MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BODIES, LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SIGMA PRINCIPLES FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Abstract

Introduction of managerial forms and standards into the public administration system in Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the key requirements envisaged by the SIGMA principles of public administration in the reform area of public service and human resources management. The socio-political and normative- legal status quo caused by the absence of reform political will and the presence of political instability imposes the idea of e xpert-analytical review of the possibilities and perspectives of transformational leadership in the function of contributing to the improvement of individual administrative organization.
Management of state administration bodies is an activity and the art of connecting organizational elements in order to achieve efficiency, effectiveness and organizational success.

The rights, obligations and responsibilities of the manager are being modified into the process of constructing effective leadership, as a key determinant of public administration reform in limiting legal frameworks.

Managing change in state administration bodies depends on a number of external and internal factors, and in particular from linking structural elements of an organization, an effective human resource management system, a personality of a leader, and choosing a leadership style, which cumulatively affects the future and “fate” of the administrative organization. Successful management as a key management function requires a special level of knowledge, skills and competencies, as well as the individual characteristics of leader’s personality who achieves an evolutionary influence on the organizational environment, initiates the development of organizational culture and gives motivational incentives for innovations and changes.

Visionary and transformational leadership in static state administration bodies opens up opportunities and creates preconditions for efficient, effective and professional civil service, but also implies the emergence of complex obstacles and challenges in the process of implementing and adapting to changes.