{"id":122375,"date":"2021-07-30T18:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T12:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=122375"},"modified":"2021-07-30T18:13:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T12:43:45","slug":"corporate-management-isnt-what-civil-service-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/corporate-management-isnt-what-civil-service-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Management isn\u2019t What Civil Service Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/blogs\/toi-edit-page\/corporate-management-isnt-what-civil-service-needs-administrative-reforms-can-only-be-delivered-by-change-in-executive-goals-not-change-in-personnel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times of India\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance:<\/strong> The article is related to civil service reforms in India.<\/p>\n<p><b>Synopsis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Administrative reforms can only be delivered by a change in executive goals, not by a change in personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Background<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a new attempt at administrative reform on the anvil. <\/span><b>SD Shibulal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has reportedly been appointed chairman of a three-member task force to bring about \u201c<\/span><b>major bureaucratic reforms through <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-cabinet-approves-mission-karmayogi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission Karmayogi<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is an Indian business executive. He was the chief executive officer and managing director of Infosys, and one of its seven founding members.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier, another HR consultant had been appointed chairman of a capacity-building mission under the Union personnel ministry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, many experts believe that the assumption, that corporate managers will dramatically transform the administration of India, is highly misplaced.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Why is corporate management not a panacea for the administration?<\/b><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ultimate goal of <\/span><b>every corporate manager is profit maximisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, the scope of government responsibilities is much wider.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A civil servant has to <\/span><b>produce outcomes that are equitable and not only efficient<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For instance, the focus is on providing health services to all citizens and not merely selling medicines to only those who can pay the price.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further, civil servants <\/span><b>need to have a touch with grassroots reality, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is not a necessary condition for a corporate manager.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Civil Servants <\/span><b>bring to the central government, knowledge about the social, political, economic, and cultural peculiarities of states<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and diverse ministries.\u00a0<\/span><b>This knowledge is far more valuable <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when it comes to successfully designing and implementation of schemes for public welfare. Rather than the domain expertise which a private sector individual brings to the table.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><b>Way Ahead<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the last seven decades, several governments have launched hundreds of programs and missions. Many of them had been successfully steered by a resilient and adaptable administration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Shibulal task force should understand that <\/span><b>the problem lies not with individual players, but with the team and the management of the team.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This includes the political, judicial, and investigative arms and the whole gamut of laws, rules, and jurisprudence.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governance requires <\/span><b>a system change,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not really a change of personnel. It can improve if goals are clear and well-defined. For this to happen, a continuous engagement with the states and with political parties is desired.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once there is consensus on goals, the administration can be channeled towards their achievement.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The task force should also suggest ways to <\/span><b>bolster the sagging morale and pervasive fear that seem to haunt top-level administrators today<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There has to be clarity of purpose, confidence in political support, and the return of professionalism in administration. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The task force should confine itself to <b>overarching changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not bits and pieces reforms, as many commissions and committees have attempted to do in the past.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Times of India\u00a0 Relevance: The article is related to civil service reforms in India. Synopsis: Administrative reforms can only be delivered by a change in executive goals, not by a change in personnel. Background: There is a new attempt at administrative reform on the anvil. 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