Mekanisme Pengisian Jabatan Struktural Berbasis Kompetensi sebagai Bagian dari Reformasi Birokrasi

Ronald Aprianto, Ratnawati

2016 | Tesis | Politik dan Pemerintahan

ABSTRACT Bureaucracy, in general, is not fully capable of presenting a positive image in the community. Public assumes that the bureaucracy is still in pathological conditions characterized by a tendency of inefficiency, abuse of authority, corruption, collusion and nepotism. The ineffectiveness of officials recruitment, which is potentially being infiltrated by subjective elements, represents one of determinant factors behind such negative images of bureaucracy. As a consequence, the reform of the bureaucracy is the keyword in order to overcome those issues. This indicates importance of bureaucratic reforms. In other words, the bureaucracy needs to significantly perform reform agenda in internal levels. In this regard, there are at least three areas of improvement, namely the institutional, management and human resources apparatus. This study is a qualitative research using the descriptive-analytic methods. In this sense, this study attempts to provide systematic, detailed and thorough overviews about the recruitment process of structural officials at the regional secretariat of Central Kalimantan Province. These include potential factors which allegedly affected the implementation and results. Furthermore, I have described and analyzed the data in order to answer a number of formulated issues. The mechanisms of officials appointment at the regional secretariat of the Province of Central Kalimantan (Borneo) are remaining unable to run optimally. This is because BAPERJAKAT has lacking of bargaining power, even tend to be sub-ordinated when dealing with the powers of the Governor. The research findings demonstrate that there is a phenomenon of hegemony that successfully built by Governor through mobilization of deals serving as if "prerogative" is in the hands of the Governor as the most powerful official to determine the final decision about who will be appointed as an official. Such a hegemonic situation has caused irregularities to become normality that widely accepted not only in the internal bureaucracy, but also in the community. Although the performed mechanisms of officials appointment are in line with normative procedures, they do not necessarily represent a meritocracy-based staffing process (a merit system). Meanwhile, collaboration of claims "prerogative" and the existence of BAPERJAKAT represent formal instruments that further reduces the meaning of meritocracy. The outcomes of recruitment is no longer could fully guaranteed. The claim of "prerogative" could be a loophole for the infiltration of various traditional evils (nepotism, primordialism and patrimonialism). For these reasons, the job concept as a function of ability and achievement is potentially shifting towards loyalty function. Keywords: Bureaucracy, Structural Officials Recruitment, Merit System, Hegemony and Prerogative.

Kata Kunci : Birokrasi