Basic issues in public administration / Donald Cameron Rowat

Contributor(s):

Rowat Donald Cameron (Editor)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Macmillan, c1961.Description: xv, 500 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

Subject(s):

Public administration

DDC classification:

350.ROW

Contents:

Is public administration becoming a science? Are public and private administration alike? Is red tape avoidable in public administration? Can administration be separated from politics? Are there general principles of organization? Are there principles of departmentalization? Should decision-making be the decision of organization theory? Is bureaucratic organization highly efficient? Is formal more important than informal organization? Should all administrative agencies be closely integrated? Do centralized service agencies have too much control? Should government corporations have more independence? Should field services be integrated? Are there ideal qualities of leadership? Is emphasis on status desirable? Are committees too popular? Can efficiency be measured? Should civil service commissions be abolished? Should classification disregard the employee? Should there be a senior civil service? Should public employees have the right to strike? Do we lack a theory of budgeting? Does performance budgeting assure better policy decisions? Should accounting be entirely an executive function? Should business methods of cost and accrual accounting be adopted? Has the delegation of legislative powers gone too far? Should legislative control be less direct? Was the creation of independent regulatory commissions a mistake? Should the administrative process be judicialized further? Should administrative adjudication be vested in separate tribunals? Should judicial control be greater? Are government publicity services desirable? Is there too much secrecy in administration? Is the public in danger of being manipulated? Should there be grass roots participation in administration? Should the bureaucracy be politically neutral? Must Congress become subordinate to the executive branch? Can the bureaucrats be trusted? Are the managers gaining control? Does increased economic planning mean serfdom?

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Is public administration becoming a science?
Are public and private administration alike?
Is red tape avoidable in public administration?
Can administration be separated from politics?
Are there general principles of organization?
Are there principles of departmentalization?
Should decision-making be the decision of organization theory?
Is bureaucratic organization highly efficient?
Is formal more important than informal organization?
Should all administrative agencies be closely integrated?
Do centralized service agencies have too much control?
Should government corporations have more independence?
Should field services be integrated?
Are there ideal qualities of leadership?
Is emphasis on status desirable?
Are committees too popular?
Can efficiency be measured?
Should civil service commissions be abolished?
Should classification disregard the employee?
Should there be a senior civil service?
Should public employees have the right to strike?
Do we lack a theory of budgeting?
Does performance budgeting assure better policy decisions?
Should accounting be entirely an executive function?
Should business methods of cost and accrual accounting be adopted?
Has the delegation of legislative powers gone too far?
Should legislative control be less direct?
Was the creation of independent regulatory commissions a mistake?
Should the administrative process be judicialized further?
Should administrative adjudication be vested in separate tribunals?
Should judicial control be greater?
Are government publicity services desirable?
Is there too much secrecy in administration?
Is the public in danger of being manipulated?
Should there be grass roots participation in administration?
Should the bureaucracy be politically neutral?
Must Congress become subordinate to the executive branch?
Can the bureaucrats be trusted?
Are the managers gaining control?
Does increased economic planning mean serfdom?

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