PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN

THE PHILIPPINES
In the Philippines, Public Administration from very broad
perspective, may be viewed to refer not only to those
activities in carrying out or in implementing the policies and
programs of the government but also to the processes and
contents of these policies and programs. From an even
broader perspective, Public Administration may refer to
cooperative human action whether within the public
bureaucracy, the private sector or in non-governmental
organizations aimed at delivering services to the people.
Modern Public Administration

The indicative period of modern public administration in the 50s.

The sub phases include:
(a) development administration;
(b) new public administration;
(c) new public management and
reinventing government; and PA as
governance.
“Identify Crisis.”
In the Philippines, Reyes (2003) revisited the so-called “identity crisis” of
public administration initially raised by various scholars of the discipline in
his various writings. He contended that the crisis revolved around the
imperative to define a public administration rooted to the development
aspirations of the Philippines. The identity crisis, however, continues up to
today in the Philippines.
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

“Development Administration” in the Philippines was used to

suggest that it may be an appropriate framework to examine
the State’s experience as it tries to rebuild its institutions
within a democratic framework, as it struggles to new
economic, political and social challenges, and as it adapts to
the trends and demands of globalization.
-As to administrative reform, which is one of the core values of DA, De
Guzman (1986) described and analyzed the structural and behavioral
characteristics of the Philippine public bureaucracy and argued that the
“implementation of administrative reform should have two major dimensions:
reforming the structures of the bureaucracy and reforming the behavior of those
in the bureaucracy.” (De Guzman 1986 as cited in Brillantes 1994: 8)

-Development administration has always been one of the central features of the
various long and medium term Philippine Development Plans since the
seventies. The paradigm for bureaucratic reform continues to evolve in various
intellectual and practical debates but government continues its work amidst all
these. Until recently, all Philippine development plans since the seventies had a
specific chapter devoted solely to development administration
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