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THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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Definitions of Public Administration A. B. C. D. Political Definition of Public Administration Legal Definition of Public Administration Managerial Definition of Public Administration Occupational Definition of Public Administration

II. Two Types of Theories of Administrative Organization A. Universal Design Theory 1. Scientific Management Theory a. Fredrick Winslow Taylor b. Henry Grant c. Frank and Lilian Gilbreth 2. Classical Theory a. Henry Fayol b. Luther Gulick c. L.F. Urwick d. J.D. Mooney 3. Bureaucratic Theory Max Weber B. Situational Design Theory 1. Behavioral Approach a. Carl Rogers b. J.I. Moreno c. Kurt Lewin d. A.H. Maslow e. Herbert Simon f. E. Wight Bakke e. A.C. Reiley f. M.P. Follet g. R. Shelton

2. Systems Approach (Organization Theory) a. Ludwig Von Bertalanffy e. Herbert Simons b. C.W. Churhman f. Norbert Wiener c. M. Follet g. Philip Selznick d. Cheser Bernard
3. Human Relations Theory (Neo-Classical Theory) a. Elton Mayo b. Hawthorne Experiments

III. Sub-fields of Public Administration A. Organization of Management

B. C. D. E. F. G.

Public Personnel Administration Local Government Administration Public Fiscal Administration Policy Analysis and Program Administration Public Enterprise Management Voluntary Sector Management and Spatial Information Management

IV. Major Issues/Concerns/Challenges in Philippine Public Administration Praxis A. Policy Issues a. welfare policies like regulation and control of urban sprawl, slum

clearance, public housing, crime control, education health policy, social insurance, public assistance
b. economic issues like tax sources, credit control, stock market

operation and regulation, antitrust enforcement, encouragement of small business, debt burden and loan repayment
c. labor policies which include regulation of industrial disputes, workers

right to organize and stage strike. government encouragement to the formulation of labor movements, and the impact of labor groups upon politics and administration
d. resource policies like shrinking farm population, price control of

agricultural products, forms of agricultural assistance and subsidies, land use planning, natural resource conservation, energy supply, providing balance between population and resources B. Organization Issues 1. What administrative structures are more effective with the demands of society? a. autonomy versus integration
b. Decentralization vs centralization/regionalization

c. public enterprise vs privatization 2. How do we solve the problems of negative bureaucratic behavior, abuse of discretion, red tape, and graft and corruption?