Public administration
From Freepedia
Public administration is, broadly speaking, the implementation of policy within a state framework. The adjective 'public' denotes 'government'. It is different from private administration. A good working definition is, "taking care of the state's, and international organizations', business by civil servants within the executive branch of government, other than public policy."
Like law or medicine, but unlike economics and political science/politics, public administration is the term both for the subject matter and for the academic study of the same.It is used to denote the activity/art of administration as well.
The more specific term public management refers to ordinary, routine or typical management concerns, but in the context of achieving public good with public infrastructure. There is necessarily some overlap between the terms. It can also be termed as management of work related to the Public, such as by an organisation which is a government body.
See also
- Public Administration (science).
- American Society for Public Administration.
- Dutch Association for Public Administration.
Public administration is the process and study of policy implementation in the federal, state, and local governments. Governments are made of all levels of bureaucracies and within these bureaucracies administrators manage workers so to carry out the policies. Administrators are specialized in different areas such as budgeting, finance, policy analysis, management, and technology.
