Public administration

Modern theorists traced the beginning of traditional public administration from the publication of Woodrow Wilson’s “The Study of Administration” in 1887, although his essay did not achieve “classic” status until the mid of the twentieth century. This profound essay set the foundations of the American state to move toward a managerially base ideology of separating politics from administration. Wilson’s politics-administration dichotomy provides a historical foundation to understand a predominant…

of good governance principles as listed by the National Development Agency, which include principles such as transparency, accountability, regulatory compliance, professionalism and competency, efficiency and effectiveness, and partnership between public and private sector (Bappenas, 2007). The implementation of good governance on Indonesian state asset management can be seen from the orderliness of government offices in the reports on state asset that…

Introduction The importance of public service values to public, nonprofit organizations, and to administrators are significant. These values guide administrators’ to perform their day-to-day duties and maintain the public’s trust. At some point administrators’ will find themselves in ethical dilemmas and they will need to evaluate and prioritize their personal values, while considering values that are important to the organization. I aim to describe public and/or nonprofit sector values and…

America’s federal bureaucracy system is made up of hundreds and even thousands of government employees who are entrusted to handle the day-to-day operations of the federal government. Modern bureaucracy can be compared to horse pulling a large wagon with vigor and strength. Once the wagon of bureaucracy has started it is hard for it to stop. It is up to the citizens and elected officials in Congress to stop this wagon. The current form holding bureaucracy accountable can be found through…

The proliferation of technology the last 25 years or so has changed the way individuals access information. Instead of heading to a library or reading a newspaper for data people are now able to simply fire up their smartphone. Not only has technology impacted the daily lives of individuals across the globe, it has also caused governments to assess how they can capitalize on these emerging technological trends. With this in mind, E-Government was born. “Simply stated, e-Government is the use of…

The correct answer is b implementation. Federal bureaucracy performs three tasks in government which are implementation, administration, and regulation. Congress passes a law and it sets down guidelines to carry out the new policies. Putting these policies into practice is known as implementation. 7) I had chosen B, but the correct answer is D. Employment cycle in which individuals who work for the government agencies that regulate interests eventually end up working for interest groups or…

unidirectional, or even entirely clear. Ideally, when the analyses of public organizations are carried out these complexities are appropriately illustrated, and it is through such analyses that the understanding on the values and criteria of public organizations. The author has argued that the analysis of public organizations covered in the book has elaborated on the significant insights that are believed to have been gained from studies of public…

The growth and development of nonprofit management education as a recognized institution has been the parallel establishment of academic programs that serve the nonprofit sector. Post-baccalaureate programs, including master’s degree programs, certificate programs, and even doctoral concentrations in nonprofit management, are now found in many universities in the United States and in institutions of higher learning around the world. The questions several writers continue to ask is how relevant…

In Chapter Four: “Public Management’s Backbone: The Rule of Law” (pp. 89-286) of Public Management: A Three-Dimensional Approach, Laurence Lynn and Carolyn Hill have explicitly elaborated on the application of the rule of law on matters associated with the public management. It has been considered as the backbone to the concept of public management in relation to how it is constituted and formalized in ensuring that it is of great significance in the process of its application. The chapter…

defined as the ability that public administrators (i.e bureaucrats) have to shape and implement public policy within the government. The ability for a public administrator to shape and implement critical public policy based on the discretion granted to them by the elected is a central role with the field of public administration. Within the past century, public administrators have been granted increased authority and discretion by the elected officials in government. As public administrators…