INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Prepared by: ROHAINA T. SAPAL

may be defined as group activity which involves
cooperation and coordination for the purpose of achieving
desired goals or objectives.
Administration
The word administer is derived from the Latin
word administere, which means to care for or
to look after people, to manage affairs.

Four (4) different meanings of administration or different
senses depending upon the context in which it is used:

As a
Discipline:


As a
Vocation:


As a
Process:


As a Synonym
for Executive
'word or
Government:


The name of a branch of learning or intellectual
discipline as taught and studied in colleges and
universities.


Type of work/trade or profession/occupation,
especially one that involves knowledge and
training in a branch of advance learning.

The sum total of activities undertaken to implement
Public Policy or policies to produce some services or
goods.


Such other body of persons in supreme charge
of affairs, for example, Manmohan Singh
Administration, Bush Administration, etc.

According to William Schulze, Administration is the force, which lays
down the object for which an organization and its management are to
strive and the broad policies under which they are to operate.

Management

Organization Administration
sets the goal
strives to attain it
is the machine of the
management for the
attainment of the ends
determined by the
administration.
determinative
function
executive
function
machinery through which
coordination is established
between administration and
management.

What is
Public Administration?

the management of public programs
the translation of politics into the reality
that citizens see every day
the study of government decision
making
the analysis of the policies themselves
the various inputs that have produced
them
and the inputs necessary to produce
alternative policies
Public
Administration

Public administration
is concerned with the management of public programs
and works at all levels of government, government
institution, agencies, offices (both local, national and
abroad), public administrator manage non-profit
organizations, coordinate with peoples organization, non-
government organizations & associations and interest group
at all levels.


Politics and Public Administration are interrelated and
interwoven; in fact knotted to each other.

Public administration is the a productive
partner of politics bringing the affairs of the
government to the people.
Public Administration is
Public Service.
Service to the people is the basic foundation of government
to which public administration is an essential tool in the
delivery of the plans and programs designed by the
legislative authorities for the development of the state.
Public Administration - is commonly
defined as government in action.
whatever the government does,
whether in policy making or in executing
or implementing the plans and programs
being legislated, is the action of
government.

Raul P Guzman says, Wherever there is
government there is public administration
refers to the cooperative human action to
achieve the purposes of government.

Public administration is the implementation
of government policy and also an academic
discipline that studies this implementation and
prepares civil servants for working in the public service.
Stillman (2000) has considered some definitions of
Public Administrations, cited as follows:

Public Administration is the production of
goods and services designed to serve the
needs of the citizens-consumers.
For Dimock
M., Dimock G.
& Douglas
Public Administration may be defined as all
processes, organizations and individuals (the
latter acting in official positions and roles)
associated with carrying out laws and other
rules adopted or issued by legislatures,
executives and courts
For Gordon G.
&
Milakovich
M.
Public Administration can be portrayed as a
wheel of relationships focused on the
implementation of public policy
For Johnson,
William C.
Public Administration is concerned with action
in particular concrete situations, but in
accordance with long range objectives

For White,
Leonard .D
Public Administration
1. Is a cooperative group effort in a public setting
2. Covers three branches executive legislative and
judicial and their interrelationships
3. Has an important role in the formulation of public
policy, and is thus part of the political process
4. Is different in significant ways from private
administration
5. Is closely associated with numerous private groups and
individuals in providing services to the community

For Nigro Felix
A. & Nigro,
Lloyd G.
Public Administration is a generic expression for the
entire bundle of activities that are involved in the
establishment and implementation of public policies

For Graham
CB Jr. & Hays,
S.
Public Administration is concerned with the
institutional framework of agreement, its socio-
economic and political milieu, and the behavior of
the individuals who man the bureaucratic machine.
For Presthus,
Robert
Two (2) views regarding the Nature of Public
Administration
1. Integral View
2. Managerial View
administration is the sum total of all the activities manual, clerical,
managerial, etc., which are undertaken to realize the objectives of the
organization.
the managerial activities of people who are involved in planning,
organizing, commanding, coordinating and controlling constitute Public
Administration.
SCOPE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
A. Scope of Public Administration as an activity
Public Administration embraces all the activities of the government. It
covers every area and activity within the ambit public policy.
B. Scope of Public Administration as discipline
1. Gullick sums up the scope of the subject by the letters of the word
POSDCoRB which denote: Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing,
Co-ordinating Reporting the Budgeting.

2. The subject matter view
Is more or less similar to the integral view of the nature of the public
administration.

Planning
means the working out in broad outline the things to be done,
the methods to be adopted to accomplish the purpose.
Organization
means the establishment of the formal structure of authority
through which the work is sub-divided, arranged, defined and
coordinated.
Staffing
means the recruitment and training of the personnel and their
conditions of work.
Directing
means making decisions and issuing orders
Coordinating
means inter-relating the work of various divisions,
Reporting
means informing the superiors within the agency to whom the
executive is responsible about what is going on.
Budgeting
means fiscal planning, control and accounting.


to will provide some basic information and skills
that will move toward careers as public
administrators or public managers.

To get involve in the management of public
sector

To interact with public organizations

To recognizes the importance of public
institutions and agencies in the government
process and its impact in daily lives

To acquire knowledge, competence and skills

Why study Public Administration?

THANK YOU/SUKRAN.