International Journal of Civil Service Reform and Practice

FROM PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION TO PEOPLE’S MANAGEMENT: THE GEORGIAN PATH

Maia Dvalishvili — 2024-09-30

This paper highlights the importance of employing principles of good management in personnel affairs. Although it professes new ways of managing people in public organisations, it uses several criteria and conditions to demonstrate that a transition from personnel administration to people’s management practices it is rather difficult given certain existing conditions that act as impediments to moving ahead. Namely, the existence of a traditional civil service management system characterised by its hierarchical structures and centralised decision-making, and by its legacy of strict control and oversight of civil servants, seen as mere cogs rather than valuable contributors to government and administration. As a result, for people’s management practices to flourish, the competency level of contemporary HR managers is questioned, as well as the ineffectiveness of the selection system and the lack of e-government tools in human resource management. The paper concludes with some recommendations for transitioning to people’s management practices.

Keywords: Personnel policy; Personnel administration; Personnel management; Civil service; Civil Servant; Competencies; strategic human resource management.

IMPROVING THE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION SYSTEM OF CIVIL SERVICE IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

Roza Toktomamat kyzy — 2024-09-30

This paper aims to analyse the recruitment and selection system of the civil service in the Kyrgyz Republic. The process is critical to improving the quality of the workforce and the effectiveness of public services. To achieve these goals, the authorities have improved the recruitment and selection system for public service based on merit. Merit-based recruitment helps to ensure the recruitment of the most talented people through fair and transparent processes, the better allocation of human resources, and the circumvention of corruption and nepotism. Based on a literature review and interviews with members of the Competition Committees, it was found that the current system faces several challenges, including the need for more transparency, insufficient capacity building, and weak performance management.

Keywords: Recruitment, Selection, Civil service, Civil Servant, Interview, Members of Competition Committee, Meritocracy, Competency-based recruitment.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN CIVIL SERVICE OF TAJIKISTAN: TRANSITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE

Davron Safarzoda — 2024-09-30

This article outlines the human resource management policies of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan for transitioning to the development stage of the civil service. Then, it presents the tasks that the Academy of Public Administration is taking to lay the conditions for the transition of the civil service to the development stage. It considers the development of a Strategy, training and the appointment of HR Specialists in each ministry vital tasks for moving forward.

Keywords: Human resource management; Tajikistan; Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.