Transformational Leadership and the Public Administration Reform

Abstract: Public administration reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the basic requirements in the process of joining the European Union and one of the six key priorities of the European Partnership established in March 2004 between the EU and Bosnia and Herzegovina. A severe stagnation in the process of public administration reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina requires research into alternative models of organizational redesign, innovative practices and management methods that gradually turn static and archaic public administration into a catalyst for socio-economic development.

Transformational leadership in public administration is an innovative model of bottom-up public administration reform that starts with human potential as a vital element of the organization, the basic administrative capacity whose engagement requires special leadership and sensibility. The research at the level of federal institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina examines new opportunities for the development of public administration, dynamic change management and an advanced human resources management policy that neutralizes bureaucracy. According to the research conducted in the federal public administration bodies, there are given guidelines and an offered model of public administration development based on the principles of transformational leadership.

Key words: change management; transformational leadership; strengthening of administrative capacities; public administration reform

JEL code: M1