PADP 6910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: United States Department Of The Interior, Hierarchical Routing, Arms Control

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Public Administration and Policy
• Course: PADP 6910
• Professor: George Krause

Document Summary

Lecture 6 : organization problems, challenges, & obstacles: sources of organizational problems, politics with competing tensions competing in uences of public administers. Neutral competence [professionalism] > emphasis on technical execution insulated from political interference. Representativeness > responsiveness to broader interests most directly affected such as legislators/council members, interest groups, & citizens: inter-agency tensions. E. g. hhs vs. va: hhs > delivers to broader publics, va > deliver healthcare to veterans speci cally. Clientele agencies with contradictory goals trying to please two outside stakeholders. Bureau of mines (interior department) > advocate mining, while protecting miners" health and safety. Functional con ict within agencies two con icting purposes. E. g. state department > balancing human rights, refugee programs with arms control economic aid. Blurred jurisdictional boundaries given broad agency mandate. Nested > a department head coordinating among two or more bureaus within agency. Non-nested > chief executive (or support staff) coordinating between different agencies.