Public administration is not a science or an art. Public administration is known as a "craft" for many reasons. It is not science because there isn’t an entirely correct way of doing it‚ there are no equations that will constitute efficiency or effectiveness for sure. Science is all about facts‚ a scientific rule is one that works all the time. Although administrators use scientific laws‚ techniques‚ and data‚ they do so in ways that give individual imagination and temperament free rein. There
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in days to go a day with our phone which for most of us is how we get the information so that we can live our lives. However‚ since we have access to so much information that it can be hard for us to choice what information is important to us. In Speaking Tongues by Zabie Smith‚ she talks about the power of using different voices when talking to different people and why people and what people gain from changing their voices. In Strange Creatures by Susan Blackmore she talks about the what it means
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Public Shaming Is Shameful 11/20/2011 Public shaming is a demeaning practice that should not be used. It has spanned the ages‚ changed its techniques‚ and yet produced little results. There are other forms of disciplines that can be used before resorting to a method that does not work. Public shaming is where a criminal is humiliated in public instead of receiving an imprisonment. Some of the practices that public shaming might include are branding‚ stoning‚ mutilation‚ and different
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For this assignment‚ I have chosen to write about Geraldine Keams. I first heard of Ms Keams on one of the first videos we referenced for this course. In the video A Conversation with Vine Deloria‚ Jr. Ms Keams was the primary interviewer of Vine Deloria‚ Jr. When watching the video I was upset of the condescending tone and activist mindset Mr. Deloria was portraying in front of the young impressionable students in the video. Out of curiosity‚ I researched the young students in the video to confirm
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Similarities and Differences of discriminatory treatment of African and Asian Americans Even though Asians came to America voluntarily and African Americas were brought involuntarily as slaves (a significant difference)‚ both share similar discrimination experiences at the hands of White Americans fighting to maintain their dominance. Similarities: Unequal pay‚ limited job opportunities as agricultural labors and domestic servants‚ defended the United States in segregated military regiments‚ refused
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Individual Reflection : Handling Difficult Conversations Mariah Kamal A00452085 Walden University Due: November 1‚ 2013 Submitted: November 18‚ 2013 Abstract This paper is my individual relection on how to handle difficult conversations. We are faced with difficulty to transfer the message we want the other to understand and comply or support. Because of this complexity of communication barrier we end up in a conflict or a confrontation. When this happens we let go of the problem
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Useful Expressions Various Expressions used in asking for and expressing opinions Function | Expressions | Asking for an opinion | What’s your opinion on…What do you think of…What are your views on … | Do you have anything to add?Don’t you think that… | Giving opinions | I believe that..I am certain that..I must say..It is quite clear that..I maintain that ..I am sure that …As far as I am concerned ..I suppose . .. | From my point of view ..In my opinion..I think that…I would say that …It seems
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AB Foreign Service / 3rd year Public Diplomacy Homework #1 1. Cite a country that gives preference to the use of hard power over the use of soft power as their public diplomacy. In your opinion‚ is that country effective in using hard power? Give an example and states your reason why. A country that gives preference to the use of hard power instead of soft power in relation to their Public diplomacy is China. China is evidently one of the most powerful
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General Back ground of study Public administration is a new developed science in the social sciences which was first seen in the writing of Woodrow Wilson. For Woodrow‚ he saw public administration being very empirical and feasible‚ being able to stand on its own separate from political Science if it followed the guidelines of detailed and systemic approaches in the execution of government public law. Consequently‚ for many years Public administration has been studied together with
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1. What do you think of the way Chapman handled the accusations from Peters and his conversation with Anderson? How would you have handled them? I think that Chapman was both right and wrong about what he did. He met in private with Anderson to discuss the matter and let her know that Peters was uncomfortable with her showing affection for Peters‚ that part was right. What was wrong is that in the conversation he included “We don’t think it’s right for people of different races to pursue each
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