PADP 6910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Progressive Era, Restorative Justice, Human Capital

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Public Administration and Policy
• Course: PADP 6910
• Professor: George Krause

Document Summary

Of public administrators bc they have expertise, information, & regulations to aid decision- making. Themes of public administration: politics : choices among competing values. The progressive era prescription : delegation & hierarchy (a chain of command) Proponents of a science of administration e. g. woodrow wilson"s. Ambiguity in rule of law : formal contracts vs. informal contracts > politics is inherent to administration since it entails allocation of resources & power by government (gaus) Formal > speci ed rules and procedures; permit administrative discretion; codi ed; speci city; based in constitution. Informal > understood rules; little speci city; not bound by job; most of public administrative work; relying on administrators" judgement. Legalism > procedures; finer pub. admin. should follow elected of cials. Professionalism > application of expertise, derived informality; friedrich. Pub. admin. should follow professional judgment & discretion: performance : how things get done.