Centurial Review and Prospect of Civil Service of Republic of China: Change and Development of Performance Evaluation Institution
Jyun-Jia Shiu*, Yue-Chang Lue**
Abstract
This paper studies four institutional characteristics of the performance evaluation (PE) institution of ROC, including “content,” “ratio,” “delegation of evaluation standard” and “relationship with civil service,” and tries to compare different characteristics between development stages.
The ROC’s PE institution is not only part of the civil service; it is also the result of historical development of the civil service. So, its problems and challenges are closely related to the development process of civil service. That means if we want to look into PE’s future development, we have to analyze and learn from PE’s historical experiences.
For this reason, this paper looks at three issues from the Historical Institutionalism perspective: first, analyze institutional characteristics of PE amendments; second, compare different PE development stages and key issues; and finally identify problems and offer possible solutions to them. The authors argue that the key to successful changes of PE depends not only on institutional alternatives for solving problems but also on building consensus and environment that would be instrumental to building institution. Only when institutional development and context change match each other, can PE institution follow the steps closely of civil service development and help civil service organizations and employees achieve their best performances.
Key words: civil service performance evaluation, civil service institution, historical institutionalism, performance evaluation (PE) institution, performance evaluation law.
* Master Student, Department of Public Administration and Public Policy, NTPU.
** Professor, Department of Public Administration and Public Policy, NTPU.
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