PS 150 Unit 1 Definition of terms and concept Flashcards
the English word ‘administer’ is derived from a
combination of two Latin words ‘ad ’and ‘ministrate’
meaning ‘to serve or manage’
administration
management of the affairs of the public or private
sectors
administration
mobilisation of resources – human and material – to
achieve pre-set objectives
administration
an activity undertaken in pursuit of the realisation of a
goal
administration
the study of the state
public administration
the organisation and management of activities financed
from the tax-payer’s money
public administration
known as Governmental Administration
public administration
its focus is on public bureaucracy
public administration
the machinery used by the service state to place itself in a
position to make plans and programmes that carried out,
and to carry out the plans and programmes it has made
public administration
“ Public administration is detailed
and systematic application of law.”
Woodrow Wilson
(why)
defines Public administration as consisting of all those
operations having for their purpose the fulfilment or enforcement of
public policy.
Pfiffner
“ Public administration is concerned with the
administration of the government.”
Gladden
“ Public Administration is consists of all
those operations having for their purpose the fulfilment or
enforcement of public policy.”
L.D. White
“Public Administration is that part of the
science of administration which has to do with government and thus
concern itself primarily with the executive branch where the work of
the Government is done.”
Luther Gullick
PA “ the art and science of management as applied to the affairs of state.”
Waldo
According to this view, public administration is sum total
of all the activities undertaken in pursuit of and in fulfilment
of public policy.
integral view
administration is concerned with the
‘what’ and ‘how’ of the government.
Dimock
According to this view, the work of only those persons who are engaged
in the performance of managerial functions in an organisation constitute
administration.
managerial view
Simon Smithburg, Thompson and Luther Gullick subscribe to this view of
administration.
managerial view
‘Administration has to do with
getting things done; with the accomplishment of defined objectives.’
Luther Gullick
Gullick defines these techniques by the letters of the word: POSDCORB
Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Direction, Co-ordinating,
Reporting and Budgeting.
The Philippines has four levels of administrative divisions, the lowest three of
which are defined in the _____ as local government
units (LGUs).
Local Government Code of 1991
The Philippines has four levels of administrative divisions, the lowest three of
which are defined in the Local Government Code of 1991 as _____.
local government
units (LGUs).
comprises provinces and independent cities/municipality.
Of the 17 regions, only one – the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao – has an elected government to which the central government has
devolved competencies.
regions (rehiyon)
LGU from highest to lowest
Regions, Provinces, Component Cities, Barangays
consists of independent cities (lungsod/siyudad), and
one independent municipality (Pateros).
Provinces (lalawigan/probinsya),
consists of municipalities
(bayan/munisipalidad) within a province.
Component cities (lungsod/siyudad)
(sometimes referred to as barrios) within a city or municipality.
Barangays
is an administration done by national government agencies
and other regional bodies with a mandate from the central
body of authority i.e. the Office of the President.
national administration
administrative regions and autonomous regions are a part of
___.
the national administration.
both the ______ are not
covered by the terms of the 1991 Local Government Code but
rather these regions/units are created and administered under
special laws or decrees.
administrative and autonomous regions
A local government is a form of public administration
which, in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier
of administration within a given state.
Local administration
generally act within powers delegated
to them by legislation or directives of the higher level of
government.
local governments
