2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on Career Patterns of Bureaucrats

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20830016
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Politics
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	TAKAHASHI Hiroshi The University of Tokyo, 先端科学技術研究センター, 客員研究員 (80456201)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	省庁官僚制 / 人事履歴 / 事務次官 / オーラルヒストリー
Research Abstract	Personnel records of all the directors, their equivalents or above at central ministries and agencies were totally collected from "List of Personnel" from 1950 to 2000, and input as computer data. Based on such data, career patterns of Vice Ministers were analyzed to find out that each ministry and agency had its own critical posts, that such patterns were changing affected by environmental or organizational changes, and that such patterns and changes were different from a ministry to a ministry. In parallel, interviews to so-called career-bureaucrats were conducted to understand bureaucracy's systems of personnel management and temporary transfers. Based on these activities, research papers were written and published.