Abstract

Recruitment of Administrative Elite in Japan and Bangladesh

Highlights

  • The efficiency and effectiveness of organizations, both public and private, largely depend on the quality and commitment of its personnel

  • This paper discusses the fundamental traits of recruitment process of these two countries about how the central organs of both Japan and Bangladesh operate in terms of recruitment process and what are the similarities and asymmetries that exist in these two systems

  • During the period of Tokugawa, civil servants were recruited without evaluation and examination while the Meiji period established for the first time a merit oriented recruitment system where the notion of achievement prevailed over the principle of ascription

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Summary

Introduction

The efficiency and effectiveness of organizations, both public and private, largely depend on the quality and commitment of its personnel. To establish an effective recruitment system based on 'merit' through a competitive examination process, the neutrality and autonomy of 'central personnel authority' as well as the constitution of the recruiting agency should be fair and neutral. Both Japan and Bangladesh have 'Professor & Chairman, Department of Public Administration, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh "Ph.D Student, Department of Govt. This paper discusses the fundamental traits of recruitment process of these two countries about how the central organs of both Japan and Bangladesh operate in terms of recruitment process and what are the similarities and asymmetries that exist in these two systems. Even after the Second World War, the allied forces did not bring about much change in government bureaucracy

Rationale of Comparison
Conceptualizing Merit and Equity
Evolution of Career Bureaucracy in Japan and Bangladesh
Classification of Public Service Positions
Public Employees
The Role of Central Recruiting Agency for Recruitment Operations
The Process of Recruitment
Position Advertisement and Preliminary Test
Written and Viva voce Test
Number of Successful Female Candidates
BangladeshJournal of Public Administration
Comparison and Evaluation
Findings
Conclusion
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