Development Administration and Administration of Development

Dev Ad
PAS as instrument or vehicle for development
Focus is societal in addition to organization
o What are the development goals?
Innovator an dynamic
Responds to the needs of the people
Dynamic in coping with the needs and demands of the people
It is the people who initiates policies
Characteristics of Development Administration (DA)
Goals and Values
- Societal and Organizational
Bureaucratic Processes
- Outward looking
- Active role in introducing innovations, reliant in experimental processes
Flexible bureaucracy
Structure is decentralized or bottoms up
Administrator is a catalyst for social transformation
- Contributes to policy processes
Attributes of Development Administrators
Intellectual
- Knowledge of substantive areas
- Human behavior and related areas
Operational
- Skills in human relations, organizational communication and political
sensitivity
- Knows how to gain political support
Orientational
- Values, attitudes and motivation
- Value commitment of people in the organization
Ethical
- Philosophy and standards or public responsibility