Application of Position Auction-Based Merit System in Bantul Regency in 2018

• Published in: JPPUMA: Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan dan Sosial Politik UMA (Journal of Governance and Political Social UMA) Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 129 - 138
• Main Authors: Atmojo, Muhammad Eko, Darumurti, Awang, Pratiwi, Vindhi Putri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Indonesian
• Published: Universitas Medan Area, Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik 09.09.2021
• Subjects: competent and professional; merit system; structural official
• ISSN: 2549-1660; 2550-1305
• DOI: 10.31289/jppuma.v9i2.4491

This article aims at discussing the application of a merit system based on job auctions, especially regarding the mechanism for selecting structural officials in Bantul Regency. Considering that the merit system is a new method for determining structural positions and has become one of the models that local governments have begun to implement in the placement of civil servants, especially echelon II structural officials. The application of this merit system model is one form of the implementation of Law Number 5 concerning the State Civil Apparatus. The application of the merit system was enforced because a lot of structural position determinations were not based on competence, but the structural position determination was based on proximity and political factors. Therefore, with the existence of this law, it is significant to immediately implement a merit system so that employeed who occupy structural positions were competent and professional people. In data analysis, this study was based on the theory of open selection. The method used in this study was a qualitative method. The data collection techniques used were interviews and documentation. Based on research conducted that the application of the merit system within the Bantul Regency Government was in accordance with applicable regulations, as well as in the application of the merit system using several selection methods including administrative selection, assessment center method / competency test, paper making, track record tracking, percentage of papers and interviews.