No. 83 (2022): Public management in transformation: territories and change management

Transforming and adapting public management to new social needs must be a renewed commitment of the administration. Change and innovation are part of humanity itself, but today's digital environments, the immediacy of communication and the different risk fronts, require from the public, a better management of data, information and the generation of resolution environments that point to higher levels of development.

The truth is that this is a reading that is difficult to implement, because, although there is a conscious effort from the administration, the daily occupations end up dominating the agenda leaving aside the broader environment, making it more complicated to operate from the strategy, added to the fact that the management and adaptation to a dynamic dominated by the digital, generates a convergence between the practices of yesterday and the new customs of today, where inequalities and knowledge gaps can be accentuated.

The discourse of change is present more than ever in the shared ideology and also in management, however, there are a large number of interests, uncertainties and limits, and in the context of the post-pandemic, the capacity of institutions to generate trust has become relevant, both from the strategic direction, administration, but also for the alignment of expectations from the territories and vulnerable populations.

In this context, the 83rd edition of the Central American Journal of Public Administration proposes a review of the changes and adaptation of the public sector, focusing on three relevant topics: territoriality, migration and education. Reviewing from research and cases, contributions and transformations that have been implemented and that help to better understand the phenomena and to contribute with new solutions.