A Problem Of Activity And Efficiency In The Decision Making Process In The Metropolitan Municipality: An Example of Hatay
Büyükşehir Belediye Yönetiminde Karar Alma Sürecinde Etkinlik Ve Verimlilik Problemi: Hatay Örneği

Author : Veysel Eren -& Vedat YILMAZ
Number of pages : 518-533

Abstract

In parallel with the wide spreading of the neo liberalism localization policy of the public management made the authority and resource communion between central management and the local management improve in favour of the latter. As local managements have more authority and resource opportunity, they may consider this opportunity with forming them effectively and efficiently by revising their decision process and by reforming. As Turkey improved its metropolitan municipality experience remarkably since 1984, it took a step for a new condition with its new metropolitan municipality law( except İstanbul and Kocaeli) and accepted the city border as a metropolitan municipality border so expanding the scale. Metropolitan municipality have more service and authority, more resources to govern and more citizens to request service. This significant developments in the governance of the metropolitan municipality made their governance and especially revise the apprehension and implementation of the decision making necessary. In this study; With the Law no. 6360, the level of emphasis on the opinions and suggestions of the nurses in the decision-making process is measured with the possibilities of uncovering the problems in the decision making process in Hatay Metropolitan Municipality which is the new metropolis and the "participation of the people in decision making processes" which is the basic principle of democratic administration. Surveys, face-to-face surveys, observation and literature screening methods were applied with multiple choice response forms. Part of the research findings are as follows: In Hatay, the level of participation of the people in the decision making process in the Metropolitan Municipality is low and the level of being informed is low. There is not enough interaction with the public in order to increase efficiency and productivity of decision processes. Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality is partially involved with the public. Finally, the members of provincial council, the decision body, are not recognized by the majority of the respondents. These findings show that the infrastructure of the principle of "doing the right things with the right method" which is the basic element for efficiency and productivity in the decision making processes of Hatay Metropolitan Municipality can not be established and that the views and suggestions of the people are not sufficiently taken into consideration for "participation" which is the basic principle of democratic management.

Keywords

Decision processes in municipalities, Metropolitan Municipality, Pres

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