THEORETICAL MODELS AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article is devoted to an in-depth study of theoretical models and methodological approaches to the development of public service in Ukraine in the context of transformational changes in the public administration system, decentralization of power and European integration. It is substantiated that the public service is a key institutional element in the implementation of public authority functions and an important factor in ensuring the stability, efficiency and legitimacy of public administration. The article summarizes scientific approaches to interpreting the essence of public service as a socio-legal and managerial phenomenon, and also analyzes the evolution of its theoretical models - from the classical bureaucratic model to modern managerial, service-oriented and human-centric concepts. Particular attention is paid to methodological approaches to the study of the development of public service, in particular systemic, institutional, functional and comparative, which allow for a comprehensive assessment of its structure, mechanisms of functioning and results of activity. The feasibility of using an interdisciplinary methodology that combines tools of legal analysis, public administration theory and socio-cultural approach is proven in order to form a holistic vision of the processes of modernization of the public service. Based on the generalization of domestic and foreign experience, the main directions of development of the public service in Ukraine are identified, including professionalization of the personnel, improvement of personnel management mechanisms, development of motivational tools, increase of institutional capacity of public authorities and adaptation to European standards of good governance. The need to use interdisciplinary and systemic methodological approaches to increase the efficiency of the development of the public service in Ukraine is substantiated. It is concluded that the sustainable development of the public service in Ukraine is possible provided that regulatory and legal reforms are combined with the conceptual update of theoretical models and methodological principles of its functioning, taking into account modern social challenges.