Public relations have been regarded as an important tool in maintaining and enhancing the relationships between an organisation and its publics. There are different models of public relations that organisation adopt to reach mutual understandings between their publics or to demonstrate its organisational desire to its publics. Grunig and Hunt (1984) define the communication theory as a fundamental tool of enhancing and maintaining the relationship between an organisation and its publics‚ which can
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Luther Gulick’s Managerial Perspective on Public Administration: Gulick believed that we should separate politics and administration and was a huge fan of Henri Fayol whose major study is discipline was management. He believed that adherence to a core set of management principles would help organizations achieve optimum performance in working toward their goals. Gulick coined division of labor‚ the principle of unity of command and also span of control. Span of control dictates that superiors
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Discuss the various meanings‚ concepts of and ideas on Public Administration as a field of study and practice. “Public Administration as defined is the organization and Management of men and materials to achieve the purposes of government.” It’s the art and science of management as applied to affairs of the state. Cited in Waldo‚1955. It has dual usages: as a field of practice and as a field of study. Meaning “both a professional and scholarly discipline” (Ocampo‚1993) which has been much influenced
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discuss the public interest and the administrative responsibility. Discuss some of the recent ethical obligations confronting public administrators in their day to day decision making. Also we will examine the recent trend in privatizing government functions. Finally‚ we will discuss if privatizing posses any type of dilemma’s for the attainment of public interest. Former Senator from Illinois‚ Paul Douglas said that” Instead‚ most men want a life of integrity and goodwill in which public officials
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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION Overview of Procurement Procurement is the acquisition of goods‚ works and services at the best total cost of ownership‚ in the right quality and quantity and at the right time. It also involves the acquisition of goods and services at the right place and from the right source. Public Procurement is the acquisition of goods‚ works and services by Government Ministries Departments and Agencies. In an effort to provide development and fulfil
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the rest of his life‚ Ashoka preached the principles of Buddhism not only in his vast empire‚ but also sent missions abroad. Ashoka built a number of rock edicts and pillars to spread the gospel of Buddhism. ADMINISTRATION UNDER ASHOKA Before the Kalinga war‚ the Mauryan administration under Ashoka was not different from that of his predecessors. Ashoka‚ like previous Mauryan kings‚ was at the head of the centralized administrative system. He was helped by a council of ministers that was in charge
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role of public administration in modern society What role should public administration play in this modern society? In answering this question‚ the best way is to know the fundamental governance principles that public administration is a result of the collective consent of the citizens to be governed and the fact that the world has gone too modern. The first among the principles is expressed as “public office is a public trust.” With this‚ every decision or action resulting from public administration
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ANCIENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PRACTICES IN GREECE‚ IN ROME‚ IN ENGLAND AND IN INDIA ➢ Greece and Judea (a Roman province) introduced basic concepts and values on government and public life. Politics‚ philosophy and law were also first developed here. However‚ administrative culture was yet to be developed. (1) ➢ Because of the increase in the complexity of government activity‚ the administrative culture we associate with our contemporary world emerged in the Alexandrian Era (AD 412‚ before
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Contemporary issues in Nigeria public administration. Title: Meritocratic abuse in the Nigeria public sector BY EKANEM VIVIEN ONYINYE Matric no: 2004/Degree/DL0766 Department of public administration and local government University of Nigeria Nsuka. A seminar paper presented in the partial fulfillment of the
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SESSION Course Code: PAD 211 Course Title: Public Administration in Nigeria Unit: 3 Units Course Lecturers: JOSHUA‚ Segun and Mrs Exellence-Oluye Nchekwube Semester: Alpha Time: Tuesday 8am - 10am and Thursday 12 noon -1PM Location: Tuesday G201 and Thursday G301 Brief overview of the course: The course examines the origin‚ scope and growth of Public Administration in Nigeria. It gives a purview of Public Administration from colonial era till date. It discusses the
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