Theories of Public Administration- Broad View Perspective

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.

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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