Public administration

(noun)

It houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work.

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Examples of Public administration in the following topics:

  • Models of Bureaucracy

    • Weber understood this process as the institutionalization of purposive-rational economic and administrative action.
    • Many aspects of modern public administration go back to Weber.
    • Weber described many ideal types of public administration and government in his masterpiece Economy and Society (1922).
    • Many aspects of modern public administration go back to him and a classic, hierarchically organised civil service of the Continental type is called "Weberian civil service". [98] As the most efficient and rational way of organising, bureaucratisation for Weber was the key part of the rational-legal authority and furthermore, he saw it as the key process in the ongoing rationalisation of the Western society.
    • Weber listed several preconditions for the emergence of the bureaucracy: The growth in space and population being administered, the growth in complexity of the administrative tasks being carried out and the existence of a monetary economy – these resulted in a need for a more efficient administrative system. [99] Development of communication and transportation technologies made more efficient administration possible (and popularly requested) and democratisation and rationalisation of culture resulted in demands that the new system treat everybody equally.

  • Weber's Model for Bureaucracy

    • Weberian bureaucracy was a term coined by Max Weber, a notable German sociologist, political economist, and administrative scholar, who contributed to the study of bureaucracy, administrative discourses, and literature during the mid-1800s and early 1900s .
    • In his 1922 masterpiece, Economy and Society, Weber described many ideal types of public administration and governance.
    • Many aspects of modern public administration date back to him.
    • As a result of the development of communication and transportation technologies, like telegraphs and automobiles, a more efficient administration became not only possible but demanded by the public.
    • This resulted in public demands for a new administrative system that treated all humans equally.

  • Financial Structures

    • Understand how to qualify and leverage financial incentives through the Small Business Administration (SBA).

  • Administration of the Belgian Congo

  • Relief Measures

    • The "First 100 Days" was a period of productive activity for the new Roosevelt administration.
    • They also included the continuation of Hoover's major relief program for the unemployed under a new name, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
    • Pursuant to the latter goal, the NIRA created the Public Works Administration (PWA), a public works construction agency.
    • It built large-scale public works such as dams, bridges, hospitals, and schools.
    • Identify some of the relief measures instituted by the Roosevelt Administration

  • The Carter Administration

    • Jimmy Carter’s administration began with great promise, but his domestic and foreign policies were met with criticism.
    • Jimmy Carter’s administration began with great promise, but his efforts to improve the economy through deregulation largely failed.
    • At the end of his administration, Carter had substantively decreased unemployment and reduced some of the deficit, but the recession ultimately perpetuated.
    • Carter's ethos of humility and compassion informed much of his presidency and was reflected in his foreign policy and administration.
    • Remaining public faith in Carter was dealt a serious blow, however, when he proved unable to free the American hostages in Tehran.

  • Using a Learning Management System

    • A Learning Management System is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of e-learning education courses.
    • A Learning Management System (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of e-learning education courses or training programs .
    • An LMS delivers content but also handles registering for courses, course administration, skills gap analysis, tracking, and reporting.
    • Most learning management systems are web-based to facilitate access to learning content and administration.

  • The Small Business Administration

    • The Small Business Administration (SBA) is a United States government agency that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses.
    • The Small Business Administration (SBA) is a United States government agency that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses.
    • The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses and by assisting in the economic recovery of communities after disasters. " The agency's activities are summarized as the 3 Cs of capital, contracts, and counseling.

  • Websites

  • The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

    • The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is the United States independent federal agency that supervises and charters federal credit unions.
    • At first, the newly created Bureau of Federal Credit Unions was housed at the Farm Credit Administration.