PS 150 Unit 1 Definition of terms and concept

the English word ‘administer’ is derived from a combination of two Latin words ‘ad ’and ‘ministrate’ meaning ‘to serve or manage’

management of the affairs of the public or private sectors

mobilisation of resources – human and material – to achieve pre-set objectives

an activity undertaken in pursuit of the realisation of a goal

the study of the state

the organisation and management of activities financed from the tax-payer’s money

known as Governmental Administration

its focus is on public bureaucracy

the machinery used by the service state to place itself in a position to make plans and programmes that carried out, and to carry out the plans and programmes it has made

“ Public administration is detailed and systematic application of law.”

defines Public administration as consisting of all those operations having for their purpose the fulfilment or enforcement of public policy.

“ Public administration is concerned with the administration of the government.”

“ Public Administration is consists of all those operations having for their purpose the fulfilment or enforcement of public policy.”

“Public Administration is that part of the science of administration which has to do with government and thus concern itself primarily with the executive branch where the work of the Government is done.”

PA “ the art and science of management as applied to the affairs of state.”

According to this view, public administration is sum total of all the activities undertaken in pursuit of and in fulfilment of public policy.

administration is concerned with the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of the government.

According to this view, the work of only those persons who are engaged in the performance of managerial functions in an organisation constitute administration.

Simon Smithburg, Thompson and Luther Gullick subscribe to this view of administration.

‘Administration has to do with getting things done; with the accomplishment of defined objectives.’

Gullick defines these techniques by the letters of the word: POSDCORB

The Philippines has four levels of administrative divisions, the lowest three of which are defined in the _____ as local government units (LGUs).

The Philippines has four levels of administrative divisions, the lowest three of which are defined in the Local Government Code of 1991 as _____.

comprises provinces and independent cities/municipality. Of the 17 regions, only one – the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao – has an elected government to which the central government has devolved competencies.