The Administrative body in the Palestinian Institutions: Reality and Ways of Reform

Abstract

 This study aimed to identify the nature of the administrative reform

process in the Palestinian Authority’s institutions in terms of the obstacles

and challenges facing the operations of administrative reform, in addition to

making proposals to these reforms. In order to achieve the objectives of this

study, the descriptive approach, which fits such studies, was used depending

on a questionnaire. The questionnaire’s validity and coefficient stability were

examined. The complete enumeration Method was used, which included all

governmental employees in the directorates of the Palestinian Authority in

Jerusalem suburbs. The fourteen directorates included (204) employees,

but only (159) questionnaires were restored. Results were extracted by

computerizing the collected data, using the statistical program SPSS.

The study found a set of results. The most important showed that there

is poor distribution of staff on governmental jobs by not hiring the right

person for the right job, depending on professionalism. The other important

result is the current salary level which does not meet the staff’s aspirations,

in addition to a lack of clarity and fairness in the promotion system, a non fair

distribution of tasks among employees, as well as the fact that employees do

not take part in the development of ministries’ plans.

The study recommended a range of important recommendations which

include: The need for adopting the principle of specialization when filling

governmental jobs, the need to ease restrictions on public administration

to get rid of obstacles and challenges facing the process of governmental

administrative reform, the need to follow a strategy that focuses on structural

and organizational aspects, and the formation of a special body to follow

up implementation and monitoring of the administrative reform process.

The study also recommended that the Palestinian government adopt the

study proposals that contribute to the administrative reform process side by

side with the development of targeted training programs, the prosecuting

corrupted employees, sincere evaluation of staff, and finally the adoption of a

specific timetable for measures of administrative reform.