Innovation and Public Reform

• Published in: Procedia economics and finance 2016, Vol.39, p.761-768
• Main Authors: Matei, Ani, Bujac, Razvan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: administrative innovation; Innovation; modernizartion of public sector; novelty; public reform; public services
• ISSN: 2212-5671; 2212-5671
• DOI: 10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30278-7

Innovation involves taking a risk and accepting a potential of failure. Thus, reporting to our public administrative system, the process of innovation is not normally associated with thinking and acting within the public sector. This is a real challenge, and if this challenge is overcome, innovation has the proper internal channels to take effect. Innovation is a dynamic process that changes the overall architecture of government, identify issues, challenges, develop new processes, creative, and selection and implementation of new solutions. Thus, in general the features of innovation coincides largely with the reform process. Important factor on promoting innovation is promoting a creative mindset. The innovation process is essential to increase public sector efficiency and for delivering quality and competitive public services. The purpose of this paper is to present and analyze innovation as a social phenomenon and how it is tangential to the public administration reform and identify the defining characteristics that classify the reform process as one innovative. Based on a review and analysis of the literature, acceptions of the reform process and innovation in the public sector, its objectives, motivational factors, barriers, and indissoluble link between reform and innovation will be presented in this paper.