Collegiality and monocracy in self-government structures

Abstract

The article deals with the subject of collegiality and monocracy in the structure of local government authorities in Poland. The author begins his considerations with the characteristics of the collegial and monocratic form of organization of administrative organs. It indicates their essence, advantages and disadvantages and the related possibilities of their application in public administration. The next part of the study analyzes the existence of collegial and monocratic forms in the organizational system of local government authorities, which are treated in a broader sense than just as organs of individual local government units. The author indicates collegial and monocratic structures, emphasizing that the former are clearly preferred, and discusses the postulate of extending the monocratic form to all local government executive bodies; also draws attention to the need for a legal solution to the emancipation of monocratic offices of heads of collegial organs towards the separate and independent offices. An important role is played by the presentation and evaluation of various collegial bodies with which local government organs are enclosed. The considerations end with summarizing reflections, in which the timeliness and importance of the issues under consideration is emphasized, along with the listing of the most important issues.