Bureaucratic reforms in times of Crisis

COVID-19 epidemic has revealed the shortcomings in the bureaucratic response to crisis-management. System inadequacy is the reflection of the outdated nature of public bureaucracy. In the 21st century, democratic countries are still relying on traditional bureaucracies to perform public policy formulation and implementation roles.  Weberian bureaucracy: It prefers leadership based on position. In today’s system, a generalist is still preferred over a specialist. A generalist officer (IAS and State civil service officials) is deemed an expert and as a result, superior, even if the officer works in one department or ministry today and in another tomorrow. Specialists in every government department have to remain subordinate to....Read More