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Ozer KOSEOGLU
ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
1. People
2. Organization
3. Public policy
4. Laws and regulations
5. Public finance
6. Public servants
TRADITIONAL MODEL OF
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Public administration as both theory and practice began in the late
nineteenth century and lasted in most Western countries largely
unchanged until the last quarter of the twentieth century.
The beginning of the traditional model is best seen in mid-
nineteenth century Britain.
In 1854, the Northcote–Trevelyan Report recommended the
abolition of patronage and the substitution of recruitment by open
competitive examinations under the supervision of a central
examining board.
In 1883, the Civil Service Act (the Pendleton Act) was passed which
established a bipartisan Civil Service Commission the holding of
competitive examinations for all applicants to the classified service
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRADITIONAL
MODEL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
An administration under the formal control of the political
leadership,
Based on a strictly hierarchical model of bureaucracy,
Staffed by permanent, neutral and anonymous officials,
Motivated only by the public interest, serving any governing
party equally, and not contributing to policy but merely
administering those policies decided by the politicians.
Its theoretical foundations mainly derive from Woodrow Wilson
and Frederick Taylor in the United States, Max Weber in
Germany and Henri Fayol in France.
WOODROW WILSON –
POLITICS/ADMINISTRATION DICHOTOMY
There should be a strict separation of
politics from the administration; of
policy from the strictly administrative task
of carrying it out.
Administration lies outside the proper
sphere of politics. Administrative questions
are not political questions.
Politics/administration dichotomy allowed
public administration to emerge as a
28th President of the selfconscious field of study, intellectually
United States and institutionally differentiated from
1913 – 1921 politics.
MAX WEBER: THEORY OF BUREAUCRACY