Public Administration Public Administration Public administration has been

Public Administration

Public Administration Public administration has been recognized as a field of systematic study in the later part of 19 th century. In the year 1887, in the writing “The study of administration” Woodrow Wilson-father of public administration disclose the importance of the study of public administration and generally it may be considered as the starting point of public administration. Contoso S u i t e s 2

According to: • Woodrow Wilson, “Public administration details systematic execution of law, every particular application of law is an act of public administration. ” • John F Fiffner, “Public administration is the co-ordination of collective efforts to implement public policy. ” • E N Gladder , “Public administration is concern with the administration of government. ” Contoso S u i t e s 3

Definition of Public Administration • Public administration means government in action. • Public Administration is the system of government. • Public Administration is the process of policy formulation and implementation. • Public Administration is the executive branches of government. Meaning administration comes from the Latin word AD and Ministrare. This means in general all types of public affair and co-ordination are related in public administration. Contoso S u i t e s 4

Private Administration is defined as management and organization of private business enterprises. It is an administrative function carried out by the private individuals or a group, to earn a profit. It is a business activity which is non-political in nature. Contoso S u i t e s 5

Comparison Difference between the public and private administration: topic • Circumference of the work • Importance work • Aim and purpose Public Administration Private Administration • The field of public administration work is very large. • but in private sector it is not so large. • The function of public administration is very important. Such as supply of gas, water, electricity etc. • The aim of public administration is to public welfare • But in opposite the function of private administration is not so important. It has alternative option too. • But in other side the aim of private administration is business. Contoso S u i t e s 6

topic Public Administration Private Administration • Direct accountability • Public administrative people or civil servant is directly accountable to the general people. • but private administrative people are not accountable to general people. • Difference between income and expenditure • For the betterment of the people public administration spent a lot of money rather their income. • In private administration, they always try to increase their benefit. • Profit and loss • Public administration works for the people benefit. So for the welfare of the people in some case they are not benefited. • But in private sector they will close the project if it will not be a profitable one. • Financial expanse • Public administration is an executive branch of the government. Administrative expenditure of all the public administration is paid by the legislature. • But administrative expenditure of all the private administration is paid by them. So, all the member of the administration is responsible for this. Contoso S u i t e s 7

Function of Public Administration: v ‘P’ stands for planning. Planning is the first step of Public Administration. i. e. working out the broad outline of the things that need to be done. v ‘O’ stands for organization. It means establishment of the formal structure of authority through which the work is sub-divided, arranged and co-ordinate for the defined objective. v ‘S’ stands for stuffing. It means the recruitment and training of the staff and maintenance of favourable conditions of work for the staff. v ‘D’ stands for directing. It means the continuous task of making decisions and embodying them in specific and general orders and instructions and thus guiding the enterprise. v ‘CO’ stands for co-ordination. It means interrelating the various parts of organization such as branches, divisions, sections of the work and elimination of overlapping. POSDCORB: P – Planning O – Organizing S – Stuffing D – Directing CO – Co-ordination R – Reporting B – Budgeting v ‘R’ stands for reporting. It means informing the authority to whom the executive is responsible as to what is going on. v ‘B’ stands for budgeting. It means accounting, fiscal planning and control. Contoso S u i t e s 8

“Public administration is the use of organization and use of man and materials to accomplish a purpose. ” Nigro ~Felix A Contoso S u i t e s 9