POLS 2250 Chapter Notes -Human Resource Management System, Public Administration, E-Government

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2250
• Professor: Tim Mau

Document Summary

The spheres of our lives that the government touches has grown exponentially since wwii. Two major areas of the government activities: provision of services and the enforcement of regulations. Public administration is an occupation or a field of study whereas public bueacracray (aka public service/civil service) is an organizational form. Public policy- an action or decision made by the government to address a particular problem. Program set of activities used to carry out the policies of government. Receive provisions so are less worried about profit. Human resource management system is much more rigid. Someone who is less qualified can be promoted. Many more decisions are vulnerable to public scrutiny. Two reasons that there are so many differences: More things can be and are done behind closed doors: the vast scope and complexity of government activities, the political environment within which these activities are conducted. 1914 doherty and shortt wrote literature on certain aspects of public administration and public bureaucracy.