PROBLEMS OF THE CIVIL SERVANTS SYSTEM IN OSIJEK AT THE TURN OF THE 19TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY

Abstract

The author in the paper present a review and description of legal

regulations regarding position of the city officials and civil servants in

the Osijek city administration in the period 1881-1918. Problems of the

civil servants system in the city community of Osijek will be seen in

relation to three groups of questions: the classification of civil servants,

the payment system and the progress system. In the introduction the

author gives legal definition and meaning of the terms official and civil

servant. In the central part of the paper the author gives an overview and

analysis normative regulation of the position of city officials and

servants, ie status and wages. Legislation regulations that regulated the

status and position of officials and civil servants, especially the rulebook

from 1918, started a process that resulted in a growing need for expertise,

in addition to experience. The author concludes that the beginnings of

professional management can already be noted in the research period as

people with appropriate qualifications have been employed and that

accomplished organizational solutions meant progress compared to

previous organization.