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Public administration theory refers to the study and analysis of the principles, concepts, and models that guide the practice of public administration. It provides a framework for understanding the complexities and challenges of managing public organizations and implementing public policies.
The politics-administration dichotomy is a theory that constructs the boundaries of public administration and asserts the normative relationship between elected officials and administrators in a democratic society. [1] The phrase politics-administration dichotomy was first found in public administration literature from the 1940s. [2]
The Administrative State is Dwight Waldo's classic public administration text based on a dissertation written at Yale University.In the book, Waldo argues that democratic states are underpinned by professional and political bureaucracies and that scientific management and efficiency is not the core idea of government bureaucracy, but rather it is service to the public.
Clifford Dwight Waldo (September 28, 1913 – October 27, 2000) was an American political scientist and major figure in modern public administration. [1] Waldo's career was often directed against a scientific/technical portrayal of bureaucracy and government that now suggests the term public management as opposed to public administration. [2]
Public administration is both an academic discipline and a field of practice; the latter is depicted in this picture of U.S. federal public servants at a meeting.. Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", [1] or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day", [2] and also to the academic discipline ...
The behavioral approach to public administration uses psychological theories and methods to study the attitudes and behaviors of citizens, public professionals, and public managers. It is a complement to traditional public administration research, adding the ability to make more detailed theories in addition to the previously dominant big ...
POSDCORB is an acronym widely used in the field of management and public administration that reflects the classic view of organizational theory. [1] It appeared most prominently in a 1937 paper by Luther Gulick (in a set edited by himself and Lyndall Urwick).
Fred W. Riggs (July 3, 1917 in China – February 9, 2008 in USA) [1] was an American political scientist and pioneer of comparative public administration.He has been described as "a towering figure in the field", [2] one of the "founders of the field", [3] and as an "energetic pioneer" in comparative research. [4]