What is
PUBLIC
Administration?
Important Terms / Concepts / Topics
Policy implementation
Role of law in public versus private organizations
Public private similarities / differences regarding
Customers / clients
Internal processes / decisions
Profit motive
Public Administration
Implementation of laws / rules adopted by a governing body. It is:
The laws and rules and how they are created
The agencies created to implement the rules
The processes of those agencies
The people in those agencies
And more
Policy Implementation
Translating the print of statute books into changes in behavior by members of societyindividuals,
groups, organizations, and businesses.
Translates paper declarations of intent from the elective legislature and chief executive into reality.
Public Administration is The Study of Public Bureaucracy
Public bureaucracy refers to public organizations or the formal, rational system of relations among
persons vested with administrative authority to carry out public programs
Public Administration versus
Private Administration
How similar are they?
Some argue administration is generic
How different are they?
Bureaucrats dont Bur
Teachers teach
Police enforce laws
Park workers maintain parks
Managers manage
Typists type
Differences Between Private and Public Administration
Wallace Sayre
Argued that business and the public sector are alike in all unimportant respects.
Graham T. Allison
Pointed out similarities in the use of strategy, managing internal components, and managing external
constituencies.