public administration Being text of the 41st inaugural lecture of Lagos State University (LASU) delivered by Prof. Iyabo Olojede‚ professor of Public Administration on Tuesday‚ May 5‚ 2009 at the MBA Auditorium. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS THIS inaugural lecture is the second from the Faculty of Management Sciences and the first from the Public Administration Unit of the Department of Industrial Relations and Public Administration. My area of specialization is “Women and Public Administration” This
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Ethics plays different rolls in public administration based upon the type of administration. After all‚ an administration is a business and it has to make money to survive. If businesses in public administration based the ethics of each individual employee‚ then the administration would fail. For example‚ a state employee dealing with welfare for a citizen feels that the citizen should get more money than authorized by the state; by allowing this for one it would only be ethical to do for everyone
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HARE FACULTY OF LAW NELSON R MANDELA SCHOOL OF LAW EAST LONDON CAMPUS INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION NAME : PETRUS KAYSTER STUDENT NO : 201317030 LECTURER : MR. S T MOKO MODULE CODE : ITL101E TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Define and describe public administration 2. Describe the basic values and principle of public administration as espoused in section 195(1) of the constitution of the Republic of South Africa (No 108 of 1996)
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NATURE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION There are two divergent views regarding the nature of the Public administration. These views are following ·Integral View. According to this view‚ Public administration is a sum total of all the activities undertaken in pursuit of and in fulfillment of public policy. These activities include not only managerial and technical but also manual and clerical. Thus the activities of all persons from top to bottom constitute administration although they are of varying
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“Richard Nixon Lacked a Moral Compass.” How Far do you Agree? The Machiavellian approach to presidency Richard Nixon took in order to cultivate and preserve his critical policy making‚ of course‚ lends itself to the idea of a completely immoral figure. His handling of the Vietnam war in attempting to remove the US “honourably” while slaughtering thousands of civilians‚ along with attempting to cover up blatant political corruption in the form of the Watergate Scandal‚ are but two episodes which
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Ethics in Public Administration Stefanie Zwack POLS501 – Public Administration 11/26/13 Literature Review “The aim of every political constitution is‚ or ought to be‚ first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern‚ and most virtue to pursue‚ the common good of the society; and in the next place‚ to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous whilst they continue to hold their public trust. The elective mode of obtaining rulers is the
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U09A1 – The Scope of Public Administration Jessica Fena Alvarez MPA5002 – Survey of Research and Practice in Public Administration Joyce Johnson Abstract The following document attempts to discuss the scope of public administration‚ including the history of public administration as a field of study; societal factors that drive the behavior of the public sector‚ different theories help define the customer of public administrators as well as equal delivery of public service and diversity
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Principles of Public Administration 1.0 Introduction. This article discusses how have principles of public administration been applied to positively advance each of the following fields: education‚ transportation‚ health care‚ community development‚ law enforcement‚ and environmental policy. Also‚ the article hypothesizes what would become of the aforementioned services in the absence of a public administration system. The means by which public administration achieves its goals and the responsibilities
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Studying the Models of Public Administration MODELS OF COMPARITIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONINTRODUCTION Before going to the models‚ it is important to understand the different terminologies used in the subject: 1. APPROACH: An Approach is based primarily on one central concept. That is thought to be especially useful in studying basic features of public administration. Approaches are general in nature. 2. MODELS: Models can be considered as a refined and more specific version of approaches
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PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Unit I Meaning‚ nature and scope of Public Administration; Relation of Public Administration to other Social Sciences; Public and Private Administration; The role of Public Administration in the Modern State; Responsive Administration. Unit II Bases of Organization – Primacy of the Functional base; Principles of Organization; Hierarchy; Span of Control; Delegation of Authority; Centralisation and Decentralisation; Control over Administration: Legislative‚ Executive
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