The role of civil service management in Myanmar

Abstract

The development of a nation is based on the development of civil service. A highly efficient and capable body of civil service personnel plays a vital role in the development process of the nation. The objectives of the study are to study the changes in civil service organizations in Myanmar since colonial period, to study the current condition of civil service structure, recruitment and selection in Myanmar and find out the benefits received by civil servants and to evaluate the effectiveness of the civil service training in Central Institute of Civil Service. Every citizen would be known the current condition of Myanmar civil service. It composes civil service commission in Myanmar, the structure of civil service organizations, recruitment and selection in Myanmar, the condition of personnel affairs being imposed in Myanmar civil service, benefits for civil servants and management in disciplinary matters and civil service training in Myanmar. It is incumbent on the present day civil service of Myanmar to carry out its nation building duties successfully. To do this we must abide unwaveringly to the high standards of efficiency and morality of our civil service. The civil service plays an important role in the tasks for all-round development of the nation. High qualification, good will, self-sacrifice, loyalty, and correct ideology and conviction of civil service can make significant contribution towards the development and advancement of the state. Therefore, in selecting civil service personnel at the levels that will discharge the state duties, what the most important is to place emphasis on selecting suitable and qualified persons. By producing trained civil servants in CICS, it has become one of the most distinguished institutes which can provide practical and conceptual knowledge that are fundamentally essential for all civil servants. Thus, CICS training courses are essential for the development of civil servants.