POLI 2Q98 Lecture Notes - United States House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, Transport Canada, Privative
17 Apr 2013
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Public vs. private sector: management techniques influence public administration. Purpose of public administration is supposed to be good for public. Human resources management public servants generally have tenure and other fights as public servants. Cabinet secrets vs. public knowledge: what the public sees vs. what other bureaucrats see is difficult but at the top there can be a lot of public security. Suspicion of executive power vs. enhancing it. Power to politicians, interest groups and citizen"s vs. power to experts and professional bureaucrats. Political bargaining and accommodation vs. desire to keep politics separate . The size of public sector and its changing environment. In canada, significant growth in administrative capacity during wwi and wwii. Major growth of governments at federal and provincial levels, 1994-1980. Efforts to control spending and reduce the size of government in the 1980"s- today. Is the public bureaucracy the right size or responsibilities that it carries out.
