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What is public admin?
the implementation of gov’t policies
what was Leonard White’s version of public admin?
the management of people and materials in the accomplishment of the purpose of the state
what is bureaucracy?
the structure within which virtually gov’t organizations operate to ensure that goods and services can be produced or provided in the most efficient manner possible
What is bureaucracy characterized by?
- Division of labor
- Job specialization with no functional overlap
- hierarchy
- Expertise
- A system of internal rules, regulations, and record keeping (and informal policies)
what is public management?
the management of organizations within the gov’t or non profit sector, driven by its need to reach its goals or mission rather than to make a profit
what are stakeholders?
bureaucrats, elected officials, groups of citizens, and organized/unorganized interests affected by the decisions of federal, state, and local governments; those having a stake in the outcome of public policies
what is a target population?
the people identified by a policy whose behavior is linked to the achievement of desired ends, based on a public problem to be solved or goals to be achieved
what is hierarchy?
a characteristic of formal bureaucratic organization with a clear vertical chain of command
what is a reverse pyramid?
a conception of organizational structure, especially in service organizations, whereby managerial duties focus on providing necessary support to frontline employees who deal directly with individuals seeking the organization’s services.
what is an entrepreneurial gov’t?
a system of organization that emphasizes productivity management, measurable performance, privatization, and change.
what is power?
a has power over b to the extent that he can get b to do something that b would not otherwise do
what is sovereignty?
holding the highest (supreme) authority in a specific region
what is jurisdiction?
in bureaucratic politics, the area of programmatic responsibility assigned to an agency by the legislature or chief executive
what are the general typologies?
- constituent
- distributive
- regulatory
- self-regulatory
- redistributive
what does constituent mean?
created for the purpose of forming gov’t structure (state-building)
what does distributive mean?
Allocation of benefits and services at no charge to target populations
what does regulatory mean?
Imposes restrictions or limitations on the behavior of individuals or groups
what does self regulatory mean?
Often imposed by the regulated group for the protection of its members
what does redistributive mean?
Deliberate action of the gov’t to shift the allocation of wealth, income, property, and/or rights to broad groups considered as disadvantaged
what is functional overlap?
functions in contemporary American bureaucracy that are performed by one bureaucratic entity may also be performed by another.
what is Span of control?
the number of people an individual supervises within a subunit of an organization
what are human relations?
theories of organization that stress identification and limited satisfaction of workers’ noneconomic needs and motivations on the job
what is the halo effect?
tendency of those being observed to change their behaviors to meet the expectations of researchers
what is the systems theory
organizations may behave according to inputs from their environment, outputs resulting from organizational activity, and feedback leading to further inputs
what is a closed system?
organizations exist with few external variables and relationships, with minimal uncertainty
what is an open system?
organizations are highly complex entities that interact with their environment and face uncertainty
what is the zone of acceptance?
the extend to which a foller is willing to be led and obey the leader’s commands or directives
what is formal communications?
official written documentation within and organization, including electronic documents, that form the framework for organization intent and activity
what is gobbledygook?
misleading jargon or meaningless technical terms often used purposely to obscure the meaning of communication within organizations
what is bureaucratic discretion?
is the ability of public employees to make decisions interpreting the law and administrative regulations
what are the sources of political support?
- the legislature
- the executive branch
- agency constituents
- the general public
what is the iron triangle consist of?
- congress
- bureaucracy
- interest groups
what are subsystems?
any political alliance uniting some members of an administrative agency, a legislative committee or subcommittee, and an interest group according to shared values and preferences in the same substantive area of policy making
what is multiple referral?
a house and senate leadership tactic of referring a bill to more than one congressional committee
what is intergovernmental relations?
the collaborative dynamic, or working relationships, that exist among all (types and) levels within the U.S. federal system
what are the vertical pickets?
programs
what are the horizontal pickets?
levels of the gov’t
what is the shared services agreement?
an inter local agreement designed to reduce service delivery costs and ease the tax burden to their citizens while simultaneously streamlining local services, cutting redundancies and enhancing gov’t responsiveness
what is ad-hocracy?
temporary work groups to complete tasks typically reserved for public organizations
what are administrative ethics?
the rights and duties that individuals should respect when they act in ways that seriously affect the well-being of other individuals and society; and
The conditions that collective practices and policies should satisfy when they similarly affect the well-being of individuals and society
