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Administrative Reforms in Malaysia Toward Enhancing Public Service Performance
Author(s) -
TAIB TAN SRI DATA MAHMOOD BIN,
MAT JOHARI
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.46
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1468-0491
pISSN - 0952-1895
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0491.1992.tb00050.x
Subject(s) - consolidation (business) , accountability , public administration , politics , civil service , context (archaeology) , public service , government (linguistics) , institution , administration (probate law) , economic reform , service (business) , business , economic growth , political science , economics , finance , marketing , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , law , biology
This article attempts to define and highlight the concept and context of administrative reform efforts in Malaysia. It describes changes and reforms in the civil service that are on‐going processes along with the search for efficiency, effectiveness, economy and accountability that never ends. Reform efforts in Malaysia can be grouped into two phases: the period of rapid economic growth in the 1960s and 1970s which required development administration and institution building, and the period from 1985 to the present which necessitates the consolidation and qualitative upgrading of the machinery of government. The administrative reform experiences are uniquely Malaysian efforts to respond to the Malaysian socio‐political environment and needs.