Administration as an activity is as old as society itself. As a process, it occurs in both public and private organizations. It occurs in such diverse institution settings as a business firm, labor unions, religious or charitable organizations, educational institutions and so on. Its nature is affected by the sphere with which it is concerned. Administration is commonly divided into two types, public and private administration. As an aspect of government activity it has existed since the emergence of political systems. While public administration relates to the activities carried out by government, private administration refers to the management of private enterprises. This paper will focus more on public administration.
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Wilson’s concern was how a democratic system will run to ensure an efficient administrative system. Politicians should not interrupt in the running of the affairs of the civil servants. To Wilson (1887) “administration is systematic and detailed execution of public laws”. He added that administration represent the action part of government. He believe that public administration’s main objective is to get the “public business done businesslike” and that “administration does not involve hurry and strife of politics”. Wilson concluded that because we need efficient administration, we need professionals and expertise to run …show more content…
It originated from or through the works of Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes. It takes on the assumption that power is the primary end of political action, whether in the domestic or international arena. In the domestic arena, the theory asserts that politicians should strive to maximize their power. Political realists also assume that interests are to be maintained through the exercise of power and that the world is characterized by competing power bases. They are also grounded in the emphasis on power politics and pursuit of national interest. Arguably, Political Realism supports Thomas Hobbes’s view of the state of nature namely the relations between self-seeking political entities are necessarily a moral. In summary, Political Realists holds the view that those arguing that politics should be separated from administration should get real and that humans are by nature political animals. In other words, the Civil Service should be allowed to take part in active partisan politics since the two cannot be separated. Most importantly, they argued that if the Civil service is robed in party colours, it would go a long way and adversely improve the quality of their policy prescription and the successfulness of their
Wilson’s concern was how a democratic system will run to ensure an efficient administrative system. Politicians should not interrupt in the running of the affairs of the civil servants. To Wilson (1887) “administration is systematic and detailed execution of public laws”. He added that administration represent the action part of government. He believe that public administration’s main objective is to get the “public business done businesslike” and that “administration does not involve hurry and strife of politics”. Wilson concluded that because we need efficient administration, we need professionals and expertise to run …show more content…
It originated from or through the works of Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes. It takes on the assumption that power is the primary end of political action, whether in the domestic or international arena. In the domestic arena, the theory asserts that politicians should strive to maximize their power. Political realists also assume that interests are to be maintained through the exercise of power and that the world is characterized by competing power bases. They are also grounded in the emphasis on power politics and pursuit of national interest. Arguably, Political Realism supports Thomas Hobbes’s view of the state of nature namely the relations between self-seeking political entities are necessarily a moral. In summary, Political Realists holds the view that those arguing that politics should be separated from administration should get real and that humans are by nature political animals. In other words, the Civil Service should be allowed to take part in active partisan politics since the two cannot be separated. Most importantly, they argued that if the Civil service is robed in party colours, it would go a long way and adversely improve the quality of their policy prescription and the successfulness of their