Public administration 4.0

Abstract

There are many different names given to the historical process we are in. One of them is the digital age. The main reason for this nomenclature is that the innovations brought by technology and its intense use affect all layers of life. This effect necessarily brings with it a transformation. States and public administrations also feel this pressure with all their assets. The first digitalization activities in public administrations started in the 1990s, and the concept of the electronic government emerged. The electronic government has passed through various stages in parallel with the developments in digital technologies. However, the revolution that started with Industry 4.0 and has disruptive technologies at its center has brought a transformation beyond digitalization in public administrations. Public Administration 4.0, which can be accepted as a new paradigm, expresses this transformation in the state and public administration. The foremost feature of disruptive technologies is that they change traditional forms, and this change is discontinuous. For this reason, public administrations have entered into a discontinuous transformation not only in the context of the technology they use but also with all their elements such as structure, operation, effect, purpose, environment, culture, resources, law, principles, and values. Destructive technologies are accepted as the basis actors that will determine the future not only of public administrations, but also humanity. In this context, Public Administration 4.0 is not an approach that only explains today. It is also an inclusive paradigm that constructs the future of public administration.