and Grading Criteria with their respective percentages for the Grading Rubric: 1. Compare and contrast leadership and management‚ and understand their similarities and differences as well as the ethical challenges that managers face. (40%) 2. Discuss and explain when and why participation should be used to improve leadership effectiveness. (40%) 3. Apply critical thinking skills to analyze business situations.
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question has been raised and various people have given an insight on what their beliefs are on whether management is an art or a science. To be able to determine where management falls in these two terms‚ it is important to know what they each mean and give support as to why it can either be an art or a science. Below shall be a discussion in detail on whether management is an art or a science but to begin with it is important to know what management is and what it entails. Management according to Henri
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Review of “A New Vision for Public Administration” Charles T. Goodsell Public Administration Review‚ 66.4‚ July/August 2006: 623:635 Theme The theme of the article by Goodsell is illustrating “how public administration in the United States can be seen on its own terms‚ and not those of others” (p. 634). This article argue that the professors and practitioners of the field have inadvertently allowed it to be observed and interpreted from standpoints imposed by others who are external to
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Discuss the various meanings‚ concepts of and ideas on Public Administration as a field of study and practice. “Public Administration as defined is the organization and Management of men and materials to achieve the purposes of government.” It’s the art and science of management as applied to affairs of the state. Cited in Waldo‚1955. It has dual usages: as a field of practice and as a field of study. Meaning “both a professional and scholarly discipline” (Ocampo‚1993) which has been much influenced
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Today’s public administrators face many dilemmas in regard to ethical conduct. This is not because today’s public administrators are inherently evil. This is mainly due to the elevated level of scrutiny placed on today’s public administrators. Network television and the emergence of the internet have facilitated this scrutiny; however the blame cannot be solely attributed to these forms of media. Some public administrators make questionable moral decisions that help amplify the public perception
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An Element of arts and science Astrology provides a very debatable kind of knowledge that is generally assessed by the intelligent as a useless kind of knowledge‚ which only makes sense for the ignorant. At the same time astrology is usually associated with gypsies and hucksters‚ who are known for their deceptive and fake knowledge‚ as they try to deceive people for their own financial interest. On the other hand‚ we find people with high education attempting to study astrology and very much
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the profession of public administration. Later‚ in 2005‚ the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) classified equity as the fourth pillar of public administration‚ alongside the well-established pillars of economy‚ efficiency‚ and effectiveness (Norman-Major‚ 2011). Already accustomed to the established pillars of public administration‚ the incorporation of equity has presented challenges for public administrators. Norman-Major (2011) argues that the primary reasons public administrators
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discretion and administrative law. Bureaucratic discretion factors heavily into the administrative process‚ as public administrators try to put into effect what Congress makes (politically) through broad and sometimes vague mandates. Agencies are granted considerable discretion to take Congressional mandates and funds and put them into practice so as to produce a specific outcome. How public sector employees do this varies from agency to agency; but the number of variables involved in programmatic design
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effective practice of management requires a synthesis of science and art; that is‚ a blend of rational objectivity and intuitive insight. Good management is a mixture of art and science. Managing is working with and through other people to accomplish the objectives of both the organizations and its members. Management is both art and science. It is the art of making people more effective than they would have been without you. The science is in how you do that. There are four basic pillars‚ plan
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Photography is an art though the process involves science. Fundamentally speaking‚ science is associated with this art; it is an art but with technological advancements and invention of digital camera. In the time to come‚ it is expected that this art of photography would function with the support of science and many artists would continue to do the art work in this field of photography. Ever since 1839‚ photography has become an essential means of communication and expression. As stated by Beaumont
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