political nor judicial. The concept of civil service was prevalent in India from ancient times. The Mauryan administration employed civil servants in the name of adhyakshas and rajukas. The examination for civil servants in those days too was very stringent as quoted by Kautilya’s Arthasastra. The expanse of the territory and the need to hold it intact made it imperative for the Mauryan administration to recruit civil servants based on merit. The concept of civil service again came into prominence when
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the Challenges Faced by a Public Administrator Chesnee L. Martin April 25‚ 2013 Dr. Angela Smith PAD: 500 Modern Public Administration Strayer University ABSTRACT In 1947‚ the blast at Centralia No. 5 in Illinois killed one hundred and eleven men. This disaster could have been easily prevented if the administrators who took an oath to protect and serve their community would have taken these vows seriously. The paper will give identify and explain steps the public administrator in the incident
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The Contextless Nature of Public Administration in third world countries by M.Shamsul Haque. In this article Shamsul haq has given a deep glance to a very sensitive issue of public administration. A country should have to opt administrative system parallel to its indigenous structure otherwise it will not be able to grow. Living standard of people will remain low. The third world countries have borrowed their systems from the developed nations. These countries will remain under-developed due
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WHY CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS FAIL Charles Polidano Office of the Prime Minister Auberge de Castille‚ Valletta CMR 02‚ Malta Tel: +356 224395 Fax: +356 246362 E-mail: charles.polidano@magnet.mt IDPM Public Policy and Management Working Paper no.16 http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/idpm_dp.htm idpm@man.ac.uk March 2001 Abstract Tactical choices in the design and implementation of civil service reform can determine whether it succeeds or fails. Yet researchers have paid scant attention to tactical
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THE ROLE OF BUREAUCRACY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF AFRICA. (GHANA AS A CASE STUDY) By Mawuli Komla Kottoh A research proposal submitted to the CHINESE SCHOLARSHIP COUNCIL in partial fulfilment of the requirement for Master’s degree scholarship in public administration in international development at Tsinghua University. March 2015. ABSTRACT Even though the public sector in African countries is expected to spearhead socioeconomic development to reduce poverty‚ it has proved largely ineffective
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goal. Responsibility can be divided. There is no need to limit the discretion of subordinates by any rules or regulations other than that underlying all business activities‚ namely‚ to render their operations profitable. The objectives of public administration cannot be measured in money terms and cannot be checked by accountancy methods. Take a nationwide police system like the CBI. There is no yardstick available that could establish whether the expenses incurred by one of its regional or local
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Academy of Sciences of Moldova‚ Chisinau‚ Moldova‚ pp 102-106‚ MODELING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: NORMATIVE VERSUS OPERATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRADITION IN EU MEMBER STATES Theodore N. Tsekos Assistant Professor of Public Administration The Higher Institute for Technological Education of Kalamata 1. THE EUROPEAN ADMINISTRATIVE DIVERSITY European states share some common political traditions: free elections‚ public participation and accountability‚ freedom of speech‚ local self-government
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123 The Managerial approach Origin and Values The managerial approach was originated from the civil service reform movement which requested the idea of “businesslike manner” in public administration. The three core values of managerial approach addressed by Woodrow Wilson are the idea of “maximaization” in three aspects — effectiveness‚ efficiency and economy. With regard to the maximaization of effectiveness‚ it is talking about what the government can do in successful and proper ways
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Reinventing Government (New Public Management) To know the real meaning of “reinventing government‚” let us take a look first on the definition of reinventing or reinvent. Merriam Dictionary defines reinvent as “to remake or redo completely‚” meaning to change‚ transform or amend; hence‚ reinventing government means transforming the government into a new face. It is believed that for a government to be effective and efficient‚ it needs strategic government reforms. According to Osborne (2007)‚ in
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Title Author(s) A comparative study of the civil service of Hong Kong and Singapore Hin‚ Ada; 禤雅儀 Citation Issue Date URL Rights 2004 http://hdl.handle.net/10722/30789 Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License I. Introduction In recent decades‚ many Asian countries have been going through remarkable changes and developments‚ both in terms of economic‚ technological and political aspects. The Civil Service‚ whose contributions to the economy and
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