POL 3037F Word Count: (3245) ESSAY 01 TUTOR: Lauren Van Rheede TOPIC: You are a senior official (Director-General) in a South African government department. A new minister has been appointed to the department. Your assignment will take the form of a briefing by a director-general to his/her minister. You are required to write a briefing to the new minister setting what changes might be made in government policy to improve the performance of the department. The briefing must include historical
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In public administration and as well as other entities‚ organizational success largely depends on its structure. Over the years many theories have been developed regarding the structure of organizations. In this paper‚ I will be focusing on Fredrick Taylor‚ Adam Smith‚ Henri Fayol‚ Luther Gulick‚ Max Weber and Gilbreth. These "structuralists" provide with different models of organizational structural theories. Frederick Taylor was the father of modern efficiency model. Around early 1900 ’s‚ he
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get along with one another A. won’t help a worker become more productive. B. has little use outside the workplace. C. for most people is a difficult thing to do. D. can improve a person’s personal life. 2. Among the qualities listed on the Human Relations Scale‚ the most important one for building new relationships is A. self-confidence. B. a sense of humor. C. self-honesty. D. consideration. 3. In general‚ becoming a good listener is difficult for most of us because A. not-listening is a
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Human Relations can be defined as the term which “covers all types of interactions among people- their conflict‚ co-operate efforts and group relationship. It is the study of why our beliefs‚ attitudes and behavior sometimes cause relationship problem in our personal lives and work related situation”. (Communication for Management‚ class notes‚ 2012) Effective human relations have an influence on our work by creating a good atmosphere‚ the climate of cooperation and trust promotes productive workers
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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Names | Country/Date/Era | Theory/Definition/Statement | 1-Aristotle | Greek/384 BC –322/Ancient philosophy | He was of the approach that administering society’s public decision and allocating its public resources. The approach recognizes the ambiguity of administrative discretion and the fact that administrators depend on substantive norms (values) to guide their interpretation of law and their allocation of resources. | 2-John Locke | England
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Short Questions 1. What seven themes emerge from a study of human relations? Describe each one briefly The seven themes are communication‚ self-awareness‚ self-acceptance‚ motivation‚ trust‚ self-disclosure and conflict resolution. Communication is the foundation of the study of human relations. It includes expression of views and emotions via words and body language. Self awareness‚ self acceptance‚ self disclosure and trust are all inter related. They refer to our ability to understand ourselves
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presenting is demographic age would be between 30- 45‚ females & males and any all races. Topic: The field of Human Services are well defined‚ contacting the objective of meeting human needs with proper knowledge‚ focusing on prevention‚ remediation of problems‚ and maintaining a obligation to improving the general quality of life of service populations “What Is Human Services?” “What Is Human Services?” “Web. 23 Feb. 2015.” Rhetorical Purpose: Vocational Rehabilitation is a program that provides
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their own policies and performance. These are the key questions our roundtable participants suggested that any state should ask as it seeks to improve the performance of its higher education institutions in advancing public priorities. 1. To what extent has a state defined the public purposes it expects higher education institutions to help accomplish? Are the purposes a state seeks to achieve through its colleges and universities clearly articulated? Do institutional leaders and policymakers share
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Looking for a Career Option in the Field of Public Relations? This section features Public Relations as a career option‚ elaborated with reference to the job profile‚ personality traits required‚ the courses and training involved‚ premier institutions and future prospects. Public Relation is a management function that involves monitoring and evaluating public attitudes and maintaining mutual relations and understanding between an organisation and its public. Public could include shareholders‚ government
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Ethics on Abortion in South Carolina Ethics in Public Administration Dr. Esteves July 22‚ 2012 Courtney Washington For a long time‚ there has been a struggle in accepting whether or not abortion was a right that women had and simply ethical. Since ethics are built off your morals‚ principles‚ standards‚ and sometimes religious beliefs people struggle with the fact of seeing abortion as an ethical decision. This has been an ongoing controversy for the nation and not most importantly the state
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