管理幅度、专业匹配与部门间关系:对政府副职分管逻辑的解释

Steering Leaders of the Government:Span of Control,Expertise Matching,and Interagency Network

分管型副职是中国政府领导体制与组织结构的关键维度之一,但是对其进行的研究却很少见。本文利用中国28个省份的副省长分工数据,实证分析副职分管部门的内在逻辑。研究显示,副省长的管理幅度平均为7个部门,平均分管3-4个不同职能。担任常委、平调而来的副省长会分管更多的部门和职能,而性别、年龄、任期、政治排序等变量的影响并不明显。副省长分管的业务领域有四分之一同其工作背景有关,而多数部门的职能同分管领导的专业背景关系不大。综合性业务多放在一起由一位副省长分管,而专业性较强的职能通常由不同副省长分别主管。这些发现为我们理解副职领导的分管逻辑提供了初步证据,也对政府结构优化提出了政策启示。本文最后从管理幅度、专业匹配和部门间关系的理论视角,提出了副职领导分管方面值得研究的若干问题。

The steering deputy chief system is one key component of the government organization in China, but few studies pay attention to this phenomenon. An empirical analysis of 201 vice governors of 28 provinces reveals the logic of steering leaders. We find that on average a vice governor is in charge of seven agencies and three to four varying functions. Vice governors who are members of the standing committee and transferred from other provinces are more likely to control more agencies and functions, while their gender, age, tenure in office, and rank order are insignificant. Vice governors are usually coordinating functions irrelevant to their professional background, and nonprofessional functions are often coordinated by the same vice governors. These findings generate tentative evidence to understand the mechanisms of steering leadership, and also help restructure the government. In this paper, we draw on the theoretical perspectives of span of control, expertise matching, and interagency network to elicit the core questions concerning steering leaders.