Limitations Of Administrator's Discretion
Explain the Limitations on Administrator's Discretion with Regard to Responsiveness and Efficiency.
Public administrators face many obstacles and roadblocks in order to efficiently run their agencies. Sometimes, the legislative laws, or rules they have to abide by need to be altered, or utilized in a fashion to better maintain the everyday need of the agency. In order to make sure that the administrator is using discretion that follows the laws of the this country, objective responsibility, subjective responsibility and representative bureaucracy all play a role.
Objective responsibility is the when the legislation limits the efforts of administrators with careful and specific measures. At first glance, it would seem that this method
would be ineffective because of the scrutinization the administration would be under. However, a stream of democracy must also be incorporated within this responsibility.
Subjective responsibility has to do with the teaching of public administration to students who may become government administrators. Ethical issues that students may face when they become involved with agencies are heavily introduced. This method is used to accommodate the growing amount of people wanting to enter the public administration field so they will have sufficient training in assuring responsiveness.
Representative bureaucracy is basically the idea that having people work within agencies that are of certain demographics that cater to those citizens of the same demographic will prove more responsive and efficient. The notion is flawed, however, due to the fact that there is no real proof that these people who work within the agency will accurately reflect those the agency is serving. Plus, just because the demographic is the same, will other issues the agency needs to address be adequately taken care of simply because the race of both the employees and the people they serve are the same?
These are all ways that limitations of administrative discretion are placed on administrators. Without them, the citizens the agencies are supposed to help may not effectively do so. Not only that, but non-compliance with legislation would lead to a possible shut down of the agency or programs it offers. How would the public benefit from that?
Public administrators face many obstacles and roadblocks in order to efficiently run their agencies. Sometimes, the legislative laws, or rules they have to abide by need to be altered, or utilized in a fashion to better maintain the everyday need of the agency. In order to make sure that the administrator is using discretion that follows the laws of the this country, objective responsibility, subjective responsibility and representative bureaucracy all play a role.
Objective responsibility is the when the legislation limits the efforts of administrators with careful and specific measures. At first glance, it would seem that this method
would be ineffective because of the scrutinization the administration would be under. However, a stream of democracy must also be incorporated within this responsibility.
Subjective responsibility has to do with the teaching of public administration to students who may become government administrators. Ethical issues that students may face when they become involved with agencies are heavily introduced. This method is used to accommodate the growing amount of people wanting to enter the public administration field so they will have sufficient training in assuring responsiveness.
Representative bureaucracy is basically the idea that having people work within agencies that are of certain demographics that cater to those citizens of the same demographic will prove more responsive and efficient. The notion is flawed, however, due to the fact that there is no real proof that these people who work within the agency will accurately reflect those the agency is serving. Plus, just because the demographic is the same, will other issues the agency needs to address be adequately taken care of simply because the race of both the employees and the people they serve are the same?
These are all ways that limitations of administrative discretion are placed on administrators. Without them, the citizens the agencies are supposed to help may not effectively do so. Not only that, but non-compliance with legislation would lead to a possible shut down of the agency or programs it offers. How would the public benefit from that?