PS 150 Unit 1 Definition of terms and concept

Question 1

the English word ‘administer’ is derived from a
combination of two Latin words ‘ad ’and ‘ministrate’
meaning ‘to serve or manage’

Answer 1

administration

Question 2

management of the affairs of the public or private
sectors

Answer 2

administration

Question 3

mobilisation of resources – human and material – to
achieve pre-set objectives

Answer 3

administration

Question 4

an activity undertaken in pursuit of the realisation of a
goal

Answer 4

administration

Question 5

the study of the state

Answer 5

public administration

Question 6

the organisation and management of activities financed
from the tax-payer’s money

Answer 6

public administration

Question 7

known as Governmental Administration

Answer 7

public administration

Question 8

its focus is on public bureaucracy

Answer 8

public administration

Question 9

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

Answer 9

public administration

Question 10

“ Public administration is detailed
and systematic application of law.”

Answer 10

Woodrow Wilson
(why)

Question 11

defines Public administration as consisting of all those
operations having for their purpose the fulfilment or enforcement of
public policy.

Answer 11

Pfiffner

Question 12

“ Public administration is concerned with the
administration of the government.”

Answer 12

Gladden

Question 13

“ Public Administration is consists of all
those operations having for their purpose the fulfilment or
enforcement of public policy.”

Answer 13

L.D. White

Question 14

“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.”

Answer 14

Luther Gullick

Question 15

PA “ the art and science of management as applied to the affairs of state.”

Answer 15

Waldo

Question 16

According to this view, public administration is sum total
of all the activities undertaken in pursuit of and in fulfilment
of public policy.

Answer 16

integral view

Question 17

administration is concerned with the
‘what’ and ‘how’ of the government.

Answer 17

Dimock

Question 18

According to this view, the work of only those persons who are engaged
in the performance of managerial functions in an organisation constitute
administration.

Answer 18

managerial view

Question 19

Simon Smithburg, Thompson and Luther Gullick subscribe to this view of
administration.

Answer 19

managerial view

Question 20

‘Administration has to do with
getting things done; with the accomplishment of defined objectives.’

Answer 20

Luther Gullick

Question 21

Gullick defines these techniques by the letters of the word: POSDCORB

Answer 21

Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Direction, Co-ordinating,
Reporting and Budgeting.

Question 22

The Philippines has four levels of administrative divisions, the lowest three of
which are defined in the _____ as local government
units (LGUs).

Answer 22

Local Government Code of 1991

Question 23

The Philippines has four levels of administrative divisions, the lowest three of
which are defined in the Local Government Code of 1991 as _____.

Answer 23

local government
units (LGUs).

Question 24

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.

Answer 24

regions (rehiyon)

Question 25

LGU from highest to lowest

Answer 25

Regions, Provinces, Component Cities, Barangays

Question 26

consists of independent cities (lungsod/siyudad), and
one independent municipality (Pateros).

Answer 26

Provinces (lalawigan/probinsya),

Question 27

consists of municipalities
(bayan/munisipalidad) within a province.

Answer 27

Component cities (lungsod/siyudad)

Question 28

(sometimes referred to as barrios) within a city or municipality.

Answer 28

Barangays

Question 29

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.

Answer 29

national administration

Question 30

administrative regions and autonomous regions are a part of
___.

Answer 30

the national administration.

Question 31

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.

Answer 31

administrative and autonomous regions

Question 32

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.

Answer 32

Local administration

Question 33

generally act within powers delegated
to them by legislation or directives of the higher level of
government.

Answer 33

local governments