ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses stages of the institutional structure of public administration, values of public administration, the history of administrative reforms, and emerging issues of public administration. It deals with a discussion of emerging issues for Taiwan's public administration in an era of heightened democracy and global economic competition. The hierarchy of Taiwan government has four levels: central, provincial/municipal, county/city, and rural/urban townships. Taiwan has a highly hierarchical government structure and an enormous number of regulations and procedures. Indeed, formalization, centralization, and complexity of structure are some clear practices of public administration in Taiwan, and rules and procedures are the key means of navigating and realizing programs and policies. One of the most important reform programs was the localization of public administration in Taiwan in the 1970s. In 1934, the Kuomintang, then the ruling party of Mainland China, ordered a review of the evolution of public administration in Taiwan.
