Envisioning Agile Government: Learning from the Japanese Concept of Society 5.0 and the Challenge of Public Administration in Developing Countries

Abstract

Technological developments have shaped changes in communication and the ways people aspire for public services. Rigid, flaccid and slow bureaucratic type of organizations are no longer compatible with the new challenges in the so-called "disruptive environment". This paper tries to elaborate on the emergence of disruptive environment in which changes occur very quickly while the decision makers might not have adequate time to discern and to gauge the impact of policy alternatives. Creating agile governments, therefore, is a fundamental requirement in almost all countries. On the government response to harness the disruptive environment and to create an agile government, the Japanese vision of Society 5.0 is an interesting example to be considered by decision makers in developing countries. Under this vision, the use of IoT, AI, and robotics in providing public services, means that all policy makers need to find new ways to transform towards intelligent societies. Not only that agile government and the new public administration would be able to protect people from digital divide, but also that it would create a humane environment in which all the technology-based public services would improve prosperity and well-being for all.

Government Communication in Implementing Inclusive Education for Working Towards the Sustainable Development Goals

“…With the hope of achieving maximum DOI 10.18502/kss.v7i5.10592 inclusion and full community participation when they have finished attending high school (8). In accordance with research (9), where society 5.0 is a picture of changes that occur in individuals in the world, not only conceptual developments, but also in practice, which is supported by internal and external governments.…”

The Maladministration Alleviating Strategy in The Attempt of Facing Society 5.0 In Surakarta

“…This emergence of agile government narration builds on bureaucratic/public service condition in Indonesia tending to be slow and elaborate. Citing the finding of research entitled "Imagining Agile Government: Learning from the concept of Japan Society 5.0 and Public Administration Challenge in Developing Countries" conducted by Wahyudi Kumorotomo, 2019, it can be said that on average Indonesian standard procedure of getting business permit is too elaborate compared with that in OECD or other East Asian states. Singapore always occupies the first rank related to the licensing process in ASEAN region.…”

“…Meanwhile, Indonesia is currently still in industrial revolution 4.0 era, in which many adjustments and improvements should be made, particularly in the term of providing public service in Surakarta City, to prepare the state apparatus and the service public provider for dealing with the next era. Bureaucracy's incapability of supporting the creation of society 5.0 era is a very complex dynamic in Indonesia (Kumorotomo, 2019;Sugiono, 2020). Entering into society 5.0 era, Indonesian government should have thought of various strategies to anticipate various possibilities to occur as the implication of technology advance, people's life style and trend of world society.…”

“…Government is a single institution with power, authority, and legal resource to balance the advantage of new business model, thereby providing strong, equivalent, and sustainable growth and prosperity to the people. The problem is that government and its apparatuses always respond late to the quickly-changing policy environment(Kumorotomo, Wahyudi 2019). The government's poor capability of being present amid the transformation is due to its poor understanding on new perspective and challenge in the digital development environment existing.…”

Penguatan Birokrasi Aparatur Negara Menuju Revolusi Industri 5.0 di Kecamatan Koto Tangah Padang Sumatera Barat

“…Sehingga, pemahaman secara holistik dan komprehensif oleh aparatur birokrasi terhadap pola hubungan korupsi yang sering terjadi diyakini menjadi penting agar dapat meminimalisasir terjadinya tindak korupsi di sektor pelayanan publik (Hadi, 2016). Selain itu, ketidakmampuan birokrasi dalam mendukung terciptanya Revolusi Indutri 5.0 juga merupakan dinamika yang begitu kompleks di Indonesia (Kumorotomo, 2019;Sugiono, 2020). Hal ini dikarenakan di Revolusi 5.0 birokrasi di Indonesia harus mampu memahami berbagai pemanfaatan big data sebagai sumber informasi yang didukung oleh teknologi dan kesiapan para aktor dalam proses pembuatan kebijakan serta juga harus memperhatikan aspek-aspek kemanusiaan lainnya bagi masyarakat (Rahmanto et al, 2021).…”