lesson 3: bureaucracy 2 contemp theories and practice Flashcards
What is Marx’s enduring influence?
Dominant elite
Wealthy educated white males, same clubs, send their kids to the same schools
What is Weber and Taylor’s enduring influence?
Rational organization, division of labour, unity of direction
Unity of direction
grouping similar activities together, not taking orders from more than one person
What is the Humanist School enduring influence?
Decentralization, participatory management, skills and leadership development
Participatory Management
School of thought and extends human relation assumptions
Implement meaningful work participation in the workplace
Management by Objectives
internal strategic coordination
Peter Drucker critiqued..
Weber subdividing into units may interfere with goals of another unit
Organizational Development and change management 3 steps
unfreeze, change, refreeze
unfreeze
identify rigid
change
implementing improvements
refreeze
locking in new behavior
What are the main ideas of Feminist PA Theories?
Gender lens, Concerned w/ tasks and process,
Reject notions of superior domination
what is New Public Management
To reduce costs and improve performance
shift away from traditional PA, to more attention to achievement of results and personal responsibilities of managers
critiques of NPM
Savoie, Trebilcock and Thomas
Savoie
governments are fundamentally different from private firms
Trebilcock and Thomas
emphasize the importance of administrative culture
governance
Address pressing societal problems, move away from hierarchical and to more networking kinds of gov
One type of gov cannot solve all problems
New Public Governance (NPG)
See potential for improving policy making by adapting more collaboration
New Public Service (NPS)
To advance the dignity and worth of public services
Emphasizes the values of democracy, citizenships, and the public interest as the preeminent values of PA
what is Public Service Motivation
individual’s predisposition to respond to motives grounded in public institutions and organizations
motives of PSM
