What is Public Administration and the Role of the Public Administrator
Cynthia A. Fortune
California State University Northridge
MPA 610
September 20, 2012
Dr. Suzanne Beaumaster
WHAT IS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR?
Public Administration is a function of government, a government in action, be it a local agency, city, county, state or federal government. It is the process by which non-elected government employees implement rules, regulations, laws, policies and procedures established by the elected or appointed officials. It is the carrying out of public law and regulations.
The Role of the Public Administrator is to ensure that all these rules, regulations, etc., established by the elected or
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In addition, the administrator must be prepared to handle any emergency or contingency during the planning, directing and implementation of the service (he/she better have a Plan B).
The administrator leads, delegates, plan, hires, and manages. He/she also evaluates the services provided to the public and measures the performance, effectiveness, productivity and efficiency of the implementation of the services. Our role as administrators is to ensure that the government entity we work for provides services and programs to our community through the efficient and effective use of available resources.
In the world of finance, I, as a financial manager of a city, provide guidelines to other city departments on planning and preparing their proposed budgets. These guidelines include justifying the services they currently provide and the revenue sources that support these services. Should a department request additional funding for a new service or program, I
Public Administration is the implementation of the government policy and also it’s the discipline that studies the implementation and prepares civil servants for working in public service. Its goal is to advance management and policies so that the government is able to function. In Public Administration a lot of topics are discussed, but if it weren’t for the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and Federalist papers. How far would the world get on a day to day bases?
"Classical Organizational Theory deals with the 'systematic processes necessary to make bureaucracy more efficient and effective.' Name three scholars that are credited with the development of classical organization thought that most correctly fit into this definition of Classical Organizational Theory. What were the basic arguments articulated by each in their contributions to the development of Classical Organizational Theory?"
Public administration is just like any other administration that is for the public’s interest and its main purpose serves as a government policy. It is a course of action that is taken through government party into a policy. Public administration is the management of public programs. It is considered a public affair that works mainly with the executive branch and is part of governmental functions.
Ensure that the Kendleton Farm is fully staffed twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week
Bureaucrat is a dirty word to some people in modern society, so how can a bureaucracy be a good thing? Many Public Administration theorist, argue that bureaucracy is essential to the growth and expansion of the United States. Most of the criticism of the bureaucracy within the government is based on myth versus reality. Federal agencies play a critical and a valuable role within society and are indispensable to the operations of the federal government. Bureaucracy can be simply defined as the system in which decision are made by Public Administrators rather than elected officials (legislator) within the government. However, when the average citizen of just says the single word bureaucracy thoughts and images of evoked over how negative
Oversee and lead yearly planning and arranging process in conjunction with the Executive Director; control and audit every single monetary arrangement and spending plans; screen advance and changes; and keep senior administration group side by side of the association's budgetary status.
According to Cooper (2012), the tree types of conflicts of responsibility administrators’ face in their daily working environments are conflicts of authorities, role conflicts, and conflicts of interest.
Administrators must be accountable to elected and appointed officials. These officials are the policy makers and tend to reflect their own politics or self-interests when creating policy. This is not meant to imply elected officials or appointees are corrupt, but simply stated they have their own ideas to address the concerns of the public they serve. Administrators have the burden of implementing the policies created by these officials in an effort to benefit the public while achieving the goal of the policy makers. This burden is made more difficult by the fact that the administrators are likewise accountable to the public they serve. This conflict is even more complicated with additional layers of
Next, is administrative responsibility? Simply put this is a shared responsibility between public officials. Our officials need to determine a way in order lead without division of said responsibilities. This should be performed collectively and not just individually.
Effective administrators practice good values like honesty and integrity while making decisions based on solid information and following legislative rules. Decision making should be based upon professional, scientific and moral reasoning. Public Administration serves the goods and needs of the citizens, and the success of an organization relies heavily on personnel with strong value systems. “How can an administrator
As a public administrator, you often are tasked with managing or leading a project, staff, and resources of an entity. That entity could be a public, non-profit or private entity. To effectively manage those tasks, you must first understand any goals, mission, and directive that are applicable to the entity. Also, you should know any legal guidelines, regulations, codes, policies, procedures, and laws that apply to your entity or to the task you wish to undertake. Additionally, you should be open to prepare for adjusting all the above as needed so that you may better serve your constituents. The entity is forever changing.
One of the political functions of public administration is implementing the public interest. Public interest is generally presumed to be commonly accepted good. In ideal world, clear eyes and rational minds are common enough to produce what is commonly good. You are behind a veil and don’t know what group of society you belong to; you would make the best unbiased decision for common. But in real world, where individuals have political leanings and self-interests, it is really difficult to find a common accepted good. If we live in democracy where the legislative body is determined by votes of citizens that form the society, we should assume that the legislative body will produce public interest disinterestedly by considering constituencies’ preferences. But we know it is nearly impossible. Therefore, it is one the most controversial areas of public administration. Public interest can be observed in two different phases: Decision-making process and implementation. How it will be created and how it is implemented? In my opinion, here is the most important criteria is the time and technology. Time changes perceptions of citizens and administrators. Technology increases the individuals’ access to information and makes it possible analyze the data faster. Today, citizens can reach the information at the decision-making and implementation process easily. This fact changes the attitudes toward public interest faster than the leaders or administrators would change their attitudes on
Public administrators should understand that in a bureaucratic system, they are essential for good governance. Thus, they are in a position to represent the public and its needs to the government (Warner, 2001). As stated earlier, the role of policies is to provide a framework for solving problems. Therefore, from a general perspective, the analytic work in problem-solving moves toward a certain direction, thus from the
Admin can get the information regarding Survey Mapping, Road and Rail Network, Traffic Management, electrical Utilities, public buildings, land use, Water Resource Management, Public utilities, Ward-Wise population, Transport Network, Geo-morphological.
In order to understand a concept take it bit by bit, therefore before understanding public administration (PAD), administration has to be understood first. According to Heywood (2002:363)administration generally means the task of coordinating and executing policies, it implies assisting or serving others. All civil servants are involved in administration. He goes on to say Public Administration refers to the mechanisms and institutions through which public policies are put into effect.