But is it public Administration?: The Place of Voluntary Sector Management in the Discipline.

Hygiene Factors in the Management of Volunteer Organizations Volunteer Sector: Its Public Essence

Voluntary sector is a large and growing in our country today, and many of this are in the process of institutionalization. institutionalization. Thus, the demand to learn how to manage their operation systematically, efficiently and effectively. Besides the effectively. significant role in civil society in governance is becoming increasingly recognized, propelled in diverse ways by the trend towards democratization and globalization. globalization.

Is it really Public Administration? YES . But let me define and take you to academic voyage of the evolution of Public in Public Administration. Administration.

As Waldo (1965:24) stated:

The meaning of Public in Public Administration is the organizing concept in delineating the field. field.

i.

As the management of governmental organization ii. As the provision of public goods and services iii. As governance for the public interest

As the Management of Governmental Organization

The first meaning of Public is a synonym of Government . This is the meaning of the phrases:
Public School Public Hospital Public Agency Public Funds Public Official

 This is also the original meaning of the modifier Public in Public Administration.

As the Provision of Public Goods and Services

The 2nd meaning of Public is refers to the collective as beneficiary of Public Goods those whose benefits are indivisible and with significant externalities. Examples are:
 Public Utility  Public Health  Public Policy

As Governance for the Public Interest

The 3rd meaning of Public in Public Administration is as the People the presumed beneficiary of government and providers of other public goods as well as the embodiment of the collective in a nation.

As Governance for the Public Interest

The philosophy of public administration and public philosophy as a whole have always given a central place to the people as embodied in ideas of Public Interest or the Public Good .

The Volunteer Sector in the Continuum of Publicness-Privateness Publicness-

According to Barry Bozeman (1987), in a seminal book. 1987), book. Stated that all organization are Public . If that is true, the obverse would also be true: All organization are Private true:

The Volunteer Sector in the Continuum of PublicnessPublicness-Privateness

Bozeman argue that some government organization are private in that: that:
Some of their good are purely private or intermediate between the purely private and purely public. (1987:50) public. 1987:50) Public ownership is diluted, thus power is delegated to managers. (1987:54) managers. 1987:54)

The Volunteer Sector in the Continuum of PublicnessPublicness-Privateness

Cont
Some administration motive is self-interest, even when selfthe stated organization motive is not. (1987:53) not. 1987:53)  A public manager will have a great opportunity to increased his well being at the expense of the owner s wealth to a greater extent that a manager of a proprietary concern because it is relatively less costly to do so. (Bozeman 1987:53, quoting Davies 1981:115) so. 1987:53, 1981:115)

Comparison of Business, Public and Voluntary Sector Management

Sphere of Operation Purpose Personnel Administration Client Participation Fund Generation Structure to whom Accountable

Business Administration Public Administration Voluntary Sector Management

Market State Civil Society

Business Administration

Public Administration

Voluntary Sector Management

For Public Service For Profit For Public Service For Members Fulfillment

Qualification of Staff
Business Administration Technical Public Administration Technical Voluntary Sector Management Technical Value Commitment

Retention of Staff
Business Administration Based on Performance Public Administration Based on Performance Voluntary Sector Management Dependent on Interest and Commitment

Reward System
Business Administration Largely Pecuniary Public Administration Largely Pecuniary Voluntary Sector Management Largely Psychic

Discipline
Business Administration Based on Rules Public Administration Based on Rules Voluntary Sector Management Moral Suasion and Self Regulation

Business Administration Through Buying of Goods

Public Administration Originally as Passive Recipients

Voluntary Sector Management Promotion of Involvement of Citizens

Business Administration Profit Making

Public Administration Taxation

Voluntary Sector Management Philanthropy Income generating projects Some Public Funding

Business Administration

Public Administration
Bureaucracy Public, Through Government Officials

Voluntary Sector Management

Association Public, through its Board.

Bureaucracy Owners

BA

PA

Personnel Issues
Inclusion of commitment as a qualification Role of values in motivation and discipline Nurturance of idealism in public service Value-based leadership and followership

Role of Citizens in Governance

Role model for citizen empowerment Causes and consequences of involvement in democratization and governance Understanding role of the state and growth of civil society

Fund Generation
Performance-based financing Analysis of Philanthropy and gift-giving Social capital

Organizational Structure
Alternative to bureaucracy. What steering means Co-production of goods by government and NGO s Public service configuration

Ledivina V. Carino But it is Public Administration?The Place of Volountary Sector Management in the Discipline Introduction to PA in the Philippines: A Reader 2nd edition, UP NCPAG 2003

But is it public Administration? The Place of Voluntary Sector Management in the Discipline.
By: Sherwin M. Arcipe

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