Public Administration in Post-Communist Countries

Public Administration in Poland  ◾  303

13.4 Human Resource Management

Effective management of a country requires professional, competent personnel. As of 2009, some

428,300 officials were employed in public administration. A majority, representing 57%, held

positions on the three lower tiers outside of the central administration (Table 13.3). Following

the breakthrough of June 1989, all political options and opinion-forming groups were of the view

that one of the most important tasks for the new democratic Poland was to build a governmental

administration based on civil service ideas and ideals.

Poland has a long civil service tradition extendi ...