Dimensions in Public Administration
Public administration encompasses several dimensions including public policy, organization, management, ethics, ecology, and performance accountability. Public policy is government decisions that influence citizens' lives, while management involves overseeing business operations. Understanding the differences between administration and management is crucial in the public sector, where administration focuses on executing policies and procedures, and management involves achieving goals efficiently. Organization plays a key role in identifying work tasks, delegating responsibilities, and establishing effective relationships for goal achievement.
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SEVERAL DIMENSIONS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 1. PUBLIC POLICY 1. PUBLIC POLICY 2. ORGANISATION 2. ORGANISATION 3. 3. MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT 4. ETHICS 4. ETHICS 5. ECOLOGY 5. ECOLOGY 6. PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY 6. PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY
PUBLIC POLICY Public policy is whatever government decides to do or not to do (Shafritz & Russell,1997) Public policy is the sum of government activities, whether acting directly or through agents, as it has an influence on the life of citizens (Peters, 1999)
MANAGEMENT Management is a multi-purpose organ with the following responsibilities: Managing Business Managing Managers Managing worker and work (Peter Drucker, The Principles of Management, 1954) Management is the process of designing and maintaining environment in which individual, working together in groups, efficiently accomplish selected aims (Koontz and Weihrich, 2012) 1. 2. 3.
The differences betweeen ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION Oxford dictionary: Management is to conduct, to control the course of affairs by one s own action; Management involves: 1. Achievement of result 2. Personal responsibility by the manager for result being achieved Oxford dictionary: an act of administering which is then to manage the affairs of or to direct or superintend the execution , use or conduct of; Administration essentially involves following instruction and service
The differences betweeen ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT ( Hughes, 2003) MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION Application to public sector: 1. Public Administration is an activity serving the public, and public servant carry out policies derived from others 2. Concerning with procedures, with translating policies into action and with office management 3. Public administration focuses on process, on procedures and propriety Application to public sector: 1.Management does include administration, but also involves organization to achieve objectives with maximum efficiency as well as responsibility for result
ORGANIZATION Organization is the process of identifying and grouping work to be performed, defining and delegating responsibility and authority and establishing relationships for the purpose of enabling people to work most effectively together in accomplishing objectives (Allen 1958)
ETHICS The Oxford English Dictionary define ethics as the science of morals and moral principles. It is very often used as a synonym or even an interchangeable expression for terms like values, norms, standards, integrity, morality,etc
ECOLOGY Webster Dictionary: The branch of biology that deals with relations between living organisms and their environment, in sociology, the relationship between the distribution, of human groups with reference to material resources, and the consequent social and cultural patterns The primary emphasis in the literature on the ecology of public administration has been on social, political and economic dimensions of yhe environment
PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY The word accountable was first used in English in 1583, in a financial contects; The shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines accountable as liable to be called on to render an account of it; Administrative accountability is an organizational imperative, it intends to evaluate performance in terms of goals
