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PERSPECTIVE OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
"Public Office is
a Public Trust"
Redefinition of Public
from
Administration of the Public
to
"ADMINISTRATION
FOR THE PUBLIC"
Towards a Filipino View of Discipline
Politics
should be separate Administration, but...
Wilson, Woodrow
1. Administration is a field of business which first
requires a systematic study as of a science
2. Must be divorced from the rigours of Politics
Frank Goodnow
Politics is concerned with policy-making while
administration has the responsibility of executing
loyally, policies made by the political authority.
F.W. Taylor
1. Politics should not intrude on administration.
2. Administration also lends itself to scientific study as politics.
3. Political questions are not the same as administrative
questions.
4. Administration (management) is capable of a value-free
science.
5.The focus of administration is economy and efficiency.
Brillantes and Fernandez (2008)
The traditional/classical phase : 1800s to the 1950s
The modern phase : 1950s until present
1) development administration,
2) new public administration,
3) new public management
and reinventing governance,
4) and public administration as governance.
The new public administration : 1960s - 1970s
New Public Management : 1980s - 1990s
Public Administration
as Governance : 1990s - 2000s
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