<![CDATA[ABSTRAK Pelaksanaan grand design reformasi birokrasi, sampai dengan roadmap kedua, memang telah mencapai banyak hal. Namun demikian, tidak tercapainya indikator yang mencerminkan kapabilitas birokrasi, menunjukkan masih ada yang kurang dari pelaksanaan reformasi birokrasi di Indonesia. Masih terdapat permasalahan kelembagaan, budaya organisasi, profesionalisme SDM aparatur, tata laksana dan etika dalam pelayanan publik. Kajian ini sebagai upaya mengisi gap dalam literatur reformasi sektor publik di Indonesia, dari perspektif teoretis dan empiris, mengenai perlunya penyederhanaan struktur birokrasi yang dibahas melalui metode studi pustaka. Penyederhanaan struktur birokrasi, secara teroretis, diperlukan karena karakteristik yang terlalu birokratis sudah tidak sejalan dengan paradigma administrasi publik dan periode reformasi tata kelola sektor publik terkini, di samping karena desentralisasi. Secara empiris, penyederhanaan struktur birokrasi diperlukan karena menghambat peningkatan profesionalitas aparatur yang terlihat dari gejala bluffocracy dan consultocracy. Kata kunci: reformasi birokrasi, desentralisasi, paradigma adminsistrasi publik, profesionalitas aparatur ABSTRACT The implementation of the grand design for bureaucratic reform, up to the second roadmap, has indeed achieved many things. However, the failure to achieve indicators that reflect the capabilities of the bureaucracy, shows that there is still something lacking in the implementation of bureaucratic reform in Indonesia. There are still institutional problems, organizational culture, professionalism of human resources, govern ance and ethics in public services. This study is an attempt to fill gaps in the literature on public sector reform in Indonesia, from a theoretical and empirical perspective, regarding the need to simplify the bureaucratic structure discussed through the literature study method. Simplification of the bureaucratic structure, from the theoretical perspectives, is necessary because too bureaucratic characteristics are not in line with the recent paradigm of public administration and the current period of public sector governance reform, in addition to decentralization. Empirically, simplification of the bureaucratic structure is needed because it impedes professionalism of the apparatus indicated by the symptoms of bluffocracy and consultocracy. Keywords: bureaucratic reformation, decentralization, public administration paradigm apparatus professionalism]]>
