Public Administration Alaa Abd elkader Elnazer

True or False statements: 1. Public administration is concerned with the management of public programs and public administrators who shre commitments of delivering public services not making profits (T) 2. Public administrators work at all levels of government 3. Democracy is a political system at which the interest of people at small prevail (F) 4. Democracy is a political system at which the interest of people at large prevail

5. Public administration is a political system in which decision making power is widely shared among the members of the society (F) 6. Democracy is a political system in which decision making power is widely shared among the members of the society (T) 7. Individualism is an idea that the dignity and integrity of the individual is of supreme importance 8. Individualism is an idea that the dignity and integrity of the individual has the lowest importance 9. Equality is an idea that the dignity and integrity of the individual has the lowest importance

10. Equality means that each individual has an equal claim to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (T) 11. Liberty means that the citizen of a democracy should have a high degree of self determination 12. Liberty means that the citizen of a democracy should have a low degree of self determination (F) 13. Managerial Approach is related to executive function.

14. The main goal of managerial approach is efficiency 15. Political Approach is related to the legislative function in government 16. Political Approach is related to Judicial function (F) 17. Political approach is concerned with efficiency 18. Political approach is concerned with effectiveness and responsiveness 19. Legal approach is related to Judicial function

MCQ (Shows the correct answer): .................... is concerned with the management of public programs and public administrators who share commitments of delivering public services not making profits. a) Democarcy. b) Pubic Administration. c) Equality. D) Individualism. Answer: (B) .................... is a political system in which decision making power is widely shared among the members of the society. Answer: (A)

.................... is an idea that the dignity and integrity of the individual is of supreme importance. a) Democarcy. b) Pubic Administration. c) Equality. D) Individualism. Answer: D .................... each individual has an equal claim to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Answer: C

.................... citizen of a democracy should have a high degree of self determination. a) Democarcy. b) Pubic Administration. c) Liberty. D) Individalism Answer:C .................... Approach is related to executive function, its main goal is .................... a) Managerial approach, effectiveness. b) Political approach, efficiency. c) Managerial approach, efficiency. d) None of the above

Political approach is related to .................... function, it is more concerned with .................... Executive, efficiency. Executive, effectiveness. Legislative, responsiveness and effectiveness. Judicial, effectiveness. Answer: C .................... Approach is related to .................... function, whic emphasizes on how administrators apply and enforce the law in specific situation. Managerial, executive. Political, legislative. Legal, Judicial. None of the above

Which of the following are approaches of public administration? Managerial approach. Political approach. Legal approach. All of the above. Answer: D The money is not the criteria for success or failure (Related to what?) Public administration. Business administration. Answer: A Many groups access to decision process (Related to what?)

Bottom line profit is the basic measure of evaluation (Related to what Public administration. Business administration. Answer: B Managers operate with less visibility (Related to what?) Managers should keep one eye toward efficiency and other toward responsiveness (Related to what?) Answer: A The main concern is efficiency (Related to what?)

What is public administration? Public administration: is concerned with the management of public programs and public administrators who share commitments of delivering public services not making profits. Public administrators work at all levels of government, both at home and abroad, and they manage not-for profit organizations, associations, and interest groups of all kinds. The main commitment in public organizations is democracy. Democracy: political system at which the interest of people at large prevail. Democracy: political system in which decision making power is widely shared among the members of the society. Democracy: political system in which many ordinary citizens exercise a high degree of control over their leaders.

There are three main values exist in the democratic societies: Individualism : idea that the dignity and integrity of the individual is of supreme importance. It assumes that achieving the fullest potential of each individual is the best measure of the sucess of each individual member. Equality : each individual has an equal claim to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Differences in wealth or position are not sufficient reasons for giving one group preference over another. Liberty : citizen of a democracy should have a high degree of self determination (you have the maximum opportunity to select your own purpose in life and the way to achieve it).

Functions of organization: Legislative function: parliament (setting lows, public policy, government evaluation). Executive function: implementing rules (minister, public organization). Judical function.

Three related roles of public administration (approaches to study it): Managerial Approach: related to executive function. Its main goal is efficiency. Efficiency: the ability to use resources in the best way. It emphasizes the management and organization of public organizations It assumes that the management of public sector is like the private sector. Political Approach : related to the legislative function in government. It is more concerned with effectiveness or responsiveness and concerned with assuring constitutional safeguards. The Legal Approach: related to the judicial function, emphasizes how the administrators apply and enforce the law in specific situations.

Contrasting business and public administration. Differences Public administration Business administration Amibiguity The objective is ambiguous, as money is not the criteria for sucess or failure. Clear objective as the bottom line profit is the basic measure of evaluation. Pluralistic decision making Many groups access to the decision process (there is no decision centers). Decisions are made rapidly by one individual or a small group. Visibilty Greater visibility and subject to constant scrutiny by the public. Manager operate with less visibility. Publicans (the nature of work) Managers should keep one eye toward efficiency and the other toward responsiveness. The main concern is efficiency. Similarities Managers in both sectors are involved in: Questions of organizational design. Allocation of scarce resources. Management of people.

Why students study public adminstration? Many students recognize the vast array of positions in government that require training in public administration Other students, whose interests lie in technical fields such as engineering, recognize that at some point in their careers their jobs may involve management in the public sector. As business people or merely as citizens, they are likely to be called upon to interact with those in public organizations. A final group of students, a group overlapping with any of the previous three, might simply recognize the importance of public organizations, the governmental process and the impact of public organizations on their daily lives.

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