Name: Ernanie M. Briones Jr.

Professor: Dr. Julia D. Unger

Subject: Philosophical Foundation of Public Administration

Reflective Essay on Public Administration

What is Public Administration? First, let's define the word "Public" and "Administration".

The term "Public" means the government is mainly focused on activities and actions,

while the word "Administration" is derived from the Latin word "administer" which means

is to serve, direct, administer authority, care for, or look after its people. Wherein, the

term "administration" means that it is the administration of both public or private affairs.

Public Administration is a form /structure or an estate wherein the selected/elected

individuals are responsible to serve the community for common good. How to be

effective and efficient, in the implementation of government policies and procedures in a

systematic organization. Government operation should always be in a transparent form

most especially with regards to planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling. They

are all educated, knowledgeable, and trained at all forms of government organization.

Functions are to be performed as a public servant, administrator, who is in-charge in

overseeing all public agencies that administer the laws and regulations. Facilitating all

infrastructure development, and enforcement of the public policy.

The elements of public administration are planning, organization, staffing, directing,

coordination, reporting, and budgeting. To some extent with regards to public

administration is this is the basis of the government, it becomes the instrument for a
change in the society, it plays a vital role in the life of the people, and its use for

implementing laws and policies.

Public Administration may be a collaborative group effort when it involves a public

setting, which incorporates the branches of state which are the Executive, Legislative,

and therefore the Judicial Department. But in different significant ways of administration.

The Executive branch, controlled by the president, who's in charge of implementing and

administering the laws written by Congress and appointing the department heads of the

public agencies, as well as the Cabinet. Which also serves as the Commander in Chief

of the State. The Vise President also include in this branch. The Legislative branch

enacts the legislation that has the authority to declare war and approve or rejects the

Presidential appointments which include the congress. The Senate shall be composed

of twenty- four (24) Senators, and Three hundred four (304) seats in the house of

representatives. They are the one who is in charge of balancing power, representing

constituencies, and law-making. In this branch of government, the top official is the

Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Judicial

branch is composed of a Supreme Court and Lower Courts. The Supreme Court is

composed of Chief Justice and fourteen (14) Associate Justice. While the lower courts

are composed of the following which are the Court of Appeals, Regional Trial Courts,

Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal trial courts in cities, Municipal Trial Court,

Sandiganbayan, and the Municipal Circuit Trial Court. The main function is to interpret

the meaning of laws, which apply laws to individual cases as well and decides if laws

violate their constitution.

Public Administration also includes in our public health/ social service, they are

responsible for protecting the health of communities. In -charge of controlling and

managing health care issues that affect communities. Public Administration on

Education/higher education, they are the administrator whose oversee the functions of

all public-school levels, colleges and universities. Ensures a safe and industrious

education, environment for the students and faculty at their institution. Public

Administration on Transportation, Responsible to utilize the routes efficiently. Developed

and implement road safety usage, Planning and supervising policies and procedures to

ensure safety and efficiency in all transportation activities. Public Administration on

Housing, provide social housing or subsidized housing programs that are affordable for

formal and informal sectors in the low-income. Public administration on Law

enforcement and public safety, Post duties and responsibilities are to maintain peace

and order, ensuring the safety and security of the community, increase public safety,

prevent heinous crimes, reporting and investigate suspicious incidents.

Public administration is usually stressed up with such a big number of issues for

successful governance and management. The success of the general public

administration is through discipline and practices, on how it can combine and work out

the principles into a political-administrative setting. It deals not only with the procedure

that they need but also with the numerous matters of the administrations like the

budgeting, public health, education, welfare, law and orders, agriculture, and others

more that have their techniques. First and foremost, the public administration's objective

is to deliver superb public service to its people. The administration should be organized

and effective when it comes to productivity.

Let us know difference between public administration and governance? Public

administration refers to the act of implementing the results of the governance ensuring

that a piece force of enforcers can do the desire of governance.

While Governance refers to the act of governing or ruling over the authority of the state

or the state. It is also the governing of an organization utilizing and regulating impact to

direct and control the actions and affairs of the management and the others. It is also

the entire responsibility of the 'governing body, the person, or group in command of the

performance and conformance of the organization. Governance is classified into three

modes as leadership. The fiduciary mode where serves as the basic requirement of

having good governance in one country. They have to protect the assets of the

business, ensure that the resources are deployed efficiently and effectively for

everybody. In the strategic mode, they are skilled in setting goals, planning actions, and

securing new and additional resources towards the effect of the plan. And with the

generative mode is framing a question.

Public administration needs an administrator. Wherein, being a Public Administrator is a

broad field that covers several aspects needed within the administration services to

form and strengthen our society. Public Administrator roles are to substantiate the laws

and regulations, civil rights, budgeting, health, and mostly safety codes which are strictly

enforced to guard and the full community that they're serving. There are lots of

responsibilities being a public administrator like communicating to your people regarding

the new policies and also the effectiveness of your program that need to be put in action

together with your other employees, stakeholders, and mostly your people. Managing

and evaluating special programs and new projects for community developments.
Collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data regarding budget reports,

surveys, public records, and other more data that ought to adjust to improvements but

should do the research, make a concrete plan and recommendation that may follow the

executive and government law which fall within the given budget further.

A good public administrator must make sure that they're serving the community fairly

and unbiased. Because the population that they're serving are broad and have a

different perception where it's challenging for the administrator. Wherein, the selection

of the administrator transforms the state into an improved place to live in.

Public administration to individuals, to our society, and our nation is very important. It is

an instrument for providing public services for its people, it maintains and establishes

force in the society, it uses for implementing policies, it serves as an instrument for

social and economic development, it sustains economic growth and facilitating

infrastructure development, and also as basis of our government and lastly, it prioritizes

the welfare of the nation with regards to medical care, social security and employment

opportunities to everyone.