PUBLIC

ADMINISTRATION
INTRODUCTION & SCOPE
 GENERAL
 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
 TWO WORDS
 PUBLIC

 ADMINISTRATION
INTRODUCTION & SCOPE
 ADMINISTER IS DERIVED FROM
LATIN WORDS “AD” &
“MINISTRARE”, MEANING TO
“MINISTER”, “TO SERVE” OR “TO
MANAGE”
DEFINITION
 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS
CONCERNED WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVT
 TO CARE FOR, TO LOOK AFTER
PEOPLE, TO MANAGE AFFAIRS OR
DETERMINED ACTION TAKEN IN
PURSUIT OF CONSCIOUS PURPOSE.
(PROF E.N.GLADDEN)
DEFINITION
 MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION
OF RESOURCES FOR THE
FULFILMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY.
 ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE DESIRED
OBJECTIVES BY ESTABLISHING AN
ENVIRONMENT FAVOURABLE TO
PERFORMANCE BY PEOPLE
OPERATING IN ORGANISED GROUPS.
DEFINITION
 ADMINISTRATION IS THE
MANAGEMENT OF PROPER ORDERING
IN THE COLLECTIVE ACTIVITIES OF
HUMAN BEINGS.
 IT IS SYSTEMISED ORDERING OF
AFFAIRS & THE CALCULATED USE OF
RESOURCES AIMED AT MAKING
THOSE THINGS HAPPEN WHICH WE
WANT TO HAPPEN &
SIMULTANEOUSLY ‘PREVENTING’
DEVELOPMENTS THAT FAIL TO
SQUARE WITH OUR INTENTIONS.
DEFINITION
 ORGANIZATION AND DIRECTION OF
HUMAN & MATERIAL RESOURCES
TO ACHIEVE DESIRED ENDS.
(PFIFFNER NIGRO)
OBJECTS OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
(PROF. L D WHITE)
 MAINTENANCE OF PEACE & ORDER
 MAINTAIN JUSTICE
 LOOK AFTER YOUNG PEOPLE
 CONTROL DISEASES
 CHECK INSECURITY
 MANAGE CONFLICTING GROUPS
 ATTAINMENT OF GOOD LIFE
 SCOPE OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
(PROF JOHN M. PFIFFNER & VANCE
PRESTHUS)

 ADMINISTRATION IS PARTICULARLY
CONCERNED WITH THE ART OF
COORDINATION.
 SCOPE OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
(PROF JOHN M. PFIFFNER & VANCE
PRESTHUS)
 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS CONCRENED
WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC
POLICY WHICH IS HAMMERED INTO
FINAL SHAPE BY REPRESENTATIVE
POLITICAL BODIES.
 PUBLIC POLICY ENUNCIATED IN LAW
PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK WITHIN
WHICH PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MUST
FUNCTION.
SCOPE OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
(AS PER PROF. NIGRO)
 COOPERATIVE GROUP EFFORT IN PUBLIC
SETTING.
 COVERS ALL THREE BRANCHES THAT IS
EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL
AND THEIR INTER RELATIONSHIPS.
 PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE
FORMULATION OF PUBLIC POLICY & THUS
A PART OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS.
SCOPE OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
(AS PER PROF. NIGRO)
 MORE IMPORTANT THAN & ALSO
DIFFERENT IN SIGNIFICANT WAYS
FROM PRIVATE ADMINISTRATION.
SCRUTINY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY (IN PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION)
 ADMINISTRATION IS A UNIVERSAL
PROCESS, OCCURING IN PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES OF MANY KINDS.
 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS DISTINCT
FROM PRIVATE ADMINISTRATION
BECAUSE:-
 IT IS CONSTANTLY SUBJECT TO PUBLIC
SCRUTINY.
 IT IS SUBJECT TO LEGAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
ALL ITS ACTIONS.
 MAJOR DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN
PVT ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

 NO POLITICAL MOTIVE EXCEPT SERVICE MOTIVE

PROFIT

 TREATMENT BASED ON EFFICIENCY UNIFORM TREATMENT

 MORE EFFICIENT LESS EFFICIENT

 NO OBLIGATION OF PUBLIC CONSTANTLY SUBJECT TO

SCRUTINY/ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC SCRUTINY & LEGAL
ACCOUNTABILITY
NATURE OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS CONCEIVED
IN COMPREHENSIVE SENSE TO INCLUDE
ALL ACTIVITIES OF THE GOVT i.e.
LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE OR JUDICIAL.
 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS
“ADMINISTRATION” RELATED TO THE
OPERATIONS OF GOVT WHETHER
CENTRAL OR LOCAL (MC QUEEN)
NATURE OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CONSISTS OF
ALL THOSE OPERATIONS HAVING THE
PURPOSE OF FULFILMENT OR
ENFORCEMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY AS
DECLARED BY THE GOVT
(PROF. L D WHITE)
 POSDCORB
(A MEANINGLESS WORD)
TO CALL ATTENTION TO FUNCTIONAL
ELEMENTS OF WORK OF CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
(BY LUTHER GULICK- 1937)
 PLANNING:
WORKING OUT IN BROAD OUTLINE THE
THINGS TO BE DONE AND THE METHODS
USED.
POSDCORB
 ORGANIZING:
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORMAL
STRUCTURE OF AUTHORITY. WORK
SUBDIVISIONS ARE ARRANGED, DEFINED,
COORDINATED FOR THE DEFINED JOB.
 POSDCORB
 STAFFING:
PERSONNEL REQUIRED, THEIR
TRAINING,SUB DIVISION & MAINTAINING
FAVOURABLE WORK CONDITIONS.

 DIRECTING:
CONTINUOUS TASK MAKING DECISIONS,
EMBODYING THEM IN SPECIFIC & GENERAL
ORDERS AND INSTRUCTIONS.
POSDCORB
 COORDINATING:
AN IMPORTANT DUTY OF INTER-
RELATING THE VARIOUS PARTS OF WORK.

 REPORTING:
KEEPING THOSE TO WHOM THE
EXECUTIVE IS RESPONSIBLE, “INFORMED”
AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON. KEEP HIMSELF
AND THE SUBOORDINATES INFORMED
THROUGH RECORDS,RESEARCH AND
INSPECTIONS.
POSDCORB
 BUDGETING:
FISCAL PLANNING, ACCOUNTING AND
CONTROL.
ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
 ORGANIZATION
 MANAGEMENT OF PERSONNEL
 METHODS & PROCEDURES
 MATERIAL & SUPPLY
 PUBLIC FINANCE
 ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY