PAP 2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Progressive Tax, International Security, Economic Nationalism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 2320
• Professor: Christopher Gunter

Document Summary

Father of public administration: study of administration, it is the object of administrative study to study to discover first, what government can properly and successfully do& Public servants should serve any government in power. Posdcorb: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, budgeting. This acronym is broad and ambiguous, interpreted differently by many and needs something more precise. Three categories: information-processing roles, decision-making roles, interpersonal roles. No universally applicable to all institutions: different goals, different power / leadership structures. Other governments: hard to measure / evaluate leadership". Made up of: people (from firefighters to diplomats, institutions (ministries, departments, crown corporations, etc. ) Responsible for providing services, enforcing regulations, and formulating, implementing, and evaluating policies. Unique behaviour and culture (internal logic and way of doing things) Individuals are capable of deciding independently how best to lead their lives. Capitalism is the best form of wealth generation. People generally have a regard for others. Social change should be evolutionary and democratic.