Meningkatkan Daya Saing Daerah melalui Profesionalisme Birokrasi Pemerintahan dalam Rangka Pasar Tunggal ASEAN 2015

This article aims to describe actual condition of present government as well as become an attempt to develop bureaucracy professionalism. Governmental bureaucracy still has some weaknesses. First, vision and mission of the major or head of a regency are usually not practical. Second, official managerial perception and style which shift away from democracy principles result in pathology and maladministration. Third, operational administrators’ knowledge and skill which are still low result in lack of productivity and quality of service. Fourth, the spirit to service is not implanted in most officials’ self. Fifth, local officials are not creative and weak in innovation. Regarding the mentioned problems, it is indicated that a grand strategy is needed in managing systemic bureaucracy to make it more efficient and professional. Therefore, local government should revitalize the implementation of its managerial functions through bureaucracy professionalism development. It demands a thorough consistent and proportional change in human resources’ competence in order to support local competitiveness