PAD-3003 Lecture 3: Chapter 2 Lecture Notes
13 Oct 2016
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Chapter 2 lecture notes: public values and public service motivation. Public service: attracts special kinds of individuals, ethical principles of the common good. Public interest: welfare of the general public, outcomes that serve the well-being of the public. Societal and governmental institutions that satisfy individual needs. Individuals are of supreme value, not society as a whole: rights to which citizens should be entitled to, obligations of citizens to society, state and one another, principles on which government and policies should be based. Public managers: managers are people that serve the public, leadership of governmental organizations and creates public values. Public service motivation: predisposition to responded to motives grounded in public institutions, theories as to why individuals serve the public. Rational: committing to a program due to personal identification. Normative: make a difference in society and create social equity. Affective: conviction of a program"s serial importance. Networks: groups or systems of interconnected people or things, social networks.
