城市街道体制改革的可行路径:从组织设计视角切入

The Possible Path of Urban Street-level Administrative Reform: from The Perspective of Organizational Design

当前围绕城市街道体制改革的方向问题存在一定争论,到底保留还是取消莫衷一是。从组织管理角度看,是否保留街道办事处是一个行政组织的层级问题。本文在剖析"最小行政单元"的基础上论证,如果城市中的最小行政单元的人口规模在5万～10万,那么是否设置街道将存在一个城市人口临界值,超过这一临界值就需要通过多设置行政层级来解决管理幅度的问题,这可能是我们思考城市街道体制改革的一种较为可行和现实的路径。

There are some disputes and argument about the trend of urban street-level administrative reform.There is no consensus whether to retain or abolish the“street office”.From the point of organizational design,whether or not to retain the“street office”is a question about the hierarchy of administrative organizations.Based on the analysis of the“Minimum Administrative Unit”,this paper argues that if the population size of the minimum administrative unit in a city is between 50,000 and 100,000,then there will be a critical threshold in setting streets.If the population exceeds that scope,we need to set up more administrative levels to solve the problem of management range.This may be a possible and realistic way to reform the urban street-level administration.