Public Administration- Exam 1 || SOLVED 100%
CORRECT!!
ASPA correct answers American Society for Public Administration; Became the leading
professional association of PA practitioners and scholars
NASPAA correct answers Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration;
Serves as a national and international resource
PAR correct answers Public Administration Review; Journal publish by ASPA
DPA correct answers Doctor of Public Administration
MPA correct answers Master of Public Administration
POSDCORB correct answers Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Directing
Coordinating
Reporting
Budgeting
NAPA correct answers National Academy of Public Administration; in order to
professionalize Public Administration
Difference between public administration and business administration (1) correct answers
Public sectors--> Managers have short time perspectives because of budget process &
Political Pressures
Difference between public administration and business administration (2) correct answers
Leadership does NOT last long in public organizations (relatively short period of time)
Difference between public administration and business administration (3) correct answers
Performance measures are often vague or arbitrary. There is not profit motive
Difference between public administration and business administration (4) correct answers
Public managers and public programs must pursue values of equity, fairness, and consensus
rather than efficiency and competitive performance
Difference between public administration and business administration (5) correct answers
Government officials operate under more scrutiny because media pals more attention because
you are expanding public dollars
Constitutional Law correct answers Establishes the legal functions of government at the
various levels of government
Legislative Law correct answers Laws that are approved and enacted by legislative bodies
, Administrative Law correct answers Legislative defers or delegates
Judicial Law correct answers Decisions resulting from court cases
Cost benefit analysis correct answers Decision making; whereby in a time of resource
scarcity, it is necessary to weight the potential costs against the potential benefits of a
particular course of action
Rational comprehensive approach correct answers Considers every single aspect of the matter
and assumes that manager understands and pursues clearly-stated goals, has full and accurate
information on which to base decisions, identifies and ranks alternative options, foresees all
the consequences of the course of action, and has the requisite amount of time, resources, and
talent in which to make and accomplish the action
Incrementalism/ Successive limited comparisons correct answers Accepts the existence of
multiple goals, unforeseen constraints, and numerous complex forces acting in the decision-
making environment; not the best or ideal courses of actions are made
Bounded rationality correct answers Considers some, but not all options and consequences,
attempts to account for unforeseen conditions, yet works within the existing scope of time,
resources, and expertise, and tries to move toward the organization's goals through the
decision
Max Weber correct answers Father of Bureaucracy, was the first to articulate and define
nature bureaucracies
Fredrick Taylor correct answers Father of Scientific Management
Chester Bernard correct answers Recognized the role of the informal organizations influence
with productivity; an executive in the private sector
Mary Parker Follet correct answers "Why do employees follow orders?" They follow orders
that are based on their attitude of what is proper; participatory management
Elton Mayo correct answers Started human relations movement; first to look at worker
behavior and productivity Hawthorne Effect
Douglas McGregor correct answers Came up with theory x- theory y; book was called "The
Human Side of Enterprise"
Woodrow Wilson correct answers First scholarly study of Public Administration
Henry Fayol correct answers Create a sense of team and pride by the workers on the part of
management
Anthony Downs correct answers five "ideal types of Bureaucrats": Climbers, Conservers,
Zealots, Advocates, Statesmen
CORRECT!!
ASPA correct answers American Society for Public Administration; Became the leading
professional association of PA practitioners and scholars
NASPAA correct answers Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration;
Serves as a national and international resource
PAR correct answers Public Administration Review; Journal publish by ASPA
DPA correct answers Doctor of Public Administration
MPA correct answers Master of Public Administration
POSDCORB correct answers Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Directing
Coordinating
Reporting
Budgeting
NAPA correct answers National Academy of Public Administration; in order to
professionalize Public Administration
Difference between public administration and business administration (1) correct answers
Public sectors--> Managers have short time perspectives because of budget process &
Political Pressures
Difference between public administration and business administration (2) correct answers
Leadership does NOT last long in public organizations (relatively short period of time)
Difference between public administration and business administration (3) correct answers
Performance measures are often vague or arbitrary. There is not profit motive
Difference between public administration and business administration (4) correct answers
Public managers and public programs must pursue values of equity, fairness, and consensus
rather than efficiency and competitive performance
Difference between public administration and business administration (5) correct answers
Government officials operate under more scrutiny because media pals more attention because
you are expanding public dollars
Constitutional Law correct answers Establishes the legal functions of government at the
various levels of government
Legislative Law correct answers Laws that are approved and enacted by legislative bodies
, Administrative Law correct answers Legislative defers or delegates
Judicial Law correct answers Decisions resulting from court cases
Cost benefit analysis correct answers Decision making; whereby in a time of resource
scarcity, it is necessary to weight the potential costs against the potential benefits of a
particular course of action
Rational comprehensive approach correct answers Considers every single aspect of the matter
and assumes that manager understands and pursues clearly-stated goals, has full and accurate
information on which to base decisions, identifies and ranks alternative options, foresees all
the consequences of the course of action, and has the requisite amount of time, resources, and
talent in which to make and accomplish the action
Incrementalism/ Successive limited comparisons correct answers Accepts the existence of
multiple goals, unforeseen constraints, and numerous complex forces acting in the decision-
making environment; not the best or ideal courses of actions are made
Bounded rationality correct answers Considers some, but not all options and consequences,
attempts to account for unforeseen conditions, yet works within the existing scope of time,
resources, and expertise, and tries to move toward the organization's goals through the
decision
Max Weber correct answers Father of Bureaucracy, was the first to articulate and define
nature bureaucracies
Fredrick Taylor correct answers Father of Scientific Management
Chester Bernard correct answers Recognized the role of the informal organizations influence
with productivity; an executive in the private sector
Mary Parker Follet correct answers "Why do employees follow orders?" They follow orders
that are based on their attitude of what is proper; participatory management
Elton Mayo correct answers Started human relations movement; first to look at worker
behavior and productivity Hawthorne Effect
Douglas McGregor correct answers Came up with theory x- theory y; book was called "The
Human Side of Enterprise"
Woodrow Wilson correct answers First scholarly study of Public Administration
Henry Fayol correct answers Create a sense of team and pride by the workers on the part of
management
Anthony Downs correct answers five "ideal types of Bureaucrats": Climbers, Conservers,
Zealots, Advocates, Statesmen
