PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION NOTION: HISTORICAL GENESIS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32851/tnv-pub.2021.3.5Keywords:
public administration, government, bureaucracy, civil service, human resourcesAbstract
Public administration is the field of service that maintains a civil society and provides for the needs of the public. Public administration is also the key instrument of government for ensuring public interests. Public administration integrates and synthesizes theories and propositions from other disciplines including the behavioural sciences, the system sciences, and the natural sciences. As public administration is a feature of all nations, whatever their system of government, it is important to understand all its features as well as the course of its development with the stating of the prominent personalities having contributed to the public administration most. The goal of the presented article is to answer the following questions: how did public administration develop to such a high level? What was its historical development course? Who were the most prominent academicians/administrators/scientists having contributed to the public administration development the most? A radical transformation in public administration began as early as the middle of the nineteenth century, accelerating after World War I and continuing beyond World War II. Many individuals who were placed in charge of public administration revolutionized it and left their mark for generations to come. Among the most prominent of them one should mention Max Weber, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Mary Parker Follett, Douglas McGregor, Robert Clifton Weaver, and others. The knowledge for the course development of public administration and the prominent personalities having contributed the most to its development will help make the public administration as a whole and the administrators’ work as well the quality of their services in particular more efficient, thus contributing to the higher development level of the country and raising the living standards of each citizen. The research results will be interesting and useful for the academicians researching the notion of public administration, administrators working in the power bodies of all the levels, NGOs employees and students studying the subject as well as all the stakeholders.
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