PAP 2300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Theory X And Theory Y, Treasury Board, Total Quality Management

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

Document Summary

Definition of public administration political legal: managerial occupational. From control to influence: networks, blending public and private resources, use of multiple instruments. What is politics: the exercise of power, the public or authoritative allocation of valued (resources) Force control over the body rather than the person. Persuasion: authority a legitimate power, coercion control by the use of threats whether overt or tactic, manipulation without threats usually through information and ideas. Sources of legitimacy: traditional legitimacy based on inheritance, charismatic legitimacy perception and projection of someone with extraordinary qualities, legal/rational legitimacy the rule of law. Types of democracy: direct citizens have power rather than through representatives. Indirect citizens hold power indirectly through representatives. Forms of participation: referendum vote on different things. Initiative - petition recall remove elected representatives. Independent the state governs itself as a sovereign entity, it can determine what kind of laws are governed. Safety security, freedom, stability: love or affiliation friendship, love, esteem achievement, competence, prestige status.