檢視民主先進國家諸如英國、美國及日本的地方發展經驗，可以看出由中央集權走向地方分權，已成為地方發展的契機。處於民主轉型期的台灣社會，在地方發展上，面臨了治安、環保、交通、住宅及就業等諸多亟待解決的問題，但地方自治權限也大幅增加。為因應地方民眾及產業的需求，必須借重民主先進國家地方發展的經驗，將「企業性精神」引進地方政府，並貫徹「企業性地區發展」。 「企業性政府」與「企業性地區」的推動，除由眼前政府體制法規及各界共識分工的修正調整外，較基本的配合工作當在於重新界定以大學相關系所為主體的現代公務員基礎養成教育。美國自1970年代起，為因應社會民主多元後的諸多問題，結合公共行政與企管教育經驗，所形成強調料際整合及量化分析的公共事務領域，即應成為地方公務員培訓的主要方向。台灣的公共事務管理教育，係於1992年由中山大學公共事務管理研究所開始萌芽，目前已漸次擴展至台灣全國各地區的大學。 為了解國內現階段公共事務管理教育之成效，本研究以德菲法匯聚專家意見建立公共事務管理教育角色之指標。並以該項角色指標，對曾受過公共事務管理教育之地方公職人員進行問卷調查。研究成果發現，公共事務管理教育對公共事務之相關性及對地方發展之需求結合度均相當高，與筆者於1997年所做之實證研究一致。 由研究成果可知，中山大學公共事務管理研究所的課程，確實有助於提升地方公務員推動「企業性政府」與「企業性地區」的能力。上述經驗應可提供國內未來推動公共事務管理教育之參考。

The perspective of the local developmental experience of advanced democracy countries, as England, U.S. and Japan, show that decentralization is an opportunity for local development. In the period of democratic transformation, Taiwan has too many problems waiting for solutions. To satisfy the demands of the public and private sectors, we need to adopt the "entrepreneurial sprit" in local government and be engaged in the development of "entrepreneurial region". The promotion of "entrepreneurial government" and "entrepreneurial region" is dependent primarily on the education of civil servants in the universities. In the 1970s, the U.S. combined the experiences of public administration and MBA education to from public affairs management (PAM) that stress quantitative analysis and integration of subjects. The PAM education would be one of the major courses of civil servants in-job training. In Taiwan, the PAM institute of NSYSU set up the public affairs management classes in 1992. The PAM education has been expanded since in Taiwan. To detect the effect of PAM education for the present, the researchers applied the Delphi Technique to establish the constructs of PAM courses, and also used the questionnaire which was generated on the basis of the constructs of PAM classes to collect the opinions of civil servants who have been educated in the field. Results of this study show a high correlation between public affairs management and local development. It is correspondent with research that the author conducted in 1997. The results, the PAM courses seem to be helpful for enhancing the ability to adjust to and promote the "entrepreneurial government and regions" in a rapid transforming period. The experience would also offer some idea for future development of PAM education in Taiwan.