Authors:Direk Patamasiriwat, Darunee Pumkaew Pages: 1 - 13 Abstract: This paper is set for three modest objectives: first, to investigate the provincial distribution of government officials using data compiled by the Office of Civil Services; secondly, to perform a causality test between Gross Provincial Product (GPP) and government employment, including estimations of government employment elasticities with respect to GPP; and third, to analyze the economies of scale in government employment. A provincial panel of 77 units over a 12-year period during 2009-2020 (BE 2552-2563) and three different categories of government, namely, central, judiciary and local, excluding temporary employees and military officials, were presented in this research. The results show that over the 12-year period, the government's manpower has a slight increase in manpower at of 0.41 percent annual growth rate. This may be explained by factors such as: employment restriction policy, the use of technology to replace manpower, employment of non-essential tasks through outsourcing, or budget constraints. Comparative statistics are performed with a highlight on:, local government manpower with high growth rate at 2.84 percent, specifically, up from 185,864 person in 2009 to 252,877 person in 2020. This is in accordance with Thailand’s decentralization policy that led to transfer of responsibilities for area-based performance. Of note is that (i) the proportion of local employment is still very small, only 20 percent of total employment of central government; (ii) regional distribution of government manpower is unequal, in which the Northeastern region has lowest rate of manpower relative to population; iii) according to causality analysis indicates that GPP is a cause of an increase in public manpower government employment, and not vice versa. Another note worth mentioning is that economies of scale in government employment is confirmed,. This implies that in the low populated provinces may be suboptimal from viewpoint of employment efficiency PubDate: 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.31289/jap.v13i1.8635 Issue No:Vol. 13, No. 1 (2023)
Authors:Tri Yuniningsih, Ida Hayu Dwimawanti, Dyah Lituhayu Pages: 14 - 22 Abstract: Tourism is one of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Indonesia has high tourism potential, as evidenced by the contribution of tourism to Gross Domestic Product. One area that is developing tourism is Tanjungpinang City. Tanjungpinang City is a city that has tourism characteristics by relying on Malay-Johorese culture. The number of tourist visits to Tanjungpinang City has always increased since 2017 but decreased by 89.2 percent due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Efforts to continue to develop tourism can be done by involving various actors in tourism development. The actors involved are divided into five, namely policy creator, coordinator, implementer, facilitator, and accelerator. This study aims to determine the role of actors in tourism development in Tanjungpinang City by using a qualitative descriptive approach. The result of the research is that there are 45 actors involved. The actor is divided into five roles. Actors who act as policy creators, coordinators, and accelerators have performed their roles well. Some actors who have not played an optimal role are facilitator and implementer actors. PubDate: 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.31289/jap.v13i1.9295 Issue No:Vol. 13, No. 1 (2023)
Authors:Muhammad Adnan Al Kadly Kanedy, Achmad Lutfi Pages: 23 - 30 Abstract: This article aims to explain the policy of implementing stunting in Bengkulu Province which is related to public values. The problem is focused on the condition that Bengkulu is one of the regions that has a fairly high stunting percentage rate in 2022, namely 22 percent where in the context of tackling stunting problems, the Bengkulu Provincial Government seeks to formulate and implement policies or regulations that are in favor of public values. The Provincial Government of Bengkulu has launched various programs in an effort to accelerate the prevention of stunting which includes parenting and assisting mothers and children, eating patterns, and environmental sanitation. In order to approach this problem, references from Timo Meynhard's theory (2020) are used, where the measurement of public values consists of Moral-Ethics, Aesthetic-Hedonistic, Instrumental-Utilitarian, and Socio-Political. The data were collected through interviews, literature studies, documentation studies, some relevant information derived from statutory policies and related reports and were analyzed qualitatively. This study concludes that stunting prevention policies in Bengkulu Province must focus on the context of implementing policies that are synergistic between local governments by emphasizing nutrition, the environment and household sanitation, as well as education related to stunting prevention and treatment which are two-way in nature and are supported by a budget for run the work program. PubDate: 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.31289/jap.v13i1.8345 Issue No:Vol. 13, No. 1 (2023)
Authors:Bambang Irawan, Tasya Kamila Putri, Zarina Zulkifli, Paisal Akbar Pages: 31 - 40 Abstract: This study aims to obtain an overview and analyze public perceptions in implementing technology-based health insurance service innovations in the Mobile National Health Insurance (JKN) application conducted by the Indonesian Health Social Security Administration Agency (BPJS). This study used descriptive qualitative method. This research data is generated from the comments column of the JKN mobile application in the AppStore and Play Store. Data collection is done by data mining and data extraction. The data analysis used in this research is Qualitative Data Analytics (QDA). The analytical tool used in this study is Qualitative Data Software Analysis (QDSA) Nvivo 12 Plus. The results of the study show several things, namely the first is related to the features available in the Mobile JKN application. The second is related to the number of downloaders and the number of active users of the Mobile JKN application, and the third is related to the perception generated by users while using the Mobile JKN application. Where it was found that overall public perception of the application of technology-based health insurance service innovations through the JKN mobile application by the Indonesian BPJS Health obtained a perception that tended to be negative. This is shown by the five indicators that mostly get a bad perception from the public, and only two indicators that fully capture good or positive perceptions. Apart from that, other findings also show the dominant sentiment generated while this application is used by the public in obtaining health services. PubDate: 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.31289/jap.v13i1.7904 Issue No:Vol. 13, No. 1 (2023)
Authors:Yuli Isnadi, Asmarawati Handoyo Pages: 41 - 48 Abstract: This investigation aims to show that the government’s policy without participation approach causes horizontal conflict in society. The case study is financial aid in reconstruction process for the earthquake’s victims in Bantul Regency, 2006-2007. This research collects secondary data, such as government’s documents, journals, books, news, and other relevant sources. Based on data analysis, we find that the absence of participation in policy making causes policy cannot accommodate the social context of the target group. As impact, community leaders and community members face a problematics situation that creates many problems during implementation. These problems, finally, lead the society into horizontal conflict. This finding might contribute in public policy and disaster management discourse, theoretical and practical, and build a path for the future research. PubDate: 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.31289/jap.v13i1.9117 Issue No:Vol. 13, No. 1 (2023)
Authors:Hendrawan Prasetyo Pages: 49 - 58 Abstract: Development in the tourism sector aims to manage natural resources in the region and requires inter-sectoral participation, by both government and society and the private sector in tourism management. The success of tourism development is the development that involves community participation and can provide benefits to local communities in terms of economic, social, and cultural. The involvement of various parties has the potential to advance the region by collaborating on the resources owned by the local government, the community, and the private sector. This study aims to find out how collaboration is carried out by actors in the framework of building a tourism village in Kebumen Regency to develop regional tourism. This study uses exploratory research methods using a qualitative approach. Through this research, an analysis is carried out regarding the development of collaborative governance-based tourism villages in Kebumen Regency. The research location in this study was in Kebumen Regency and the research sites were in six Tourism Villages in Kebumen Regency. The focus of this research is on issues related to the realization of collaborative governance in the management of tourism villages to develop regional tourism potential in Kebumen Regency. Management of tourism villages requires the involvement of various parties consisting of local government, village government, tourism awareness groups, and the private sector and is carried out optimally. PubDate: 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.31289/jap.v13i1.8730 Issue No:Vol. 13, No. 1 (2023)
Authors:Cut Zamharira, Muqni Affan Abdullah Pages: 60 - 74 Abstract: This article aims to explain what efforts have been made by the Aceh Health Service in building public confidence in the importance of injecting the Covid-19 vaccination. The low coverage of the Covid-19 vaccination in Aceh as of 18 September 2021, which was only 11.74%, made Aceh one of the 3 regions with the lowest Covid-19 vaccination rate in Indonesia, until the end of November 2021. There were many people's refusal to get vaccinated against the background of mistrust was the reason for the low coverage of the Covid-19 vaccination in Aceh at that time. However, since the end of December 2021 the coverage of Covid-19 vaccinations in Aceh has begun to increase, so that in February 2022 Aceh is ranked 18th nationally. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach through interviews, observation and documentation techniques. The results of the study show that public trust sought by the Aceh Health Service, Banda Aceh City Health Office and Sabang City increases when people benefit from programs carried out by the government as explained by J. M. Lewis in Mohammad Thahir 2020, that when If the community benefits from programs carried out by the government, then public trust will increase PubDate: 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.31289/jap.v13i1.8900 Issue No:Vol. 13, No. 1 (2023)
Authors:Prashina Mohangi, Farai Nyika Pages: 75 - 86 Abstract: There is an increased focus on employee performance management by employers, as a tool of improving efficiency of resource allocation and usage in local governments around the world. In an era of instant communication and widely available information, communities demand quality service delivery and they are quick to show their frustrations if their expectations are not met. Performance management has also been shown to increase local government accountability and transparency. The purpose of this article was to review and analyze relevant recent international academic literature to uncover themes and lessons in performance management implementation. A document review, was conducted to determine which studies to include in the literature survey by identifying (1) those published in an English peer reviewed journals on Google Scholar, and (2) those focused on performance management (PM) from an international/global perspective. The literature was classified into themes. In addition to classifying the articles, the paper summarizes the major findings of literature. This study finds that there are many challenges experienced in the implementation of performance management and there tends to be a mismatch of expectations of what performance management means to employees and employers. Also, Politicians dominate the administrative/ bureaucratic arm of local government, frustrating the purpose of performance management. This article also provides recommendations on how to improve the nature of performance management implementation. PubDate: 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.31289/jap.v13i1.9520 Issue No:Vol. 13, No. 1 (2023)
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