ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR MANAGING LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS

Decentralization policy that has been implemented in Indonesia for over a decade
brings impact to the way central government share their authorities and the way local
governments manage their administrative organizations. Despite these wider
authorities, local governments in most regions Indonesia are still struggling to
manage their subdivision. As a result, many administrative organizations are formed
without looking at the basic needs of cities or municipalities. And even some of them
are existed, but their functions do not fit properly with regional conditions. Using the
management theory from Osborne and Gaebler (1992), we offer an alternative model
to manage local administrative organizations. Differ to the current model which only
follows the regulations without acknowledging local situations, our model shows all
steps to form a local administrative organization from the start which accommodates
both vision and mission of local governments. By doing so, managing local
administrative organizations will not only be rule driven, but also mission driven.