organizing‚ commanding‚ coordinating and controlling; and Gulick built upon Fayol’s the famous POSDCORB which stands for the seven administration’s functions. These functions are planning‚ organizing‚ staffing‚ directing‚ coordinating ‚ reporting ‚ and budgeting. (Nigro‚ 1989). So planning and budgeting are the first and the last functions of management in the order of Gulick’s idea‚ POSDCORB‚ but it does not necessarily mean that budgeting is the end of management function‚ because after
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Chapter 1 Introduction of management Management is a universal phenomenon. It is a very popular and widely used term. All organizations - business‚ political‚ cultural or social are involved in management because it is the management which helps and directs the various efforts towards a definite purpose. According to Harold Koontz‚ “Management is an art of getting things done through and with the people in formally organized groups. It is an art of creating an environment in which people can
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WHAT CHALLENGES DOES THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ENCOUNTER IN A CHANGING PUBLIC SECTOR ENVIRONMENT The traditional model of public administration (TPA) remains the longest standing and most successful theory of management in the public sector which pre-dominated for most of the 20th century. The TPA can be characterized as an administration under the formal control of the political leadership which was based on a strictly hierarchical model of bureaucracy‚ staffed by permanent‚ neutral
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coordinating and controlling). “To manage is to forecast and plan‚ to organise‚ to command‚ to co-ordinate and to control" (Fayol‚ 1949). Gulick and Urwick (1937) expanded Fayol ’s list to seven executive management activities summarised by the acronym POSDCORB: * planning: determine objectives in advance and the methods to achieve them; * organising: establish a structure of authority for all work; * staffing: recruit‚ hire and train workers; maintain favourable working conditions; *
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Chapter 13: The Hawthorne Studies Hawthorne Studies “The Social Person” was not invented by these studies‚ but was brought to a wider recognition by those who interpreted the results. The studies have been widely publicized‚ misinterpreted‚ praised‚ and criticized over the many years since the event. The studies continue to generate articles and presentations. Hawthorne Plant History & Time Line 1905: Western Electric moved to Cicero‚ Illinois 1914: Absorbed operations from New York & Chicago 1924-1933:
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Selected Essays by Lefoko O. Molebatsi (2001) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Public Policy and Policy Analysis: The Rational Model Question: The rational model of public policy making‚ though heavily criticized‚ is the most widely used and or talked about model. Discuss why. By Lefoko O. Molebatsi (University of Botswana) Instructor: Prof G. S Maipose 2001 1 Selected Essays by Lefoko O. Molebatsi (2001) -
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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA COURSE CODE : POL 123 COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION COURSE GUIDE POL 123 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Course Team Dr. Justice Igbokwe (Writer) - NDC Dr. C. Nna-Emeka Okereke (Editor) - NDC Ifeyinwa M. Ogbonna-Nwaogu (Coordinator) - NOUN NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ii POL 123 COURSE GUIDE National Open University of Nigeria Headquarters 14/16 Ahmadu Bello Way Victoria Island Lagos Abuja Office
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THEORIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Like any other field of social sciences‚ the development of Public Administration as a study and also‚ as a practice is a response to evolving social contexts. As it is an eclectic field of study‚ it has adapted its key concepts and theories predominant in that period of time from the other fields of study. Thus‚ one can look at its development by identifying key concepts of economic‚ sociological and other studies that have contributed to how
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possessed power by virtue of his position (1922) • Mary Parker Follett – participatory management in power with as opposed to power over (1926) “power with” as opposed to “power over” (1926) Luther Gulick Notes on Organization ‐‐ 1937 • Work of the Executive Work of the Executive • POSDCORB – Planning – Organizing – Staffing – Directing – Coordinating g – Reporting – Budgeting g g Leadership a new definition Leadership – a new definition • Chester Barnard – 1938 new definition of leadership The ability of a superior to influence the
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administration as an activity. 5. Explain and describe the foundation of public administration. 6. What is the importance of public administration? 7. Gulick and Urwik assign a range of functions to the executive in an acronym namely POSDCORB‚please explain or describe this acronym. 8. Conclusion. 9. Reference 1 Define and describe public administration: Public administration can be broadly describe as the development‚ implementation and study of branches of government policy
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