The science of administration has caused the establishment of Public Administration and hence, the need to study the importance of it. By definition, Public Administration is the detailed and systematic execution of public law and the particular application of the general law. However, the statement alone does not justify the need to study its importance. Therefore, keeping in view Woodrow Wilson’s article “The Study of Administration”, the essay shall explore the significance of Public Administration through an analysis of the time periods through which it established, the subject matter that determines it and lastly the methods through which the system’s political conceptions have developed. Below are the points that elaborate the importance of public administration.
In the simpler times of the past, the functions of the government were more manageable. As stated by Wilson: “Population were …show more content…
Meaning thereby, it is significant to study Public Administration to be able to keep the political and administrative sphere as separate and act accordingly. As the German writer Bluntschli puts it: “Politics is state activity in “things great and universal”. While, administration on the other hand, is “the activity of the state in individual and small things.””.
Further along, the author goes on to stress upon the importance of Public Administrative study by suggesting to keep it separate from constitutional law. According to him, where Public Administration is the systematic execution of law, constitution on the other hand, is only concerned with the functions of the government that are present to control general law. It is therefore, the clear difference between the former being particular while the latter being more general. This difference can only be comprehended with thorough study of the subject
In the simpler times of the past, the functions of the government were more manageable. As stated by Wilson: “Population were …show more content…
Meaning thereby, it is significant to study Public Administration to be able to keep the political and administrative sphere as separate and act accordingly. As the German writer Bluntschli puts it: “Politics is state activity in “things great and universal”. While, administration on the other hand, is “the activity of the state in individual and small things.””.
Further along, the author goes on to stress upon the importance of Public Administrative study by suggesting to keep it separate from constitutional law. According to him, where Public Administration is the systematic execution of law, constitution on the other hand, is only concerned with the functions of the government that are present to control general law. It is therefore, the clear difference between the former being particular while the latter being more general. This difference can only be comprehended with thorough study of the subject