Abstract
This study examines administrative reform as a permanent, integrated process inseparable from organization, planning, financing, training, and the wider social system. The author distinguishes a narrow conception of reform (limited to reorganization) from a comprehensive one encompassing all administrative functions, and reviews the theoretical lineage of administrative thought from Weberian bureaucracy and the merit-based civil service to the behavioral (human relations) school. He contrasts the Anglo-Saxon model, in which administrative reform follows socio-economic change, with the Soviet model, in which bureaucratic revolution precedes reform, and argues that neither can simply be transplanted into developing countries. Drawing on Arab and international experience, including United Nations and Arab Monetary Fund reports, he stresses that reform in developing and Arab states has lagged behind economic growth and human development. He concludes that genuine administrative reform requires clear strategies, political will, popular participation, self-reliance, and rootedness in each society's specific conditions and values.
Recommended Citation
El Kettiri, Mostafa
(1990)
"Approaches to Administrative Reform: Theoretical Foundations, Practical Approaches, and Current Trends,"
Revue Marocaine de Droit, d'Economie et de Gestion (Moroccan Journal of Law, Economics and Management): Vol. 9:
Iss.
2, Article 2.
https://doi.org/10.66499/2665-7112.1630
Available at:
https://scholarhub.univh2c.ma/remadeg/vol9/iss2/2
DOI
10.66499/2665-7112.1630