Public Administration: - V.V.M.Sateesh

Public Administration
Introduction
- V.V.M.Sateesh
Administration
Ad + Ministrare (latin words)
(to serve/to manage)
= Management of affairs
Public - People/Government
Administration-Definition
E.N. Gladden: Administration is a long and slightly
pompous word, but is has a humble meaning, for it
means, to care for or look after people, to manage
affairs is determined action taken in pursuit of a
conscious purpose.
Felix A. Nigro: Administration is the organization and
use of men and materials to accomplish a purpose.
Herbert A. Simon: In its broadest sense,
administration can be defied as the activities of groups
cooperating to accomplish common goals.
Pfiffener: Administration is the organization and
direction of human and material resources to achieve
desired ends.
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Public Administration-Definition
Woodrow Wilson: Public Administration is detailed
and systematic execution of Law. Every particular
application of Law is an act of administration.
L.D. White: Public Administration consists of all those
operations having for their purpose the fulfillment or
enforcement of public policy.
Luther Gulick: Public Administration is that part of the
science of administration which has to do with
Government and thus concerns itself primarily with the
executive branch where the work of government is
done, though there are obviously problems in
connection with the legislative and judicial branches.
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Public Administration-Definition
Simon: By Public Administration is meant in common
usage, the activities of the executive branches of the
national, state and local Governments.
Pfiffner: Public Administration is concerned with the
administration of the Government.
Willoughby: The term administration may be employed in
Political Science in two senses. In its broadest sense it
denotes the work involved in the actual conduct of
governmental affairs, regardless of the particular branch of
government concerned. In its narrowest sense, it denotes
the operations of the administrative branch only. As
students of Public Administration we are concerned with
the narrowest meaning of the term.
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D. Waldo: Public Administration is the art and science

of management as applied to the affairs of the state.
M.E. Dimock: Administration is concerned with what
and how of the government. The what is the subject
matter, the technical knowledge of a field which
enables the administrator to perform his tasks. The
how is technique of management, the principles
according to which cooperative programmes are
carried to success. Each is indispensable; together they
from the synthesis called administration.
P.McQueen: Public Administration is administration
related to the operations of Government whether
central or local.
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F.A. Nigro: Public Administration

(i) is a cooperative group effort in a public setting;
(ii) covers all the three branches executive,
legislative and judicial, and their
interrelationship; (iii) has an important role in
the formulation of public policy and is thus part
of the political process; (iv) is different in
significant ways from private administration; and
(v) is closely associate with numerous private
groups and individuals in providing services to
the community.
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Wider view Narrow view

An analysis of the above definitions indicates that the
term public administration has been used in two
senses i.e., wider sense and narrower sense.
In the wider sense (broader sense), Public
administration includes the activities of all the three
branches of the government, that is, legislature,
executive and judiciary.
This view has been taken by Woodrow Wilson, L.D.
White, Marshall Dimock, F.A.Nigro and Pfiffner.
Public administration in the narrower sense includes
the activities of only the executive branch of the
Government. This view has been taken by Simon,
Gulick, Ordway Tead, Fayol and Willoughby.
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Nature of Public Administration

Integral View Public Admn. Is the sum total
of managerial, technical, clerical and manual
activities. (all activities of all persons from top
to bottom)
LD White, Dimmock
Managerial view Activities of top persons
only
Simon, Smithburg, Thomson, Luther Gulick
Scope of Public Administration

POSD CoRB View Luther Gulick
Planning
Organising
Staffing
Directing
Co-ordinating
Reporting
Budgeting
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Subject Matter View

POSDCORB represents only the tools of Admn. The
real core of Admn consists of the various services
performed for the people like defense, health,
education, agricultureetc.. These services have
their own specialised techniques which are not
covered by POSDCORB. It lays emphasis on the
services rendered and the functions performed
by an administrative agency.
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POSDCORB vs Subject Matter View

POSDCORB View and Subject mater view are
complement each other.
Public Administration is an instrument with
two blades like a pair of scissors. One blade
maybe a knowledge of the fields covered by
POSDCORB, the other blade is knowledge of
the subject matter in which these techniques
are applied. Both blades must be good to
make an effective tool.
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Role in Contemporary Society
Gerald Caiden in his popular book The Dynamics of Public

Administration described the public administration has
assumed the following crucial roles in contemporary
modern society.
Preservation of the Polity
Maintenance of stability and order
Institutionalisation of Socio-economic changes.
Management of large scale commercial services
Ensuring growth and economic development
Protection of the weaker sections of society
Formation of public opinion
Influencing public policies and political trends
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EVOLUTION
Public Admn.
An Activity
Field of Study
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Evolution
As an activity as old as political society
Kautilyas Artha shastra, Aristotle- Politics,
Machiavelli- The Prince (Functioning of Govt.)
Meaning and scope of - PA first time in
HAMILTONs The Federalist.
Woodrow Wilson the study of Administration
(1887) in political science quarterly
Father of Public Administration
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Paradigms
Stages in the Evolution
Public Administration has developed as an academic discipline
through a succession of a number of overlapping paradigms
which are as follows:
Stage I: Politics Admn. Dichotomy (1887 1926)

Stage II: Principles of Administration (1927-1937)
Stage III: Era of Challenge (1938 1947)
Stage IV: Crisis of Identify (1948 1970)
Stage V: Public Policy Perspective (1971 Present)
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Stage I:
Politics Admn. Dichotomy (1887 1926)
Woodrow Wilson the study of Administration
(1887) in political science quarterly
Politics- Admn. Dichotomy
Politics- policy making,
Admn- implementation of policy decisions
Administration is a science
It is getting to be harder to run a constitution
than it is to frame one
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Politics and Administration- FJ Goodnow

Politics has to do with policies or expressions
of the state will, whereas admn, has to do
with the execution of these policies.
LD Whites Introduction to the study of Public
administration was polished in1926.
First text book on Public Administration.
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Stage II: Principles of Admn.(1927-37)

Admn. is a science
WF Willoughby- Principles of public
Administration (1927)
Gulick and Urwick Papers on the science of
administration (1937)
Focus was on efficiency
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Stage III: Era of Challenge (1938 47)

Advocacy of human relations- behavioural
approach
Politics- Admn. Dichotomy was rejected
The proverbs of administration- H Simon
Comparative study
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Stage IV: Crisis of Identify (1948 70)

Rejection of politics-admn dichotomy and
principles of administration crises of identity
New approaches
New human relations approach- Chris Argyris
Comparative Public Admn.
Development Administration
Ecological approach, Public choice approach.
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Stage V: Public Policy Perspective

(1971 Present)
Public policy analysis

Politics- Admn. Dichotomy was abandoned
Inter disciplinary
Expanded its scope
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Study of Public Admn, in India

1930- Lucknow university-full paper in MA
Political science
1937- Madras University- Diploma in PA
1949-50- Nagpur University- Dept of PA
1954- Indian Institute of Public Administration
(IIPA) at New Delhi
1987 Introduced in UPSC Civils Exam
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Public vs Private Admn.

Content
Public Admn
Private Admn.
Political Direction
yes
no
Public accountability
yes
no
scope
large
uniformity
Uniform treatment
Preferential treatment
Control
By legislature
Own control
Service Motive
yes
Profit motive
Anonymity
yes
no
Social responsibility
yes
no
Operation
rigid
flexible
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Public Administration

D. Waldo: Public Administration is the art and science

F.A. Nigro: Public Administration

Wider view Narrow view

Nature of Public Administration

Scope of Public Administration

Subject Matter View

POSDCORB vs Subject Matter View

Role in Contemporary Society

Gerald Caiden in his popular book The Dynamics of Public

Stage I: Politics Admn. Dichotomy (1887 1926)

Politics and Administration- FJ Goodnow

Stage II: Principles of Admn.(1927-37)

Stage III: Era of Challenge (1938 47)

Stage IV: Crisis of Identify (1948 70)

Stage V: Public Policy Perspective

Public policy analysis

Study of Public Admn, in India

Public vs Private Admn.

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