SUPERIOR INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES AND DISTANCE

EDUCATION

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

What are the main challenges faced by public administrators in

your country today?

Miro Marques; 81232287

Nampula, May 2023

Índic SUPERIOR INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES AND DISTANCE
EDUCATION

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

What are the main challenges faced by public administrators in

your country today?

Fieldwork submitted to the public administration course, department of

social sciences and humanities, as a requirement to obtain the
academic degree of graduation in public administration.

Student: Tutor:

Miro Marques

Nampula, May 2023

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1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................4

1.1. General objective.....................................................................................................................4

1.2. Specific objectives...................................................................................................................4

1.3. Methodology............................................................................................................................4

2. Main challenges faced by public administrators in your country.................................................5

3. Conclusion...................................................................................................................................8

4. Bibliographic references..............................................................................................................9
 1. Introduction

There are several scholars who have dedicated themselves to the conception of an administration
model that makes it possible to pursue that goal with the use of the fewest possible resources and
with the least possible amount of time, that is, the satisfaction of collective needs with efficiency
and effectiveness. In this way we refer to a matter of concern with regard to administration in
Mozambique, so we can list the issue in question to reach a certain scientifically excellent
conclusion.

1.1. General objective

Describe the challenges faced by public administrators in your country;

1.2. Specific objectives

Conceptualize administration;

Identify the challenges of administrators in Mozambique;

Present strategies to improve the current situation.

1.3. Methodology

Based on existing electronic manuals, on knowledge acquired through observation, the following
work was elaborated, using the method of bibliographic review and observation.

The work has the following structure: cover, title page, index, introduction, development,
conclusion and bibliographical references.
 2. Main challenges faced by public administrators in your country

José António Chichava (2006), defines Public Administration in an organic sense as being “a
system of bodies, services and agents of the State, as well as other public legal persons, which
ensure, on behalf of the community, the regular and continuous satisfaction of the collective
needs of safety, culture and well-being”

The Public Administration of any country and at any time has as its fundamental purpose to
satisfy, through its bodies and services, the collective needs of the respective populations.
(Works for school, 2018).

However, it is to be expected a wide range of challenges that we can face in trying to manage
public institutions.

The Mozambican Public Administration has undergone metamorphoses over the years in line
with the expectations, desires, yearnings, demands of the community. According to Nyakada
(2008) the logic of Public Administration is presented as follows: in the colonial period there
was an administration system with imminently patrimonial marks, in the period that followed,
the period after independence and before the signing of the AGP1, the AP2 was markedly
bureaucratic, since then, a series of reforms has been seen to make the AP less honorable and
more efficient, reforms that are a marked New Public Management or management
administration.

Being sincere, the bureaucracies, according to the author above, are only decreasing, because we
need to understand that the country is not in a good shape, but it is not worse either, because for
good administration there must be good management, a good economy and good financial
resources, for this, with regard to the challenges that our country faces in terms of administration,
we can find the following:

Financial management – Traditionally, financial management in developing countries is

recognized as one of the most critical aspects of the public sector. However, poor financial
management, in addition to slowing down the State's ability to provide public services and
support its own functioning, incorporates the ghost of public deficits, whose forms of financing
almost always prove to be harmful to the national economy. , what can increase interest rates,
one of the consequences of which is the retraction of investments, rising unemployment and a
downturn in the economy, a problem that has already been identified in Mozambique and which
government authorities have been making efforts to challenge the scenario within the framework
of their governance . The approval of the State Financial Administration Law and its regulation,
as well as the ongoing tax reforms, are elements of the Reform that will contribute considerably
to improving the fiscal framework. In addition to the improvement in financial management
itself, the new legislation also incorporates accountability mechanisms that will be the basis for
greater transparency and accountability. In this sense, the Regulation for the Contracting of
Public Works Contracts and the Supply of Goods and Provision of Services to the State (The
Procurement Regulation) is up for approval, as a way of ensuring greater transparency in the
State's relationship with economic agents and others private. In short, greater fiscal responsibility
will have a positive effect on the economy because it will remove some of the elements that can
undermine economic development efforts. However, it becomes necessary to deepen in a
participatory way the type of tax reform that does not stifle the development of the business
sector in large and medium-sized companies, much less harm the emergence and development of
small entrepreneurs.

Good Governance and Combating Corruption – The phenomenon of corruption is the other side
of the coin that plagues the public sector and has high economic costs, as it contributes to the
retraction of investments, as it consists of the illicit use of public resources for private purposes.
Within the public sector it thrives on a lack of transparency, excessive bureaucracy, overly
structured and complex procedures. However, within the public sector it flourishes where there is
a lack of transparency, excessive bureaucracy, overly complex procedures and structures. For
this reason, the fight against corruption naturally results from the positive changes that are made
in the structures and procedures for providing services, in the professionalization of Public
Administration, and modernization in the management and development of human resources, in
the management of public policies and in financial management. and improving accountability
mechanisms. Therefore, the fight against corruption is an integral part of the Reform because
each component of the Global Public Sector Reform Strategy contributes to reducing
opportunities for illicit access to public resources. By improving the functioning of the elements
indicated above, the space for illicit practices is reduced. In this way, the fight against corruption
stimulates economic development because it reduces transaction costs for economic agents and
promotes the environment for effective good governance.

To improve the current situation of public administration:

• Improving the quality of services provided to citizens, publicizing their rights and improving
service conditions;

• Reinforce the role of Public Administration as an agent of transformation of society, creating

technical and organizational conditions for the establishment of an administration for
development;

• Change the image of the Public Administration, through the improvement of the work
environment, the continuous training of its employees and the signification of its role;

• Reduce administrative costs by raising levels of efficiency and quality of services;

• Promote the coordination of the construction and rehabilitation of infrastructures for the
administration of districts and administrative posts;

• Consolidate the process of reforming local bodies, through the training and/or capacity building
of employees of local authorities.

Taking into account the conclusions of this research, it can be recommended that public
organizations should define more appropriate sector strategies and in a participatory way to
achieve the objectives that they propose or that they must achieve, according to their mission,
based on the Reform Strategy and Development of Public Administration (ERDAP) 2012-2025,
which is the guiding document for this process in the country.

On the other hand, the strategies to be adopted by public organizations must be aligned with the
citizens' needs and priorities, while ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in the use of the scarce
public resources made available to them.
 3. Conclusion

From this elaboration, it can be concluded that despite the efforts and political will of the
Government of Mozambique, many problems of organization and functioning of the Public
Administration still persist, which constitute authentic challenges at the moment and for the next
14 years. These can be grouped into structural and functional problems.
 4. Bibliographic references

Chichava, J. A. da C., “Introductory Note” in ABC of SIFAP: SIFAP in Formation and

Development of Civil Servants, Maputo, Ministry of State Administration, 2002

Mozambican public administration challenges available at

https://pt.scribd.com/document/362189598/DESAFIOS-DA-ADMINISTRACAO-PUBLICA-
MOCAMB-docx#, accessed on May 15, 2023.

Works for school, 2018, available at https://trabalhosparaescola.com.br/administracao-publica-

mocambicana-desafios-e-perspectivas/ accessed on May 25, 2023.