Evolution And Scope

Question 1

Administration exists whenever people cooperate to achieve the goals of their groups and such achievements require ___

Answer 1

POCCC
Planning, Organization, Command, Coordination, Control

Question 2

Who formulated a model on Bureaucracy?

Answer 2

Max Weber

Question 3

The three scholars who advocated for politics-administration dichotomy and the books they wrote are?

Answer 3

Woodrow Wilson- The study of Administration
Frank Goodnow- Politics and Administration
Leonard White- Introduction to the study of Public Administration

Question 4

Why was it argued later on that Politics and Administration are inseparable?

Answer 4

Both political office holders and public administrators make political decisions and public policy

Question 5

The 1960s witnessed the development in____

Answer 5

Administrative theory, Organizational theory and public policy approach

Question 6

The nature of Pub administration can be explained through two views, namely

Answer 6

Integral and Managerial

Question 7

Explain the integral and managerial views

Answer 7

The Integral view includes all the activities undertaken in pursuit of and in fulfillment of public policy. The activities involve all the people engaged in administration from top to bottom

The managerial view includes the work of only those engaged in the performance of managerial functions in an organization

Question 8

What does public admin as an academic discipline refer to?

Answer 8

It refers to the study of the structures and functions through which the government implements its policies and programs

Question 9

Public administration as a field of study

Answer 9

Refers to the method and means of carrying out the activities of government

Question 10

What is public administration?

Answer 10

Public has to do with the state of affairs of a society and administration refers to the principles, practices and technologies employed in achieving the aims and objectives of an organization.

Public admin is administration in the public sector.
It is the implementation and management of government policy and programs and the academic discipline that studies the implementation and prepares civil servants for workin in the public service

Question 11

What does the scope of Pub admin entail?

Answer 11

Gullick and Urwick POSDCORB
Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting, Budgeting
Public Admin as an activity
Public admin as a field of study

Question 12

Importance of Public Administration

Answer 12

1. For welfare services to the people
2. For public needs
3. For public interest
4. For the management of the economy
5. For planning
6. It serves as a change agent
7. For Democracy
8. As a field of knowledge

Question 13

Functions of Pub Admin

Answer 13

POSDCORB

Question 14

What are the major differences between private and public administration

Answer 14

Profit driven/efficient service delivery
Composition
Structure
Recruitment
Accountability
Operates in a market environment with political regulation/ operates basics in a political environment only

Question 15

What are the similarities of both private and public administration

Answer 15

They both mobilize resources to achieve their goals
They both review their goals in terms of available resources
They both motivate their employees for higher performance
They both pay attention to social responsibilities
They are both involved in bureaucratic processes, especially private sectors large in size

Question 16

What are the various approaches to Pub administration

Answer 16

The Systems approach
The comparative approach
The bureaucratic approach
The institutional approach
The ecological approach
Political approach
Behavioral approach