GHANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION GRADUATE SCHOOL OF gOVERNANCE & lEADERSHIP MASTERS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FALL 2014 SYLLABUS Instructor: Agyemang Frimpong‚ PhD Email: afrimpong@gimpa.edu.gh Phone: Ext. 1041 Office Location: School of Governance & Leadership‚ Room 8 Office Hours: Tues/Wed(11am-2pm) & By Appointments
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Review of “A New Vision for Public Administration” Charles T. Goodsell Public Administration Review‚ 66.4‚ July/August 2006: 623:635 Theme The theme of the article by Goodsell is illustrating “how public administration in the United States can be seen on its own terms‚ and not those of others” (p. 634). This article argue that the professors and practitioners of the field have inadvertently allowed it to be observed and interpreted from standpoints imposed by others who are external to
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discretion and administrative law. Bureaucratic discretion factors heavily into the administrative process‚ as public administrators try to put into effect what Congress makes (politically) through broad and sometimes vague mandates. Agencies are granted considerable discretion to take Congressional mandates and funds and put them into practice so as to produce a specific outcome. How public sector employees do this varies from agency to agency; but the number of variables involved in programmatic design
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the profession of public administration. Later‚ in 2005‚ the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) classified equity as the fourth pillar of public administration‚ alongside the well-established pillars of economy‚ efficiency‚ and effectiveness (Norman-Major‚ 2011). Already accustomed to the established pillars of public administration‚ the incorporation of equity has presented challenges for public administrators. Norman-Major (2011) argues that the primary reasons public administrators
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Makerere University College of Business and Management Sciences 2012 MBA YEAR II Public Sector Administration and Management MBS8118 (Nov 2013) Presented by . Francis Patrick Makayi Task Using your understanding of the knowledge of Uganda’s Public sector‚ what are the major challenges facing the country’s public sector? What prescriptions would you offer to address the challenges? Facilitator: Professor Basheka List of Acronyms HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus KCCA- Kampala
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Modern Theory- “Management is an art of getting things done through people.” The modern organizational theory is regarded as recent development in management theory. They represent integrative approach to management. There is no one best way of doing things under all conditions. Methods and techniques which are highly effective in one situation may not work in other situations. Situation plays an important role in application of management function. Functions are universal but their application
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Public administration plays a major role in the functioning of our community. It helps with the implementation of government policy to imply and prepare civil servants for working in the public service. Although public administration is a major source for the betterment of the community. Trying to grasp the idea of how public administration work‚ can be difficult because there are many fields that make up public administration. When people ask what public administration is? “It is a complex interdisciplinary
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Both the public sector and the private sector depend on each other to operate efficiently and to serve the interest of the general populace.They therefore work hand in hand to the good of the society. The distinction between public and private can be seen as one of the “grand dichotomies” of Western thought (Weintraub‚ 1997: 1). It is also a dichotomy that dominates the field of public administration where it is mostly defined as a binary distinction between the realm
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Today’s public administrators face many dilemmas in regard to ethical conduct. This is not because today’s public administrators are inherently evil. This is mainly due to the elevated level of scrutiny placed on today’s public administrators. Network television and the emergence of the internet have facilitated this scrutiny; however the blame cannot be solely attributed to these forms of media. Some public administrators make questionable moral decisions that help amplify the public perception
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and 2 Public management and administration an introduction 1. What does bureaucracy mean? (use Weber for reference) 2. Why did a new model for Public Management emerge around the 90’s? (what were push factors) 3. What is the difference between Public Administration and Public Management 4. Please give an example from real life Public Management that shows that “there is no one best way” and give arguments for your position (0‚5 A4 aprox.) Ch 1 and 2 Understanding Public Management
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