Non-experts Leading Experts In Government:Internal Rationales,Contradictions And Adjustment Mechanisms

Non-experts leading experts is a kind of phenomenon existing in China's government.So far,scholars haven't reached consensus on the political rationales about this phenomenon.What's more,fewer studies have involved the adjustment mechanism and relative reasonablity of the phenomenon.According to the subject itself,"Process-Episodes" can be the appropriate analysis approach.Thus,this study can be conducted by focusing on some key episodes.In combination with the "relationship mechanism" frame initiated by Tilly,the episodes should be selected where "border-crossed connections' take place.Considering the study approach and existing resources,SASAC in A city can be a ideal research object.There are three typical episodes in the department:the leader invested the pension industry blindly,the deputy officials assisted to eliminate the unreasonable policy and the leader commanded the subordinate effectively via the deputy officials.It can be seen that non-experts leading experts is a kind of "politics" and"administration" relationship in China in essence.The supreme officials undertake the function of "politics",they collect political will,obtain the position and behave based on political factors.Thus,they are entitled by,non-experts".The specific performance of their behaviors is "leading and uniting the subordinates";The subordinates actually undertake the function of "administration" and execute the political will.They are employed into the government and enforce the policies based on technical factors.So they can be described as "experts".The concrete way of their behaviours is"conducted affairs according to the leaders".To guarantee the smooth operation of the government,"politics" should have a monopoly on "administration","n-experts leading experts" appears as a result.The contradictions lie in the leaders can enact policies and force the subordinates to conduct in a compelling way.This is the controversy between "politics" and "administration" in fact.The political will collected by the leaders surpass the ability to enforce,which result in the apart between"politics" and "administration".There are adjustment mechanism between the leaders and subordinates.The rationales are the deputy officials who under the division,take the responsibility one or more departments.The deputy officials exist as a group.They not only maintain their persistence,but exhibit great complexity and resilience as well.They belong to both "politics" and "administration",both formulate and enforce policies,consider political and technical factors at the same time.Ultimately,they set up a buffering mid-area which makes the government operate in a effective way.Based on all the above,"non-experts leading experts" is necessary,practical and can exist generally.It's not a entire passive thing.If we move forward to enhance the leaders' professional ability as well as leading methods and optimize the leadership group,the government should be promoted to a upper degree.