2. INTRODUCTION
Public administration is the implementation
of government policy and also an academic
discipline.
The Meaning The word ‘administration’ has been
derived from Latin words ‘ad’ = to and ‘ministiare’ =
serve and ‘Public’ =people or citizens Thus the
word administration means to execute the policy of
government to serve public,
3. DEFINITIONS
Denhardt: Public Administration is concerned with
the management of public programs
Wilson: Public Administration is the detailed and
systematic execution of public law (administrative
study is to discover first what government can
properly and successfully do, and how it can do
these proper things with the utmost possible
efficiency and the least possible cost either of
money or of energy)
4. DEFINITIONS
Fesler and Kettl: Public Administration includes the
shaping of policy on the way up, execution of policy
after it has been made, and as a necessary part of
the execution, decision making about policy matters
on the way down
Simon et al: In its broadest sense, administration
can be defined as the activities of groups
cooperating to accomplish common goals.
5. CHARACTERISTICS
a) is a cooperative group efforts in a public setting
B) covers all the three branches-executive,
legislative and judicial -and their interrelationships;
C) has an important role in the formulation of public
policy and is thus a part of the political process,
6. CHARACTERISTICS
Part of executive and govt. branch
Related with the activities of the state
Carries out the public policy
part of the political process
7. SCOPE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Narrow Perspective: Only the activities concerned
with the executive branch of government.
P – stands for Planning
O – stands for Organization
S – stands for Staffing
D – stands for Directing
CO – stands for co-ordination
R – stands for Reporting
B – stands for Budgeting
8. SCOPE
Broader Perspective:
Public Administration is detailed and systematic
application of law
covers all the three branches-executive, legislative and
judicial -and their interrelationships
Public Administration consist of all those operations
having for their purpose the fulfillment or enforcement
of public policy
9. SCOPE (PREVAILING VIEW)
1) Administrative theory
Organizational
Behavior
Public personal administration
2) Applied Administration
Political Function
Legislative function
Financial Function
Defense function
Educational function
10. Social welfare administration
Economic administration
Foreign administration
Local administration
11. ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF PA
Base of Govt.
Instrument of change in the society
Plays vital role in the life of the people
A instrument for executing laws, policies, programs
Managing the set objectives in public policy