Week 1: Writing Assignment
1) Read Chapter 1 of Course Textbook – Approaching the study of Public Administration.
2) After reading, complete the corresponding essay assignment. Type your work and upload it here.
3) Answer any four of the following questions. All questions carry equal marks.
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Define public administration and discuss the reasons for the decline of public regard and confidence in public administrators today.
Identify and discuss reasons for the growth and expansion of government bureaucracy.
Identify and discuss the similarities and differences between public and private administration.
Identify and discuss the roles of public administration in contemporary American society.
Discuss the contributions of public administration theorists Frank Goodnow and Woodrow Wilson to the theory of public administration dichotomy. Include in your discussion the positions of critics such as Paul Appleby, Herbert Simon and Dwight Waldo.
Identify and discuss various aspects of the scope and functions (subjects of study) of public administration as a discipline according to Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick.
7. Discuss the impacts of globalization on American govt. and the social life of its citizens.
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