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Azis, Alwi (2013) "Network Implementation Analysis on Democratic Public Service," BISNIS & BIROKRASI: Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi dan Organisasi: Vol. 19 : No. 2 , Article 3. DOI: 10.20476/jbb.v19i2. Available at: https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/jbb/vol19/iss2/ This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty of Administrative Science at UI Scholars Hub. It has been accepted for inclusion in BISNIS & BIROKRASI: Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi dan Organisasi by an authorized editor of UI Scholars Hub.
Bisnis & Birokrasi, Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi dan Organisasi International Journal of Administrative Science & Organization, May 2012 Volume 19, Number 2 ISSN 0854 - 3844, Accredited by DIKTI Kemendiknas RI No : 64a/DIKTI/Kep/ INTRODUCTION Providing decentralized public service is the epitome of a regional autonomy and is the responsibility of a regional government. A regional government should provide quality public service because it is what the public demands. A new government administration also demands public service that is more effective, efficient, economic, and includes social justice (Frederickson, 1980). Oleh karena itu, peluang masyarakat untuk berpartisipasi The implementation of quality public service still has not been realized yet. This is because bureaucratic services are still considered as a reference which places leaders and regulations as the central for providing public service. As a result, services are not customer oriented. As revealed by Dwiyanto and friends (2002), approximately 76.7% of public services refer to implementation instructions (Juklak) and obey instructions from their superior, and only 18.7% of the community is satisfied with the bureaucratic service in Makassar. The government’s main duty is to provide public services for the community. Therefore, they must place customer satisfaction (be customer driven) as their main reference when providing public services (Davis & Heineke, 2003; Doherty & Horne, 2002; Osborne & Plastrik, 2000; Osborne & Gaebler, 1995; Barzelay & Armajani, 1992). This research is focused on one of the forms of public service which is public transportation. Service in this field
Departement of Administration Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Hasanudin University, Makasar, Indonesia alwiazis_63@yahoo.com Abstract. This research aims at describing the implementation of a democratic public service (public transportation) among organizational networks in Makassar City. The researcher used a qualitative method and a study case strategy. Data gathering was done through observation, intensive interviews, and document analysis. A case study analysis was used for processing the data and a technical analysis description. Results of this research reveal that the implementation of an inter-organizational network public service (public transportation) is not yet effective. This can be seen from: 1) Regulations: the Makassar City Traiffic and Public Transportation Forum, as an outlet for stakeholders of public transportation, has not been socialized in an effective manner; 2) Commitment: implementors in the field have not shown any commitment to the program; 3) Source: implementors do not share resources; 4) Cooperation: there is no cooperation with other insitutions to support the implementation of the program that has been laid down by the Traffic and Public Transportation Forum; 5) Coordination: each implementor runs the program according to their main duties and functions from their respective institutions; 6) Collaboration: The Forum has not collaborated with other parties in implementing the program; 7) Participation: not all stakeholders or participants are involved in the Forum’s programs. Keywords: inter-organizational network, public service, democratic public service Abstrak****. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan pelaksanaan pelayanan publik yang demokratis (kota transportasi) antar-organisasi jaringan di Kota Makassar. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dan strategi dengan cara studi kasus. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara observasi, wawancara mendalam dan analsis dokumen. Pengolahan data dan teknik analisis deskriptif dengan menggunakan analisis kasus studi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pelaksanaan pelayanan publik (angkutan kota) antar-organiizational jaringan tidak efektif. Hal tersebut dapat dilihat dari: 1) Peraturan: Makassar Kota Lalu Lintas dan Angkutan Jalan Forum sebagai tempat dengan pemangku kepentingan transportasi publik belum disosialisasikan secara efektif; 2) Komitmen: mereka belum menunjukkan komitmen dari para pelaksana di lapangan; 3) Sumber: para pelaksana tidak menggunakan sumber daya secara bersama-sama; 4) Kerjasama: tidak ada kerjasama dengan lembaga lain dalam mendukung pelaksanaan program yang telah ditetapkan dalam Forum Lalu Lintas dan Angkutan Jalan; 5) Koordinasi: pelaksana masing-masing menjalankan program sesuai dengan tugas pokok dan fungsi dari lembaga; 6) Kolaborasi: Tahapan pelaksanaan program di Forum belum berkolaborasi dengan pihak lain; and 7) Partisipasi: semua pemangku kepentingan atau peserta belum terlibat dalam program Forum. Kata kunci: jaringan inter-organisasi, pelayanan publik, pelayanan publik yang demokratis
Bisnis & Birokrasi, Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi dan Organisasi 96 International Journal of Administrative Science & Organization, May 2012 Volume 19, Number 2 The writer believes these issues can be overcome if the inter-organizational network for a democratic public service is implemented on the public transportation system in Makassar City. As an initial step, the research of Alwi and Suratman (2009) regarding this has birthed inter-organizational networks for democratic public service (public transportation) dimensions in Makassar City. Therefore, this research is an attempt to develop Alwi and Suratman’s (2009) research that focuses on the implementation of inter-organizational networks for democratic public service (public transportation) in Makassar City. The attempt at developing the research is a process that will produce an inter-organizational network for democratic public service (public transportation) in Makassar City. Therefore, the goal of this research is to describe the implementation of an inter-organizational network for democratic public transportation service in Makassar City. Publiic service has currently become the focus of many parties, especially those who use the service. This is because the bureacracy of the implementor of public services do not prioritze the desires and needs of the people when providing quality public service (Alwi and Timbul Butarbutar, 2007). Implementors of public service base their performance on the bureacracy, which is leader oriented; the leaders determine the performance of the public service implementors. This type of public service orientation considers the public to be a service object that is entirely determined by the performance of the implementors of the public service, - the regulation orientation, or in an old public administrative perspective, the public is viewed as clients. This is despite the fact that as a democratic nation, the implementor of a public service needs to follow democratic rules. As Abraham Lincoln once said, democracy is from the people, by the people, and for the people. Therefore, a democratic public service is actually a public service that is held by a public bureacracy that prioritizes the needs of the citizens (Gawthrop, 2002; Lynn, 1996). The implementor of a public service needs to ‘listen’ to the people instead of ‘tell’ the people and provide a ‘service’ instead of ‘steer’ the people’s needs. The public and public officials are hoped to be able to work together and determine and resolve issues together in a cooperative manner that benefits both parties (Denhardt and Denhardt, 2003). Democratic public service does not focus on how to provide public service in an efficient manner, but instead steers in the direction of how to provide a service that enables the public to live a better life (Denhardt and Denhardt, 2003). An efficient form of public service demands the best input and output comparison. Therefore, efficiency always demands the best results at minimum cost. A democratic public service cannot be measured as such because it is more process oriented. For example, this type of process involves the public beginning from conceiving up until determining policies. Public participation in determining policies or governance will bring about a positive change to a better life. This is because in a decentralized approach, opportunities to participate in society is possible, so that public services can be tailored to the needs of the community (Utomo, 2008). In a public administration study, there are many perspectives, or paradigms, that can explain the phenomena of public administration. However, experts in this field have been concerned about the three perspectives of ‘major efforts’ in management or public administration since the end of the 1980s and the beginning of 1990s. These perspectives include old public administration, new public management, and new public service. As a paradigm, these three perspectives have different points of views, especially from an epistomologic view. The perspective of a new public service is a paradigm in public administration that emphasizes on the implementation of democratic public service. The implementor attempts to understand the public’s interest when providing public service. The public’s interests are fundamental when arranging various public service programs. This perspective differs from the two above approaches, especially the approach of new public management that emphasizes on a public service implementation that is similar to a business organization. In that perspective, public service implementators do not emphasize on using management techiniques in a business organization because a business organization and the public each have different orientations. This is in line with the opinion of Denhardt and Denhardt (2003) that states the, ‘government shouldn’t run like a business; it should be run like a democracy. ....both elected and appointed public servants are acting on this principle and expressing renewed commitment to such ideals as the public interest, the governance process, and expanding democratic citizenship.” There are seven important points that can becom a practical guide, and or a practical lesson, in providing democratic public service based on a new public service approach (Denhardt and Denhardt, 2003). These seven points include Serve citizens, not customers, Seek the public interest, Value citizenship over entrepreneurship, Think strategically, Recognize that accountability is not simple, Serve rather than steer, dan Value people, not just productivity.
The study of inter-organizational network is derived from a study conducted by Henry Fayol in 1916 (Seufert, Krough, & Back). In recent years, this study has been developed through management literature (Savage, 1996; Seufert, Krough, & Back). If viewed from the history of ogranizational development, an inter-organizational network is the final change in the organizational agenda theory that focuses on the improvement of inter- organizational cooperation (Leach, Stewart, and Walsh, 1994). Roberts (2000) believed that, “collaboration, translated as working together is premised on the principle that by joining forces parties can accomplish more as a collective than they can achieve by acting as independent agents”. The definition of collaboration among organizations in the statement can be understood as an emphasis of how it will be much better to join a group that has strengths in order to achieve a certain objective instead of doing something independently. In addition, Gulati (1998) believed that, “interoganizational cooperation is thus a means by which organization manage their dependence on other organizations in their environment and attempt to mitigate the uncertainty generated by that dependence”. This reveals how an organizational environment, as a place to obtain resources, has become even more difficult to predict resulting in its need to be reorganized through a cooperative network among organizations. The above definitions have revealed various views. First, a cooperative network among organizations entails a single objective. Second, in achieving said objective, collaboration is necessary in order to produce togetherness. Third, this collaboration is done because there is uncertainty in an organizational environment as a means for obtaining resources or there is a dependency on resources. Fourth, a premise reveals that by joining various organizations is an effective way to achieve an objective instead of doing things independently. Fifth, in general, an organization works together with another organization because the latter has great potential for the other organization. In the perspective of inter- organizational networks, there are some theories to explain the phenomena, including: RESEARCH METHODS The research was located in Makassar City. The object of this research was the transportation service provided by the Regional Government and other institutions. The object of this research was determined by two considerations. First, the transportation service (public transportation) is an important form of public service because it covers safety, comfort, and justice for the users of this service. Second, Makasar City, as a metropolitan city, has not proven itself to prioritize safety, comfort, and justice in its service as regulated in Law No. 22 Year 2009. A descriptive qualitative and strategic study case research method was used as the design for this research. This design was useful in revealing how a democratic public service was provided based on the existing context. The informant for this research was selected using a purposive sampling method, which included those who were considered competent in relevance to institutions that provide public transportation in Makassar City. The selection was based on the judgement of experts (or the researcher) for certain objectives or situations (Neuman, 1997). The informants for this research included: 1) Makassar City Mayor; 2) Officials and employees of the Makassar City Department of Transportation; 3) Officials and employees of the Makassar City Traffic Police (Polantas); 4) Members of the Makassar City Legislative Council (DPRD); 5) The leaders and members of Makassar City organizations; 6) The leadrs and members of Makassar City non-governmental organizations; and 7) Users of public transportation in Makassar City. The data collection techniques used in this research includes observation, in depth interviews, and documentation review. Observations were conducted primarily on tangible objects such as minibusses, traffic signs, and the behavior of minibus drivers in Makassar City. In depth interviews were done on informants. Documentation review was done by gathering documents in the form of regulations, journals, and research results related to this research. In a qualitative research, data processing and analysis are two activities that are intertwined. This can be seen through qualitative data analysis procedures as suggested by Miles and Huberman (1992), which include: data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/ verification. Data reduction is defined as the process of selection, focus on simplicity, abstraction, and ‘rough’ data transformation of written notes in the field. The data reduction process can actually be categorized as data processing. The analyzing technique used on this case study is a descriptive analysis method and its setting (Creswell, 1008) to obtain an overview of the implementation of inter-organizatonal networks for democratic public service (public transportation) in Makassar City. RESULT AND DISCUSSION The theory of resource dependency is a theory that states the goal of an organization is to reduce its dependency
is the the institutional theory. As stated by Becerra (1999) in numerous literary studies, the legitimacy and status of an organization can gain large economical benefits for an organization affiliated with inter-organizational networks. Aside from that, legitimate organizations can overcome public service issues (Hill, 2002’ Becerra, 1999). In this case, the inter-organization of democratic public service can increase the quality of public service. Based on the research results by Alwi and Suratman (2009), there are seven dimensions of inter-organizational networks for democratic public service (public transportation). These seven dimensions include 1) regulation, 2) commitment, 3) resources, 4) coordination,
Bisnis & Birokrasi, Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi dan Organisasi 100 International Journal of Administrative Science & Organization, May 2012 Volume 19, Number 2 City Government have long known and understood the existence of a Traffic Forum, yet they have not effectively socialized this forum to the public. No socialization has been made for the NGOs for transportation and drivers. This is despite the fact that the regulation mainly aims at NGOs. The Traffic Forum is regulated by Law No. 22 Year 2009 about Traffic and Public Transportation, thus resulting in the Makassar City Government to create and issue the regulation through the Makassar Mayor’s Decree No. 551.05/938/Kep/XII/2009 about the Formation of a Traffic and Public Transportation Forum in Makassar City. This forum has four duties. First, to coordinate among organizers that need cohesiveness in order to plan and overcome traffic and public transportation issues in Makassar City. Second, gather data about traffic and public transportation in order to obtain suggestions when creating a Mayoral decree/ policy. Third, conduct meetings/ gatherings at least once every three months. Fourth, report the results of implementation to the Makassar City Mayor. The Makassar City Traffic and Public Transportation Forum is headed by the Makassar City Secretariat Assistant for Economic, Development, and Social Affairs. The members of this Forum consist of: 1) Head/ Member of Indonesia’s Transportation Community (MTI) in South Sulawesi; 2) Head of the Makassar City Development Planning Board (Bappeda); 3) Traffic Unit Head (Kasatlantas) of the Makassar City Police Department (Polwitabes); 4) Head of Makassar City’s Public Works Department; 5) Head of Makassar City’s Park and Hygiene Department; 6) Head of Makassar City’s Spatial and Building Department; 7) Head of the Makassar City Public Order Agency (Satpol PP); 8) Police Chiefs from the East Makassar, West Makassar, and Harbor Police Stations; 9) Board of Directors of PT. Jasa Raharja in Makassar City; 10) Head of the Makassar Secretariat Legal Bureau (Hukum Setda); 11) Public Figures in Makassar; and 12) Head of the Makassar City Regional Organizations. The members of the Forum lack ‘field experience’ and is extremely occupied with their daily duties and functions according to their respective positions. Discussions in the Traffic and Public Transportation Forum do not revolve around issues that occur or develop in the field. The issue of traffic congestion and complications in Makassar City is an issue that has been occurring for a long time and requires a serious solution. However, this has not become the focus of discussion in the Forum. The Forum merely discusses areas set as examples of traffic organization Table 3. Informant Responses (Government) About the Commitment of Inter-Organizational Networks for Democratic Public Service (Public Transporation) in Makassar City Dimension Informant Dept. Of Transportation Dityasa (Police) Commitment Commitment is mostly due to the Law. For example, Police are active in the Forum because they are following orders from their superiors. Others do the same. Before the existence of this Forum, there was a Traffic Board. However, the board hardly functioned at all. Each took matters into their own hands when dealing with the issue of traffic. Before this Forum existed, there was a Traffic Board to discuss various traffic issues in Makassar City. A meeting was scheduled once every three months. Table 4. Informant Responses (Non-Government) About the Commitment of Inter-Organizational Networks for Democratic Public Service (Public Transporation) in Makassar City Dimension Informant NGO User Driver DPR Commitment Before the socialization of the Traffic Law, there was no tendency to synergize among organizations. In this case, the commitment of the Makassar City government was still weak in resolving traffic issues. The government and police were serious in trying to overcome issues of traffic congestion There was no strong commitment in trying to overcome traffic because there are no police in many areas prone to traffic congestion No commitment has been formed together because everyone refuses to take responsiblity into their own hands and blames others.
Bisnis & Birokrasi, Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi dan Organisasi 102 International Journal of Administrative Science & Organization, May 2012 Volume 19, Number 2 commitment has not been entirely realized yet. There was no clear initiative to produce a joint policy or program to overcome traffic congestion and complications in Makassar City. The Makassar City KAMSELTIBCAR LANTAS is a policy created in the Traffic Forum, yet it is not a policy that demands a joint commitment from the stakeholders to overcome the issues of traffic congestion and complications in Makassar City. This policy was implemented without the involvement of all public transportation stakeholders in Makassar City. Each stakeholder only runs its duties according to the main duties and functions of each respective organization as regulated by the Makassar City Government. Police continue to perform their duty as an enforcer and regulator of traffic. The Makassar Transportation Department runs its duty as the manager and engineer of traffic in Makassar City. The Department of Public Works performs its duty in maintaining and developing the streets of Makassar City. In this case, there is no policy or program that was constructed together in the Traffic Forum and then implemented together in the field. The quintessence of inter-organizational networks existing in the Traffic and Public Transportation Forum in Makassar City has not yet been accomplished. Resource is one of the dimensions of an inter- organizational network for democratic public service. In a network organization, the resource sharing is its main characteristic. The Traffic and Public Transportation Forum is an inter-organizational network that makes use of resources together in determining a decree or policy. This forum is an outlet for traffic and public transportation stakeholders in Makassar City. This was revealed by informants from the City Government and Major City Police (Polwiltabes) as can be seen in Table 5. Table 5 above reveals that the Makassar City Traffic and Public Transportation Forum has used their resources together in discussing the various issues of traffic in Makassar City. The Makassar City government is not alone in dealing with the various issues of traffic. Along with other stakeholders, such as the Makassar Police (Polwitabes), non-government organizations, and other figures, the government deals with these issues in an outlet named the Traffic and PublicTransportation Forum. The main resources in this forum are human resources and information. Based on these resrouces, the Makassar City Government formed a policy to regulate traffic in certain areas named the Makassar City KAMSELTIBCAR LANTAS. The objective of this policy is to teach the community about traffic regulation and orderly conduct on the streets. However, objective has not yet been achieved since the implementatino of this policy. Non- government informants believed that this because the Table 5. Informant Responses (Government) About Resources in Inter-Organizational Networks for Democratic Public Service (Public Transporation) in Makassar City Dimension Informant Dept. Of Transportation Dityasa (Police) Resources Resources are prepared by each institution respectively, for example: road construction is handled by the Department of Public Works Resources are prepared by the involved institutions respectively Table 6. Informant Responses (Non-Government) About Resources in Inter-Organizational Networks for Democratic Public Service (Public Transporation) in Makassar City Dimension Informant NGO User Driver DPR Resource The quality of Human Resources in the Transportation Department is inadequate compared to the police force ( note: each use their resources respectively)
resources of the stakeholders have not been integrated and put into good use, as revealed in Table 6. Table 6 reveals that non-government stakeholders believe that resources owned by each stakeholder have not been integrated in discussing issues of traffic in Makassar City. As stated by some members of the Makassar City DPRD, Commission C, organization resources related to traffic have not been integrated in dealing with traffic issues in Makassar City. Other stakeholders, such as non- government organizations and the Head of the Makassar City Drivers Union, stated that each use their own resources respectively when dealing with traffic issues in Makassar City. Meanwhile, Minibus users and Minibus drivers can all see the use of resources along every lane from the perspective of field operations. As a result, they stated that the police and Department of Transportation never dealt with traffic issues in Makassar City together, except if there is an important guest in the city. This reveals that the community has no knowledge of the duties assigned to each of these institutions – the Police and Transportation Department – in order to overcome traffic issues. The police are more focused on regulating and upholding traffic discipline while the Department of Transportation is more traffic management and engineering oriented. Therefore, these two institutions are never seen managing Minibusses in Makassar City together. The members of the Makassar City Traffic and Public Transportation Forum have not yet made use of their resources together. Sharing resources in the inter- organizational network is more focused on forming and implementing a policy or program, such as the Makassar City KAMSELTIBCAR LANTAS. This policy is a policy that is discussed among the stakeholders in this Forum. However, its implementation does not involve all parties. Therefore, the effectivity and efficiency of this program has not resulted in the achievement of this program’s objectives. In this case, for the Makassar City KAMSELTIBCAR LANTAS, only the City Police (Polwiltabes) have a crucial role in the success of the policy because the essence of the policy is traffic orderly conduct. The Department of Transportation lacks a role in the policy because they are only competent in the management and engineering of traffic, as are the other stakeholders. The Makassar City KAMSELTIBCAR LANTAS policy portrays the values of democracy because their was a joint contribution in the creation of the regulation. However, the efficiency and effectiveness of using human resources has not yet been seen. In this case, the objective of an inter-organizational network has not been made. Therefore, in the future, this Forum is hoped to be able to create a policy or program that can overcome traffic congestion and complications in Makassar City that contains democratic, effective, and efficient values. Coordination is a crucial sub-componenet in the concept of an inter-organizational network for a democratic public service. This is needed because there are many autonomous institutions related to traffic and public transportation. Aside from that, the issue of public transportation is a complex matter that requires the involvement of various related institutions. Many issues appear in the field such as Minibus complications that arise because the ineffective function of the coordination of stakeholders in Makassar City’s traffic and public transportation. This can be seen based on results of interviews and an FGD of the stakeholders as revealed in Table 7. Based on Table 7, the coordination among stakeholders in the field is not yet effective. The Head of the Makassar City Drivers’ Union (an NGO) said they each perform their authorized respective duties. This was also stated by other stakeholders. In this case, the Makassar City Department of Transportation manages and engineers traffic without coordinating with the others. This is also the same for the Makassar City Department of Public Works when they construct roads on streets that do not often encounter traffic congestion. For example, the intersection on Jalan Abdullah Dg. Sirua with Jalan Leitumena in Tello is quite a busy street consisting of private vehicles and Minibusses but the roads there are not fixed and there are no traffic lights. Also, the intersection on Jalan Leitumena with Table 7. Informant Responses (Non-Government) About Coordination in Inter-Organizational Networks for Democratic Public Service (Public Transporation) in Makassar City Dimension Informant NGO User Driver DPR Coordination Each perform their duties according to their authority Police, as coordinators, are hardly present at traffic prone areas unless they are stationed there No coordination No coordination can be seen
and damaged roads result in Minibus complications and traffic congestion in Makassar City. A crucial dimension in the concept of inter- organizational network for democratic public service is cooperation. Cooperation is necessary in order to resolve an issue or perform an activity that relates to other institutions. The issue of traffic congestion and public transportation complications in Makassar City requires related institutions to work together in order to resolve these problems. Aside from the Law on Traffic and Public Transportation, the City Government also needs to build a cooperatoin with other related organizations. However, stakeholders have no knowledge of the existence of any cooperation as can be viewed in Table 9. Based on Table 9 above, the Makassar City Government has not cooperated with related organizations to deal with traffic and public transportation issues. Stakeholders, such as the Makassar City Legislative Council (DPRD) have no knowledge of the Makassar City Government and other organizations working together to overcome traffic congestion. This is proven by the fact that no MoU exists on this matter. The same issue was relayed by other stakeholders such as NGOs, Minibus users, and derivers on all lanes of Makassar City who had no knowledge of this matter. This is despite the fact that cooperation aims at obtaining resources, including financial resources. In order to overcome the issues of traffic congestion and Minibus complications, Makassar City requires substantial financial resources. For example, Makassar City needs 2667 units of traffic signs while only 2465 units have been put up (Makassar City Dept. Of Transportation, 2009). More traffic signs are needed compared to the ones that have been placed in Makassar City. In addition, the length of the streets (city street) in Makassar City requires 197.071 km marks and only 44.569 km are completed with marks (Makassar City Dept. Of Transportation, 2009). Makassar City also still needs 4047 units of street lights and only 3230 units have been placed ((Makassar City Dept. Of Public Works, 2009). As many as 63 bus stops are needed and only 45 are currently available (Makassar City Dept. Of Public Works, 2009). Based on data regarding street support facilities in Makassar City, there are still many more that need to be placed compared to the ones that have already been set up. This reveals how the Makassar City government still needs a lot of funding in order to provide street support facilities in Makassar City. The same situation was also revealed by an informant from the Makassar City Department of Transportation, “HB”, (Interview, 2009). The required funds can actually be obtained by cooperating with other institutions, either government or non-government institutions in Makassar City. The Department of Transportation can work together with other institutions (departments) in the government, such as the Department of Public Works, in order to build street support facilities in Makassar City. As for non-government institutions, the Department of Transportation can cooperate with private organizations or non-government organizations or the Makassar Police in order to build street support facilities and hold trainings about traffic awareness in Makassar City. As for the Makassar City Government, the Department of Transportation only works together with organizations involved in the Makassar City Traffic and Public Transportation Forum. This cooperation was due to the new regulation in the Law on Traffic and Public Transportation. However, they have not cooperated with other institutions, as can be viewed in Table 10. Table 10, reveals that the Makassar City Government has not managed to cooperate with related organizations in dealing with traffic. If the government lacks cooperation with related organizations, there is a big possibility issues with public transportation in Makassar City will continue to occur in the future. Organizations directly related to the issues of traffic congestion and complications in Makassar City, such as the Makassar City Department of Transportation and the Makassar City Police, have not shown any effort in cooperating with other organizations in order to obtain resources despite the fact that they actually lack resources in order to be able to provide good public transportation service, as revealed above. Cooperation is one of the ways to overcome issues by seeking aid from other organizations in the form of resources. Collaboration is one of the dimensions of inter- organizational network for democratic public service. Collaboration here is defined as all of the activities in a network outlet that is planned and implemented together. Table 10. Informant Responses (Government) About Cooperation in Inter-Organizational Networks for Democratic Public Service (Public Transporation) in Makassar City Dimension Informant Dept. Of Transportation Dityasa (Police) Cooperation There is cooperation in the Forum There is no cooperation in the form of an MoU with other organizations
Bisnis & Birokrasi, Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi dan Organisasi 106 International Journal of Administrative Science & Organization, May 2012 Volume 19, Number 2 Collaboration is not merely cooperation. The concept focuses more on actual and planned activities that can be done together. In handling complex issues such as the complications of public transportation, collaboration is vital because many related organizations will sit down, discuss these issues, and implement the solution together. However, collaboration can only be seen in the Makassar City Traffic and Public Transportation Forum, as can be viewed in Table 11. Based on Table 11, the stakeholders, both the Makassar City Transportation Department and the Makassar City Police (Dityasa) admit that collaboration has only reached the stage of decision making and planning in the Makassar City Traffic and Public Transportation Forum. Collaboration at this stage resulted in policies including the areas that were set as an example for traffic orderly conduct and the pollution free area at Pantai Losari on Sunday beginning from 05.00 until 10.00. However, collaboration at this stage was conducted by officials in organizations related to traffic and public transportation. It has not yet involved staekholders at grass root levels. As a result, the problems encountered due to traffic in Makassar City are still based on the perspective of these officials. Collaboration was only done for one stage, such as the planning and or policy making stage, and has not been useful for network organizations, such as the Makassar City Traffic and Public Transportation Forum, because the responsibility of the implementation falls to only certain organizations. A collaboration demands joint responsibility, beginning from forming a policy up until the implementation and evaluation. This means that all parties will be accountable for the sucess or failure of the program. In this case, it will be difficult to obtain maximum results from the Makassar City KAMSELTIBCAR LANTAS program because the police is the only institution that is entirely responsible instead of all stakeholders of traffic and public transportation in Makassar City. Actually, the Makassar City KAMSELTIBCAR LANTAS policy formed by the Makassar City Traffic and Public Transportation Forum does not portray a collaboration because the policy was only discussed in the Forum. However, only related institutions are responsbile for the implementation of the policy. As for implementation on the field (the determined areas), only the Police are active. Other institutions, such as the Makassar City Department of Transportation, cannot be seen. The planning and implementation of a program is not the duty of all stakeholders for traffic and public transportation in Makassar City. As stated above, the views of non-government staekeholders reveal that no collaboration has been made, as portrayed in Table 12. Table 12, reveals that non-government stakeholders, such as the Makassar City Drivers’ Union (NGO), Makassar City Legislative Council (DPRD), Minibus users, and Minibus drivers on all lanes in Makassar City, do not believe any collaboration has been made. This also portrays how the existence and activities in the Traffic Forum have not been socialized well to the Makassar City transportation community. Stakeholders from the community have not been involved in the activities of this Forum. For example, the Makassar City Legislative Council (DPRD) has not been involved in Forum activities. This is despite the fact that they are representatives of the people and have a crucial role in determining policies and budgets, not to mention monitoring. In order to overcome complex issues, such as Minibus complications and traffic congestion in Makassar City, collaboration with all related elements is necessary. One of the vital dimensions in the concept of inter- organizational network for democratic public service is participation. Participation is the involvement of stakeholders beginning from determening issues up until Table 11. Informant Responses (Government) About Collaboration in Inter-Organizational Networks for Democratic Public Service (Public Transporation) in Makassar City Dimension Informant Dept. Of Transportation Dityasa (Police) Collaboration Collaboration has been done up to the point of planning activities. perencanaan kegiatan Collaboration is done in the Makassar City Traffic and Public Transportation Forum Table 12. Informant Responses (Government) About Collaboration in Inter-Organizational Networks for Democratic Public Service (Public Transporation) in Makassar City Dimension Informant NGO User Driver DPR Collaboration No collaboration can be seen No knowledge No knowledge Collaboration unclear
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