intro

• Public Administration


  An activity, a process, a function, and an institution
• Administration as an activity

  • As old as society itself, originated as a distinct field of study with the publication of Wilson's essay (1887) on the study of administration, can be internal or external
• Internal administration


  Covers rules defining the relations of public functionaries inter se and embraces the whole range of the law of public officials
• External administration


  Defines the relations of public office with the public in general, rules prescribed thereunder do not necessarily affect the personnel of the office but are promulgated for observance by those who have dealings or transactions with said office
• Administration as a process


  Occurs in both public and personal organizations, its nature is plagued by the sphere with which it's concerned
• Administration as an institution

  The aggregate of individuals in whose hands the reins of government are for the time being, refers to the persons who actually run the government during their prescribed terms of office
• Administration as a function


  The actual running of the government by the executive authorities through the enforcement of laws and the implementation of policies
• Types of administration


  • Public administration
  • Personal (private) administration
• Public administration


  Can be defined from political, legal, managerial, and occupational perspectives, encompasses whatever governments do, created by and bound by the law and is an instrument of the law, the study of the art and science of management applied to the public sector
• Public administration as a field of study is traditionally traced to Woodrow Wilson's 1887 article "The Study of Administration"
• The discipline of public administration emerged as an independent field in the second half of the twentieth century
• Public administration as a profession

  Offers significant opportunities for idealism in the pursuit of public service, confronting new realities of realigning public enterprises and services in response to needs for renewable energy sources, resource conservation, green technologies, and designs for sustainability
• The provision of public services remains the very essence of public administration