Organizational Design and Bureaucratic Reform

KOMPAS/WAWAN H PRABOWO

President Joko Widodo delivers his speech after being sworn in the General Session of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) at the Senayan Legislative Complex, Jakarta, Sunday (20/10/2019). On that occasion, President Joko Widodo disclosed a number of priority programs such as human resource development, continuation of infrastructure projects, arrangement of regulations and bureaucratic governance, and economic transformation.

President Jokowi presented five national development priorities for his 2019-2024 administration in a state address some time ago. The five priorities are: infrastructure development, human resource development, bureaucratic reform, facilitating investment licensing and focused, on-target management of the State Budget (APBN).

The writer believes these five priorities to be highly appropriate and that they provide a balance between infrastructure development, human development and bureaucratic development. What should the government do in terms of the bureaucratic reform priorities? This article addresses priority management of the 2019-2020 bureaucratic reform program.