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• The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) is a government educational institution governed by Republic Act Number 8292 known as the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations contained in the Commission on Higher Education Memorandum Circular No. 4, series 1997
• PUP is one of the country's highly competent educational institutions
• Governance of PUP is vested upon the Board of Regents, which exercises policy-making functions to carry out the mission and programs of the University by virtue of RA 8292 granted by the Commission on Higher Education
• The University is administered by an appointed President by virtue of RA 8292 and is assisted by an Executive Vice President and the Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs, Student Services, Administration, Research, Extension and Development, and Finance
• Manila Business School (MBS) founded


  October 19, 1904
• Renamed as Philippine School of Commerce (PSC)


  1908
• Merged with the Philippine Normal School (PNS)


  1933 to 1946
• Philippine College of Commerce (PCC)


  1952
• Converted into Polytechnic University of the Philippines by virtue of Presidential Decree Number 1341


  April 1, 1978
• PUP


  Public, non-sectarian, non-profit institution of higher learning primarily tasked with harnessing the tremendous human resources potential of the nation by improving the physical, intellectual and material well-being of the individual through higher occupational, technical and professional instruction and training in the applied arts and sciences related to the fields of commerce, business administration, and technology
• PUP Vision


  The National Polytechnic University
• PUP Mission


  Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities through a re-engineered polytechnic university
• PUP Ten Pillars


  • Dynamic, Transformational, and Responsible Leadership
  • Responsive and Innovative Curricula and Instruction
  • Enabling and Productive Learning Environment
  • Holistic Student Development and Engagement
  • Empowered Faculty Members and Employees
  • Vigorous Research Production and Utilization
  • Global Academic Standards and Excellence
  • Synergistic, Productive, Strategic Networks and Partnerships
  • Active and Sustained Stakeholders' Engagement
  • Sustainable Social Development Programs and Projects
• PUP Shared Values and Principles

  • Integrity and Accountability
  • Nationalism
  • Spirituality
  • Passion for Learning and Innovation
  • Inclusivity
  • Respect for Human Rights and The Environment
  • Excellence
  • Democracy
• S. Calabig, S. Roldan, and R. Amaranto: 'PUP Hymn'
• Week 1 topic is course expectations, intended learning outcomes, content, requirements, schedules, and about PUP: History, Vision, Mission, Hymn
• Week 2 topic is Basic Concepts and Principles of Public Administration
• Public (in Public Administration)


  Collective in character, involving people
• Administration (in Public Administration)

  A type of organizational procedure concerned with the implementation of plans and objectives as well as internal operational efficiency
• Integral view of Administration

  Administration is the sum total or the whole complex of activities, manual, clerical, technical and managerial which are undertaken to realize the objective in view
• Managerial view of Administration

  Administration pertains only to managerial or supervisory activities, not operational activities
• Public Administration


  That part of administration which pertains to the administrative activities of the government
• Woodrow Wilson defined public administration as a detailed and systematic application of law, and the science of administration or "government in action"
• Waldo defined public administration as the organization and management of men and materials to achieve the purposes of government, and the art and science of management as applied to the affairs of the state
• Rosenbloom and Kravchuck defined public administration as the use of managerial, political, and legal theories and processes to fulfill legislative, executive, and judicial mandates for the provision of governmental regulatory and service functions
• Luther Gulick defined public administration as that part of the science of administration which has to do with the government and thus concerns itself primarily with the executive branch where the work of government is done
• Public administration


  Detailed and systematic application of law. Government in action.
• Woodrow Wilson


  Public administration is the science of administration
• Waldo


  Public administration is the organization and management of men and materials to achieve the purposes of government. The art and science of management as applied to the affairs of the state.
• Rosenbloom and Kravchuck


  Public administration is the use of managerial, political, and legal theories and processes to fulfill legislative, executive, and judicial mandates for the provision of governmental regulatory and service functions.
• Luther Gulick


  Public administration is that part of the science of administration which has to do with the government and thus concerns itself primarily with the executive branch where the work of government is done.
• Percy McQueen


  Public administration is administration related to the operations of government whether local or central.
• Leonard D. White


  Public administration is concerned with action in particular concrete situations, but in accordance with long-range objectives. It consists of all those operations having for their purpose the fulfillment of enforcement of public policies as declared by the competent authority.
• Public administration is inherently fertilized by other disciplines; it borrows from other fields or disciplines.
• Public administration as an academic field or discipline


  • Administration is a unitary process that can be studied uniformly
  • It is based on management, not law
  • It may be an art, but it is feasible to transform it to science
  • For modern governments, the heart of the problem is how to administer or govern well
• The idea of public administration being a "discipline" is contested.
• Scope of public administration

  • Cooperative group effort in a public setting
  • Covers all three branches - executive, legislative, judicial - and their inter-relationships
  • Has an important role in the formulation of public policy and is thus part of the political process
  • Is more important than and also different in significant ways from private administration
  • Has been much influenced in recent years by human relations approach
  • Is closely associated with numerous private groups and individuals in providing services to the community
• Public administration is focused not only on hierarchy (governing between administrators and constituents) but on relations (governance).
• Public administration includes both what government does and what government does not do.
• Public administration is about public interest primarily because the government through public administration is obliged to promote the same.