CITY MANAGER VS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Mihai-Bogdan Petrisor () and Cristian Vasilache
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Mihai-Bogdan Petrisor: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, mihai.petrisor@uaic.ro, Iasi, Romania,
Cristian Vasilache: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Iasi, Romania

Journal of Public Administration, Finance and Law, 2012, vol. 2, issue 2, 7-16

Abstract: Romanian public administration modernization is a key objective of governments declared that they have succeeded in recent years. An example is the project run by CUPAR to promote public administrator function, depending institutionalized by Law 286/2006. Inspired by the American model of city manager (this being the original name of the function), it aims to increase professionalism in the local government of Romania and to ensure separation of the political administrative landing. City Manager is a professional administration and is the leader of this team. Personality and his professional interests have a major impact on the locality. The role of city managers all Americans are to help local authorities to improve services provided to citizens. The success or failure of a city manager bases on developing a close working relationship with the mayor and city council members. Often, their concerns have priority and the city manager must continuously inform on all issues of interest. American counterpart city manager, if one may say that, in the Romanian administrative system is the public administrator. Function was introduced by Law 286/2006 amending the Law on Local Public Administration, 215/2001. The main duties of public administrators in Romania are: exercise main credit quality, coordination of various public services, direct relations with the public (audience, addressing petitions). Media relations, relations with non-governmental organizations, writing projects with extra-budgetary funding. A comparison of the two administrative functions considered appropriate given that too many times in Romania, and here are considered only issues concerning the public sphere were adopted techniques, methods, practices considered successful, the West without accommodate the local environment, techniques, in many cases failed to achieve its objectives or even causing an adverse effect.

Keywords: city manager; public administrator; legislative framework; relationships; management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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