PAP 2300 Chapter Notes -Public Administration, Political Positions Of Ronald Reagan, Disturbance Storm Time Index

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 2300
• Professor: Frank Ohemeng

Document Summary

Inwood chapter 1: the nature of public administration. Definition: field of acedemic study derived form several disciplines (political science, business administration, sociology, psychology, law, and economics) and a set of administrative practices and institutional arrangements geared toward providing public services and regulations through the public bureaucracy. Woodrow wilson argued that political scientists had ignored the fundamental question of how governments are administered advocated focusing on personnel, organization, and management of the public sector in the interest of greater efficiency and economy. Buildup comes at the expense of efficiency which may conflict with the values of democracy (through accountability: policy instruments: services are provided and regulations enforced by this (ex. Laws, regulations, crown corp. , taxes: conventions of behaviour: treats citizens equally when developing their own way of doing things as if there were one right way, institutions: complex of government ministries and departments, regulatory bodies,