Towards a more technical and modern conception of the bodies of official: The body as a correlate of the functional areas

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to do a reflection on the need to modernize the classic concept of the civil servants’ corps. The corps, understood as a group of civil servants, has been the most representative element of our model of public employment. However, one new element was brought into the structure of public employment more than sixty years ago: the job position. The job position is the set of duties and tasks assigned to a person. Since then, both institutions must coexist in the Administration, as both are necessary and complementary elements of the structure, not alternative models. Our goal is to update the notion of the civil servants´corps to make it more compatible and consistent with the new dual structure of public employment. The body could be conceived as a correlate of the jobs groups, previously created by the Administration.