Public Administration
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PART 1 Page 1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 DEFINING THE KEY FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 3 2.1 Policy-making 3 2.2 Planning 3 2.3 Organising 4 2.4 Leading 5 2.5 Control and Evaluation 6
3 HOW CAN EACH FUNCTION IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS 6 3.1 Policy-making 6 3.2 Planning 7 3.3 Organising 8 3.4 Leading 8 3.5 Control and Evaluation 9
4 CONCLUSION 10
LIST OF REFERENCES 11
PART 2 1 INTRODUCTION 12
2 DEFINITION OF ETHICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 13
3 ETHICAL FOUNDATION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 14 3.1 Policy Process 14 3.2 Executive Institutions 15 3.3 Staffing 15 3.4 Financial Allocation 16 3.5 Control and Procedural Measures 16
4 CONCLUSION 18
LIST OF REFERENCES 20
PART 1
THE KEY FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND HOW THESE FUNCTIONS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC ORGAINSATION. |
1 INTRODUCTION
Public administration is a well known central activity of the government and is certain to involve bureaucracy. Most importantly it emphasises rationality, organisation and management in the pursuit of cooperation. Rosenbloom, Goldman and Ingram (1994:1) says that it is embedded in human cultures and is a mean by which societies try to control their culture, by seeking simultaneously to achieve the goals of stability and the goals to bring about change. The truth is that there is no perfect or good definition of public administration. Therefore the definition is more of a mental paralysis rather than enlightenment and stimulation. Like many institutions or organisations, public administration has key functions that are used to grow/improve their organisations.In writing the assignment the author’s main purpose is to explain the key functions of public administration which are: policy-making, planning, organising, leading, control and evaluation and to acquire the basic information.
The aim of
2 DEFINING THE KEY FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 3 2.1 Policy-making 3 2.2 Planning 3 2.3 Organising 4 2.4 Leading 5 2.5 Control and Evaluation 6
3 HOW CAN EACH FUNCTION IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS 6 3.1 Policy-making 6 3.2 Planning 7 3.3 Organising 8 3.4 Leading 8 3.5 Control and Evaluation 9
4 CONCLUSION 10
LIST OF REFERENCES 11
PART 2 1 INTRODUCTION 12
2 DEFINITION OF ETHICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 13
3 ETHICAL FOUNDATION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 14 3.1 Policy Process 14 3.2 Executive Institutions 15 3.3 Staffing 15 3.4 Financial Allocation 16 3.5 Control and Procedural Measures 16
4 CONCLUSION 18
LIST OF REFERENCES 20
PART 1
THE KEY FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND HOW THESE FUNCTIONS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC ORGAINSATION. |
1 INTRODUCTION
Public administration is a well known central activity of the government and is certain to involve bureaucracy. Most importantly it emphasises rationality, organisation and management in the pursuit of cooperation. Rosenbloom, Goldman and Ingram (1994:1) says that it is embedded in human cultures and is a mean by which societies try to control their culture, by seeking simultaneously to achieve the goals of stability and the goals to bring about change. The truth is that there is no perfect or good definition of public administration. Therefore the definition is more of a mental paralysis rather than enlightenment and stimulation. Like many institutions or organisations, public administration has key functions that are used to grow/improve their organisations.In writing the assignment the author’s main purpose is to explain the key functions of public administration which are: policy-making, planning, organising, leading, control and evaluation and to acquire the basic information.
The aim of
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