Public administration- Relevance ESIC Deputy Director Exam
- PART-B of Recruitment Test (RT): Public Administration and Development Issues.
Public Administration- Definition
- Public Administration is nothing but ‘government in action. Public Administration is the implementation arm of the executive.
- Public Administration is responsible for the implementation of government policies.
- Public administration is a feature of all nations, whatever their system of government.
- Within nations, public administration is practiced at the central, intermediate, and local levels.
- The relationships between different levels of government within a single nation constitute a growing problem of public administration.
Perspectives in Public Administration
- Various schools of theorists have defined the scope of the Public Administration as a discipline different from one another.
- They construed the scope of the discipline as per their definition and understanding of the PA and its functional areas.
- In this context, today we will discuss the narrow view perspective in the public administration.
Broad View Perspective
- Exponents: Woodrow Wilson, L D While are the main exponents of this perspective. They believe in the wider scope of public administration which includes the Executive, Judiciary and Legislative branches of the state.
- Scope of Pubic Administration as per Broad View Perspective:
- Public Administration covers all three branches of the government. Legislative, Executive and Judicial and their interrelationship.
- Scope of Public Administration is like a cooperative group. It consists of all from class one officer to class four employees.
- It believes that PA is a part of the political process.
- Key role in public policymaking: Pubic Administration has an important role in the formulation of public policy at all levels, from national to grass-root.
- Responsible for cooperation: Pubic Administration is closely associated with numerous private groups and individuals in providing services to the community.
Theories of Public Administration- Narrow View Theorists