Comparative Study of Personnel Linkage among Central and Local Governments

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In the Pre-War period, the personnel and finance control by the Ministry of Interior(MOI) accelerated the capability of Local Authority in Japan. After the War, the human resources strategy of the local governments performed the same role under the direct elected governor/mayor system.These include (1)personnel linkage between the central and the local governments, that is, staff dispatch from central government to local governments and vice versa, personnel exchange between local governments, (2)training, on the job and off the job, (3)the maintenance of salary level equivalent to private companies, (4) local policy initiatives by local governments' employees. Enrichment of human resources by these strategies have been essential factor to improve local autonomy.In this study, we analyzed the relationship between central and local governments taking human resources perspectives into consideration, although holding each researcher's own interest in high regard. From our research, we found that personnel linkage system is unique to Japan compared to other countries. Personnel disposition of MOI bureaucrats before WW two was substituted by new system after the War. In this system, direct elected governors/mayours consider the staff loan from central ministry and ask it. Although this practice are common in Japan, we need to examine whether this practice has improved the local autonomy.