Public Administrators are often placed in a situation that requires them to practice discretion. By discretion, I am referring to the ability to decide and make important decisions, when instructions are not clear or given; on what is right and wrong in a particular situation. This goes back to Finer and Friedrich on how they believe public professionals should handle situations. Finer suggested that they should strictly follow the guidelines of the legislature. While Friedrich stated that they should be able to make these important decisions, for what they believe the public need, based on the education and experiences that they accumulated (Morgan, 423). I noticed that the Friedrich approach should have taken place in the Columbia accident
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This is why political accountability is the umbrella for both executive and legislative branch. Each branch contains their own laws, regulation, responsibilities, and accountabilities that public professionals are required to follow. It becomes an added factor in the concerns and responsibilities that these public professionals face every day. They are also required to balance these accountabilities for each branch simultaneously while maintaining both policy implementations separate. I realized that political accountability was used in the case of The Columbia Accident when the White House and Congress demanded accountability at the same. Not only did they pull NASA in both directions but most importantly NASA was worried about adapting to the new external constraints that were imposed by both the White house and the …show more content…
In this case study, I addressed two of them that I thought were essential for administrators to learn and understand in order for them to do their job efficiently. Being knowledgeable of Political accountability help these administrators with balancing the executive force along with the legislative force. Having the ability to comprehend legal accountability is also beneficial to administrators because now they are aware of the measures they can take in order to solve a problem were all party involve can be satisfied. Legal accountability warned administrators of the balance needed between transparencies and jeopardizing one’s organization in order to legitimize their action for the
This is why political accountability is the umbrella for both executive and legislative branch. Each branch contains their own laws, regulation, responsibilities, and accountabilities that public professionals are required to follow. It becomes an added factor in the concerns and responsibilities that these public professionals face every day. They are also required to balance these accountabilities for each branch simultaneously while maintaining both policy implementations separate. I realized that political accountability was used in the case of The Columbia Accident when the White House and Congress demanded accountability at the same. Not only did they pull NASA in both directions but most importantly NASA was worried about adapting to the new external constraints that were imposed by both the White house and the …show more content…
In this case study, I addressed two of them that I thought were essential for administrators to learn and understand in order for them to do their job efficiently. Being knowledgeable of Political accountability help these administrators with balancing the executive force along with the legislative force. Having the ability to comprehend legal accountability is also beneficial to administrators because now they are aware of the measures they can take in order to solve a problem were all party involve can be satisfied. Legal accountability warned administrators of the balance needed between transparencies and jeopardizing one’s organization in order to legitimize their action for the