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PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS IN NORTH MACEDONIA'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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  • 1. University American College, Skopje gorjan3@gmail.com

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The main goal of this paper is to identify the current state and efficiency of performance management processes, including evaluation systems in the local self-government organizations in the Republic of North Macedonia and possible improvements that can be incorporated in the future. The primary research in this paper includes a qualitative research of data collected through a questionnaire and interviews with the local public sector officials in North Macedonia. Findings suggest that most Macedonian municipalities are employing public servants based on political party affiliation instead of skills, knowledge and competence. Corruption is well spread and the system is neither nurturing the hard-working employees nor punishing the non-workers. Proposed solutions are: de-partization, digitalisation and higher transparency. The creation of the performance management scheme in the Macedonian municipalities could ultimately improve the productivity of public sector management and significantly improve the functionality of the entire system and quality of national living.

 

KEY WORDS: performance Management, North Macedonia, human resources, local government and digitalisation   

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