A Nation and Bureaucracy: An Indonesian Case

摘要

Indonesia is a big nation which has hundred millions population and thousands of islands. Indonesia as a nation is still facing obstacles regarding inefficient and ineffective bureaucracy. For example, many investors are reluctant to conduct business in this country due to collusion and corruption activities because of long and expensive bureaucracy. Inefficient bureaucracy in providing better public service is also worsening investment activities in Indonesia. Red tapping occurs when foreign investors have intention to conduct their activities in our nation. This essay argues there are three factors of public administration need to be implemented in order to improve nation and bureaucracy's function effectiveness, namely recoding bureaucrats, implementing the ideal of administrative responsibility and best value. The method of this research is descriptive analysis and it uses qualitative approach. The data for this researh is found by literature review. Books and journals use for literature review. The results for this paper are there is a need for the implementation of three factors in an integrated way, namely recoding bureaucrats, implementing the ideal of administrative responsibility and best value for creating good governance.