논문

In the society we are living, we inevitably facing with choice and determination on value because of a certain standard bared by human being in judging right and wrong. Given that we have to make a choice concerning value issues, we must put into account the base of the value, upon which these choices are made. The fact that pubic administration exists and develops in a certain cultural circumstances determines that pubic administration and governance are an action of pursuing value. In other words, value issue is one of the important fields in pubic affair administration.


The definition on value varies in different disciplines . In this study I define value as a framework of beliefs and convictions that motivated behaviors and provide guidance for making choice among possible course of action. Value functions in several ways, such as:
• Value helps us set up aim and ideal of life.
• Value impels us working to reach these aims.
• As a standard, value helps us measure the progress we have made and make reasonable choice from a bulk of action plans.
• To the society governance, the most important function of value is that it influences the legitimacy of the governance and the reasonality of action .


In view of the pubic administration reform world wide, the reform has different dimensions, some in structure, some in technology, some in instrument and some in policy. But the nature of their reforms is more or less the same. pubic administration reform is perception, explanation and manifestation of a certain value.


This study aims to make an analysis on the value consideration of Chinese government reform before 1990s and probe into the defect and predicament of this consideration in hope of providing the next stage of Chinese government reform with reference on possible value alternatives.