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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PART 3 - Coggle Diagram
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PART 3
The Significance / important / objectives of PA
Maintaining law and order.
Promoting peace and harmony.
Improving equality, justice, security, efficiency, effectiveness of public services usually in a non-profit, non-taxable venue.
Protecting the interests of the state and of the people
Enhancing civil society, ensuring a well-run, fair, and effective public service.
Practicing Good governance - transparency and accountability in government policy decision making and implementation process.
Characteristic of PA in democratic are
Structure - A set of laws or legally founded rules that create the structure of the administrative apparatus of the state.
Power – public administration has given certain authority to draw and implement policy to achieve the desired goal.
Non-partisan or Neutrality – public administration is a non-political administrative apparatus that is subject to policy direction but not partisan.
Activities – public administration carry out activities that related to the government
Supervision - Continuing democratic supervision of administrative activities through the executive which directs activities within public administration apparatus.
Personnel – public administration is carried out by public servants who work in public departments and agencies, at all levels of government, and perform a wide range of tasks.
Role of PA
Arrange, formulate and implement plans and programs for state
Implement government policies
Prime mover of the states development
Manage and balance the public needs
Governing the society (Rohr, 1998)
‘Run the country’ at a certain extent
(Heywood, 2007)
PA Vs Private
PA
System accountability
To the superior and also to the public
Size and complexity
It is the largest organization, and dominant force of the country
Objectives
To serve public or people in the society
Rules and governance
Federal constitution
Resources
Taxes
Ownership
Belongs to government
PRIVATE
Size and complexity
It operates on a narrow and specialized range of activities
Rules and governance
Companies act
Resources
Resources are limited to only the owners, shareholders and stakeholder. Engage in various business activities
Ownership
Belongs to private ownership, eg, shareholder
Objectives
To maximize profits
System accountability
Accountable only to the owner and shareholder