Response paper on public administration

Response paper on public administration
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Introduction
Analysis of public administration and bureaucracy focuses on diverse perspectives that offer insights on how to deal with public administration, because a single perspective is typically not fully comprehensive. Public administration refers to management of public affairs, and includes the process of government policy formulation. Farmer focuses on relevance of public administration from the business, economic, political and critical theory angles in chapters 3 to 6, (Farmer, 2010) whereby he likens public administration as serving similar objectives in different perspectives, to different audiences. Nonetheless, public administrators can learn from these other approaches. The main theme of Public Administration in Perspective is that no matter the perspective, the foundation of public administration is on five fronts with planning being a major aspect in all perspectives.

Importance of planning
Planning is an important aspect of administration, regardless of the level of administration, and is also identifiable with other vital administrative functions including organization and coordination. Equally, planning extends to the management aspect of organizations when viewed from these diverse aspects of administration. It is implied that public administrators cannot dissociate themselves from the society, as the role of planning is common in all perspectives. Even though, planning is essential, Farmer does not suggest whether there are models applicable exclusively to any of the perspectives.
The material is relevant because it focuses on the similarities of the different perspectives and on planning. However, the trend towards adoption of business perspectives in public administration may not be applicable. From a public administration point of view the role of prices in the distribution of public is not applicable at all times. The relevant questions pertaining to the chapters are:
Whether behavioral theories are relevant in the study of public administration?
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