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    Handout Lecture 1 Introduction To Public Administration

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    Public administration (PA) is the study of administration in government, but has expanded to also include semi-governmental and non-governmental organizations. It is a multidisciplinary field that draws from various social sciences. PA has transformed into public management (PM), which investigates public affairs more broadly across multiple levels of governance and provides recommendations and training. PM produces both empirical and normative knowledge that can be applied descriptively or prescriptively. Public governance also considers coordination across different levels of government and non-governmental organizations through the policy process. Key areas of PA/PM include agenda-setting, policymaking, decisionmaking, and policy analysis.

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    Public administration (PA) is the study of administration in government, but has expanded to also include semi-governmental and non-governmental organizations. It is a multidisciplinary field that draws from various social sciences. PA has transformed into public management (PM), which investigates public affairs more broadly across multiple levels of governance and provides recommendations and training. PM produces both empirical and normative knowledge that can be applied descriptively or prescriptively. Public governance also considers coordination across different levels of government and non-governmental organizations through the policy process. Key areas of PA/PM include agenda-setting, policymaking, decisionmaking, and policy analysis.

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    Public administration (PA) is the study of administration in government, but has expanded to also include semi-governmental and non-governmental organizations. It is a multidisciplinary field that draws from various social sciences. PA has transformed into public management (PM), which investigates public affairs more broadly across multiple levels of governance and provides recommendations and training. PM produces both empirical and normative knowledge that can be applied descriptively or prescriptively. Public governance also considers coordination across different levels of government and non-governmental organizations through the policy process. Key areas of PA/PM include agenda-setting, policymaking, decisionmaking, and policy analysis.

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    Lecture 1 Introduction Public


    Administration
    drs Chris Palm
    2
    What is Public Administration? (1)
    PA is the scientific study concerning public admini-
    stration but it doesnt cover the governance concept
    for its broad perspective, concerning not only
    government.

    It also concerns the network of (a) government + (b)
    semi- and non-governmental organizations + (c) off-
    shore governance located in powerful international
    and regional organizations. See: Bonaire.

    3
    What is PA (2)?
    Also PA is not the legal and political study, but also a
    the multidisciplinary study from different disciplines
    such as:

    social sciences, law, politics, economy, philosophy
    (ethics);
    organization and administrative studies (like
    financial studies, human resource studies, ICT and
    policy studies)
    This makes PA also multi-functional
    What is PA (3)?
    So PA is being transformed in a Public Management
    (PM) or Public Governance (PG) study that doesnt
    stop anymore at its legal and administration study.

    PM is multi- and inter-disciplined, but goes also
    further than only government and is network
    governance oriented.

    So we see here a confusion of thoughts. Please
    explain this.
    4
    5
    How does PM work? (1)
    PM investigates public affairs in governmental,
    semi- and non-governmental organizations, regional
    and international organizations

    It provides know-how to come to PM-products (like
    recommendations or implementation of public
    services)

    It also provides training in public management

    6
    How does PA works? (2)
    PM produces two sort of broad knowledge fields:

    empirical knowledge (to analyze and explain facts in
    the public domain)
    normative knowledge (to judge governmental reality)

    These knowledge fields can be used in two ways:

    1. Descriptive knowledge (= describing the field)
    2. Prescriptive knowledge ( = prescribing for
    interventions or optimalization)



    7
    What is public governance? (1)
    the institutional level
    Nowadays public governance is considered gover-
    nance of different governmental and non-
    governmental levels:
    Regional and international organizations
    National government
    Local government
    Non-governmental organizations
    The private sector and local civil society
    For instance: child right issues

    8
    What is public governance? (2)
    the process
    Governance (= steering and coordination) of the
    before mentioned complex of organizations and
    society

    Managing of information, decision making, imple-
    mentation, execution and monitoring or supervision

    Design and execution of the different steps in the
    policy process (like the policy design and
    implementation)
    9
    Crucial Applications PA & PM
    Agenda setting (the decision to take action)
    Policy making (e.g. project plan)
    Decision making (e.g. in a Island Council)
    Policy analysis (evaluation/monitoring)
    Governance or coordination styles
    Legislation
    Budgeting
    National human resource development
    10
    Quality Public Governance (1)
    6 crucial areas of PG that reflect quality criteria
    but are also conflict areas:
    Democracy (like transparency)
    Effectiveness (suitable solutions)
    Efficiency (economic solutions)
    Integrity (fairness) (essential for Trust)
    Legitimacy (the lawfulness of decisions)
    Mediation capacity between conflicting groups
    11
    Quality Public Governance (2)
    Which of these 6 quality areas do you consider
    from your point of view problematic in the local
    government?

    And which one do you consider problematic in the
    PM of the islands in the Dutch kingdom?
    12
    Negative factors that determine the
    governance quality
    Financial and human resources
    International and regional forces
    Internal and external actors
    Political win-loose games
    Lack of time
    Lack of information or abundant or confusing
    information (like in the war against terror)
    Diversity of visions and interests

    13
    Historical developments PA (1)
    In 19
    th
    century we had mostly constitutional affairs
    and a focus on moral and legal issues
    In the 20
    th
    century, especially after World War II we
    see influences of:

    - new disciples like economy, social sciences,
    and human and financial management;
    - the development of more efficiency and more
    democratization (like more direct or bottom-
    up democracy)
    14
    Historical developments PA (2)
    1. Corruption leads to scientific management, 1911
    2. Max Weber (1920) introduces the bureaucratic
    organization against corruption
    3. The bounded or limited rationality of Herbert Simon
    (1950) and around 1960 the development of
    democratic policy sciences (Lasswell)
    4. In the 90s reinventing government as a super
    efficient and effective exercise (privatization)
    5. In 2000 participatory and direct democracy
    15
    Possible examination subjects (1)
    1. Please explain the shift from public administration
    towards public governance. What are the
    differences and causes of this shift?

    2. The study of public administration stands today for
    a multidisciplinary study. Of which disciplines does
    it consist and what are the advantages of this
    combination?
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    Possible examination subjects (2)
    3. Please mention the 6 crucial areas of public
    governance that reflect quality criteria and also
    these conflict areas.

    4. There are also negative factors that determine
    governance quality. Can you explain this?

    5. Please mark 5 mayor steps in the historical
    development of public administration and their
    corresponding dates

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