PAP 2300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Policy, Treasury Board Secretariat, Treasury Board

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 2300
• Professor: Christopher Cooper

Document Summary

Pap 2300 study notes: scientific management theory. Frederick w. taylor is known as the father of scientific management theory. The responsibility of a person or an organisation to someone else, outside of self, for something or some kind of performance. Objective responsibility entails rules and regulations that directly establish lines of communication, obligation, and control within government. Objective responsibility is accomplished through hierarchical structure of authority. A chain of command with successive delegation is the instrument by which the broad statement of accountability is forced. The objectives sources of responsibility are: (a) laws governing an organization (b) policies of government (c) ministerial directives (d) official job description (e) professional standards. Subjective responsibility is focusing not upon to whom and for what one is responsible (according to law and the organisation chart) but to whom and for what one feels responsible and behaves responsibly.