Professional Documents
Culture Documents
ADMINISTRATION
Leadership/management
motivation
APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
⑤ Systems approach Organizational
goals
Improved service
delivery
“IT DEPENDS”
“NO BEST TYPE”
SITUATIONAL
ROLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Change agent
Executive leadership
Designing policy
SCOPE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
① Government activities to protect society
② It must be able to meet the long term needs which might arise
due to change in administrative techniques or the changes in
social environment which are more important and influential
① Accountability
② Transparency
③ Follows rule of law
④ Responsive
⑤ Equitable and inclusive
⑥ Effective and efficient
⑦ Participatory
ORIGIN OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Before 18th century
Classical Theories
a) Too mechanical and impersonal and does not recognize workers’
social group and their informal relationships
b) Too interested in techniques which bring about too much
pressure on workers
c) Too much specialization brings about monotony
d) Applicable in repetition production jobs
e) Over-emphasized purely economic motivation
CLASSICAL THEORIES OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY/PRINCIPLES
Modern Theories