BUSINESS SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & HEALTH SERVICES MGT SECOND SEMESTER, 2014/2015 ACADEMIC YEAR (PH.D IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, YEAR 1) COURSE TITLE: ISSUES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (PAHS 742) SEMINAR QUESTION What is public management? Is it a genuinely new area of academic inquiry, or is it merely an old subject that is being dusted off and recycled? Explain carefully the relationship between the research field of “public administration” and that of “public management”. Is the latter
nature and challenges of public administration and management can be seen as a great impact to Africa becoming a developmental state. Public administration is a tool that guides the delivery of public sector management. In a numerous countries in Africa managing the public sector suggests a continuous mission to good governance. Good governance is one the core requirements of development. This report address describing the nature and challenges of public administration and management in Africa
what today is called Public Administration. It is in his master piece (The Study of Administration which he published in 1887. ) that Wilson’s ideas and passion about the politics-administration dichotomy are clearly presented. Over the years though his literature work shows that any of Wilson’s ideas or theories about the politics-administration dichotomy is based solely on how future generations either understood or misunderstood his article. Wilson’s argument that “administration lies outside the
number of ministries, departments and public service-holders has doubled” (Khan, 1997). In the context of present reality there is little rationale for maintaining a big public-sector edifice which contributes to corruption in public dealings. There is at the moment justification for right-sizing the government. Right-sizing of government will, among other things, will discourage creation and maintenance of different agencies and units and restrain doling out of public-service jobs as political
Review of Public Personnel Administration Dr. Chandra Shekar. S (Sathenapally), Dept. of Public Administration, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Phone No. 7799180058 E-Mail: drcss1978@gmail.com Abstract: Personnel Administration, commonly known as Human Resources or HR, handles a great many issues in the workplace. Importance of Human Resource Development; Recruitment, training, career advancement, position classification, discipline, performance appraisal, promotion, pay and service conditions;
MARKET-ORIENTED REFORMS IN PUBLIC SECTOR: A CASE STUDY OF LAHORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BACKGROUND New Public Management (NPM), a public sector reforms started from 1980’s onwards. It is formally conceptualized by Hood in 1991. United Kingdom claims to have been its birthplace; many papers and researches providing evidences from UK. These NPM reforms are widespread and the Anglo-American countries and International organizations are among its strong advocates. In many developing countries including
I should obey the state?”. The normative approach according to (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1990,) normative political theory is a previous reflection about legislative issues and that can be easily identified. Plato and Aristotle can be seen as its founders. There are a few parts of their philosophical impression of legislative issues (or viable logic) which develop a regulating hypothesis: there is no division
technology, and the ongoing development and evolution of organizations are just some of the issues contributing to organizational change (Barnett, 2005; Morgan, 2001). It is also essential to an organization’s survival as it leads to new ideas, technology, innovation and improvement. The rapid growth in the use of information systems has led to changes in the workflow of both the private and public sectors in Malaysia (Ramlah, Nor Shahriza & Mohd Hasan, 2007). The organization and its people
The expansion of public sector into industrial enterprises has been into practice for quite some time. The public sector organizations in order to function efficiently are borrowing heavily from the business knowledge, administration and process orientation of the private organizations. However, there still remains a considerable difference between these two administrative practices.It would be beneficiary to learn about both similarities and differences between these two to arrive at a better understanding
Thus, Pakistan, contrary to vision of its founding father, presents the chequered history of democracy.Ironically,the constitution has been suspended thrice (1977, 1999 and 2007) and abrogated twice (1958 and 1969). More than half of its political life has been encroached by military generals.The army has toppled five elected government till now.The ex-prime minister(ZA Bhutto),who was very popular political leader of that time in 70s ,and also known as a giver of Atomic power to Pakistan, was