Nature Of Public Administration
Mariana Martinez
West Chester University
In the world today, many ideas and beliefs have caused Public Administration to evolve into a creature of many dimensions. The upbringing of Public Administration with field pioneers such as, Woodrow Wilson and many other noted administrators during their time, centered their knowledge on what we refer to as the Old Public Administration. The visionaries like Wilson, believed that hierarchical organizations and goal oriented actions kept the stems of Old Public Administration alive. Luther Gullick and Paul Appleby were administrators strained to a policymaking focus. Old Public Administration’s backbone was that efficiency relies on organization and minimal involvement of …show more content…
This type of administration sets policy and regulates services for clients. They derive a public interest from law and policies. There is no involvement between administrators and the people. This piggybacks off the goal towards efficiency in an organizational manner. Public administrators also have little involvement in policy making, which was the work of the elected public officials. The elected officials were chosen to create policies and laws because the public elects them. However, that is as much involvement the public had. In New Public Management, public interest is actually considered. Individual interests are taken in consideration. New Public Management supports the area of privatization. Customers make their own decisions based on self-interests. With sole self-interest for the public in mind, many issues may arise. Customers won’t be considerate of anyone else. New Public Service is the evolution of both schools, and widens the perspective on issues. Public interests are important in New Public Service because public administrators have a goal to capture the attention of citizen involvement. Deborah Stone has written works around a
Mariana Martinez
West Chester University
In the world today, many ideas and beliefs have caused Public Administration to evolve into a creature of many dimensions. The upbringing of Public Administration with field pioneers such as, Woodrow Wilson and many other noted administrators during their time, centered their knowledge on what we refer to as the Old Public Administration. The visionaries like Wilson, believed that hierarchical organizations and goal oriented actions kept the stems of Old Public Administration alive. Luther Gullick and Paul Appleby were administrators strained to a policymaking focus. Old Public Administration’s backbone was that efficiency relies on organization and minimal involvement of …show more content…
This type of administration sets policy and regulates services for clients. They derive a public interest from law and policies. There is no involvement between administrators and the people. This piggybacks off the goal towards efficiency in an organizational manner. Public administrators also have little involvement in policy making, which was the work of the elected public officials. The elected officials were chosen to create policies and laws because the public elects them. However, that is as much involvement the public had. In New Public Management, public interest is actually considered. Individual interests are taken in consideration. New Public Management supports the area of privatization. Customers make their own decisions based on self-interests. With sole self-interest for the public in mind, many issues may arise. Customers won’t be considerate of anyone else. New Public Service is the evolution of both schools, and widens the perspective on issues. Public interests are important in New Public Service because public administrators have a goal to capture the attention of citizen involvement. Deborah Stone has written works around a