Public Admin Quiz 1 Flashcards
Public Administration
Formation and implementation of public policy
Process by which resources are marshaled and then used to cope with the problems facing a political community
Governance
Exercise of authority by government or more precisely the system and method by which authority is exercised
Who are public admins?
Career civil servants, politicians, public appointees
15 Executive Departments
Veteran Affairs Defense Health and Human Services Homeland Security Agriculture Commerce Education Energy Housing Justice Labor State Interior Treasury Transportation
Executive Departments give
through policy and procedures, give us services
3 Sectors
Government
Non Profit
Private
Govt Sector
owned/controlled by the people
15 departments
Non Profit
for public benefit
board of directors / transparency
Member serving: i.e. attorneys, doctors
public service i.e. amnesty intl, red cross
Private
owned and controlled by private sector
to make money
How sectors differ
SISP Structure Incentives Settings Purpose
Public Admin Resource Mgt
Human, financial and information
Organizational Classical Theory 4 principles
standardized work procedures
specialization
fusion of procedures
dividing labor between workforce
Henry Fayol
14 principles
Scalar Chain = chain of command
Brownlow Committee Report 1937
need to reorganize executive branch
Herbert Simon
used science to come up with true principles
