PRINCIPLES GOOD GOVERNANCE IN GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY IN THE DIGITAL ERA: THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH SULAWESI, INDONESIA

Abstract

This study aims to get an overview of the understanding of the apparatus of the Regional Personnel
Agency and Education and Training Agency in Takalar, Bantaeng dan Palopo District which is principled
so that good governance in the digital era. Information on understanding the government apparatus is
needed to be able to understand various kinds of obstacles and potentials in the process of management
governance. Also, knowing the understanding of the government apparatus will help provide an overview
of the direction, focus, and priorities of programs in the context of developing good governance. This
research belongs to the type of descriptive survey research, with a quantitative approach. The sample used
was 200 respondents. The results of this study provide an understanding of the Regional Government
apparatus in Takalar Regency, Bantaeng Regency, and Palopo Regency in the South Sulawesi, Indonesia
provincial government on the principle of good governance. In some districts, this principle has been able
to run even though it is not significant, but the principle cognitive (knowledge) which includes the ability
to think, know and solve problems such as comprehensive, applicable, analytical, and evaluative
knowledge. Cognitive understanding is gained more after they become a public service, through
education and leadership training. So that the local government, especially Takalar, Bantaeng and Palopo
South Sulawesi, must be more intensive in conducting a socialization program of good governance that is
online media.