The Importance Of Public Administration

An unofficial duty of a public administrator may involve performing an extensive amount of damage control. The public sector can be a highly volatile environment in which unforeseen events such as budget cuts and the dismissal of a well-liked and respected employee can rapidly deteriorate the state of an organization. Moreover, public administrators are often placed in a compromising position. An organization cannot be effectively run by orders being disseminated from the top and workers being treated as lowly inferiors. Thus, public administrators are compelled to interact with their employees on a day-to-day basis in which more intimate manager-staff relationships are likely to be forged. However, in accordance with their responsibilities …show more content…
According to Herzberg, company policy and administration is a primary source of dissatisfaction in the workforce (Starling, 2011, p. 357). It is apparent that the employees opposed the city’s elected approach to deal with the exorbitant cost of health insurance. The city intends to adopt a healthcare plan that would establish a preferred provider network in which employees will be required to seek assistance from pre-approved doctors and facilities in order to receive coverage for their medical expenses (Denhardt & Miller, 2000). The workers perceive such an act as compromising not only their health, but that of their families. Moreover, the workers may be disappointed with the actual members of the administration themselves. The mayor, who is also a lawyer, refrained from further involvement in the decision-making process because the insurance company chosen by the city is one of his clients (Denhardt & Miller, 2000, p. 198). Thus, the employees can interpret such a revelation as the health care decision being predominantly influenced by an individual motive which can negatively reflect on the image of the administration and the judgment that had been reached in terms of health …show more content…
Overall, coordinating a strike or implementing a job action are a serious undertaking and should be utilized as a last resort. Essentially, the determinant in whether to initiate a strike or a job action depends upon the nature of an employee’s job. If a worker is, for example, a police officer, their service is viewed as being vital; thus, law enforcement may then opt for a job action such as the blue flu (Starling, 2011, p. 475). If the labor force resolves to strike or employ a job action is fundamentally contingent on whether a worker’s position is deemed as essential. For instance, Frank, who is a city worker, may not qualify as essential personnel. Thus, whereas the option to strike was not feasible in the case of the police officer, Frank may have such an alternative at his disposal. However, Frank’s incentive to strike is to provide his son with adequate health care that will meet his wide range of medical needs (Denhardt & Miller, 2000). Therefore, in Frank’s effort to secure superior health care for his son, by doing so, he may be jeopardizing his job in which he would stand to lose his income and any kind of insurance