidential election. Identifying the measures for distinguishing these jobs is the purpose of this article. In this regard, at first, the indicators for distinguishing these jobs are identified based on experts viewpoints then these indicators have been set in the form of questionnaire and prioritizing for political and administrative jobs. The results show that need for: bargaining and political lobbying, considering religious and national values, and necessity of political accountability are the first three indicators for political jobs. Necessity of occupational accountability, specialization of job tasks and necessity of legal accountability are the first three indicators for administrative jobs.

Keywords

20.1001.1.2322522.1397.6.0.6.5

Main Subjects

Modeling

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Identifying and Prioritizing the indicators for distinguishing between political and administrative jobs

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Volume 6, Issue 4 - Serial Number 24
October 2018
Pages 93-106

Identifying and Prioritizing the indicators for distinguishing between political and administrative jobs

References

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Volume 6, Issue 4 - Serial Number 24October 2018Pages 93-106

Volume 6, Issue 4 - Serial Number 24
October 2018
Pages 93-106