Academic administration

Growing up I was always taught education is the key to success and happiness. Along the way many of my past teachers have always used this quote in class to instill in me the value of education, and how far a journey it can take you if you just believe in yourself the quote as it states: “knowledge is power”. That quote, simply just speaks for itself. To me it simply means get an education in a career that you love, and there is nothing you can’t do. My parents as well taught to make sure that I…

I do find it rude when others can’t notice when they take it to far and start to distract the class, I pay a lot of money to go to school and I don’t like my time money or time being wasted over students who don’t know how act like mature adults. I think the Darden officials took things a little far when they added the switch for internet access in classrooms, although I see where they were coming from, I think that was a bit drastic. Although I disagree with the way Darden handled the situation…

The profession that I identified as what I want to do the rest of my life is Health Services Administration. It took me long time to realize that this is what I wanted to do. It was a long journey. I worked since I was 17. I always held administrative jobs like administrative assistant, telebanker, or Internet banker. I was laid off back in 2005. I knew that there were no jobs and instead of being unemployed I decided to reinvent myself. The first career that I picked was Physical Therapy.…

Good governance and Indonesian state asset management According to Hughes (2012,) Governance is about framing rules and organizations with the intention of providing accountability. Within the context of Indonesian state asset management, good governance principles are defined based on the list of good governance principles as listed by the National Development Agency, which include principles such as transparency, accountability, regulatory compliance, professionalism and competency, efficiency…

Public administration concerns implementation of principled direction in government action and public service, with the primary objective of developing appropriate policies and management approaches to influence positive functioning in a government. It involves administration of public programs and translation of political processes into positive welfare benefits for citizens, through studies of government decision-making, analysis of policy, and assessments of approaches that contribute towards…

researcher further emphasized on the fact that a new management model in organizations could be adopted, whether public or private. The criticism of the bureaucracy and the rise of the superiority of private management systems in relation to public administration, materialized on a set of fundamental principles: decentralization, deregulation and delegation. 1. Decentralization as a fundamental principle for organizations can acquire creativity and innovation, implying at the same time reducing…

Since 1948, Myanmar has already established anti-corruption laws related to building integrity, but these laws have rarely been enforced and there has been any effective prosecution for the abuse of office (Chêne, 2012). When the civilian government came to office, it has undertaken significant legislative reforms including requiring all government officials to publicly declare their assets (Morrell, 2012). The 2008 Constitution also requires that the government submit the draft budget to the…

Street-Level Bureaucracy: The Critical Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats by Michael Lipsky was written to explain the importance of the role of public service workers when delivering government services to the public. The involvement of public administration in difficulties that are currently affecting the undeserved and have made the government to take responsibilities on public safety, health and security. Lipsky believed that government workers play a significant role in our society by making…

American Constitution. While the politics/administration dichotomy was the instrument that scholars used to solve the complex issues created by the law of the land. Laurence J. O 'Toole, Jr. (1987) is his article, Doctrines and Developments: Separation of Powers, the Politics-Administration Dichotomy, and the Rise of the Administrative State, contends that the development of the American administrative state was an amalgamation of the politics/administration dichotomy and the constitutional…

Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century discusses a code of ethics for public administrators. Martinez argues that civil servants, public administrators, and non-profit administrators, as with other professionals, must have a standard code of ethics. However, there remains no such code. He contends the importance of a code by explaining that public administrators make decisions with ethical expectations. Martinez argues for five methods to administrative ethics. “Ethics as a…