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THE THEORY OF PUBLIC THE THEORY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Linkage Master Programmes Double Degree FIA-UNIBRAW and Japanese Universities Universitas Brawijaya 2006 2006 Lecturer : Prof. Dr. Ir. Ginandjar Kartasasmita jg[email protected] www.ginandjar.com Assistant Professor : Dr.Ir. Deddy S. Bratakusumah, BE, MURP, M.Sc. [email protected]

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THE THEORY OF PUBLIC THE THEORY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Linkage Master Programmesg gDouble Degree FIA-UNIBRAW and Japanese Universities

Universitas Brawijaya20062006

Lecturer : Prof. Dr. Ir. Ginandjar [email protected]

Assistant Professor : Dr.Ir. Deddy S. Bratakusumah, BE, MURP, [email protected]

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I. DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS

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CONTENTSWHAT IS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONWHAT IS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONWHAT IS ADMINISTRATION?THE UNIVERSALITY OF ADMINISTRATIONTHE UNIVERSALITY OF ADMINISTRATIONCHARACTERISTICS OF ADMINISTRATIONORGANIZATIONORGANIZATIONMANAGEMENTWHAT IS PUBLIC?WHAT IS PUBLIC?OTHER WAYS TO DEFINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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ADMINISTRATION

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APPROACHES TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPILLARS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONINTERDICIPLINARY INTERFACE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS MANAGEMENTPUBLIC INTEREST VS PRIVATE INTERESTPUBLIC GOODSDISTINCTIONS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ADIMINSTRATION

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WHAT IS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ?

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS A PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS A SPECIES BELONGING TO THE GENUS ADMINISTRATION WHICH GENUS ADMINISTRATION, WHICH GENUS IN TURN BELONGS TO A FAMILY WHICH WE MAY CALL COOPERATIVE WHICH WE MAY CALL COOPERATIVE HUMAN ACTION

(WALDO, 1955)

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WHAT IS ADMINISTRATION?

ADMINISTRATION IS A TYPE OF COOPERATIVE HUMAN EFFORT THAT COOPERATIVE HUMAN EFFORT THAT HAS A HIGH DEGREE OF RATIONALITY.HUMAN ACTION IS COOPERATIVE IF IT HAS EFFECTS THAT WOULD BE ABSENT IF THE COOPERATION DID NOT TAKE IF THE COOPERATION DID NOT TAKE PLACE.

(WALDO, 1955)

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WHAT IS ADMINISTRATION?

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HIGH DEGREE OFRATIONALITY LIES IN THE FACT THAT HUMAN RATIONALITY LIES IN THE FACT THAT HUMAN COOPERATION VARIES IN EFFECTIVENESS OF GOAL ATTAINMENT WHETHER WE THINK IN GOAL ATTAINMENT, WHETHER WE THINK IN TERMS OF FORMAL GOALS, THE GOALS OF LEADERS OR OF ALL WHO COOPERATELEADERS, OR OF ALL WHO COOPERATE

(WALDO 1955)(WALDO, 1955)

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WHAT IS ADMINISTRATION?

ADMINISTRATION IS A PLANNED APPROACH TO THE SOLVING OF ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS IN ALMOST EVERY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP ACTIVITY, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

(DIMOCK, DIMOCK, AND KOENIG, 1960)

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HAVE SOME DECIDE TO FAMILY HAVE SOME MONEY USE THE

MONEY AS CAPITAL TO CAPITAL TO

ESTABLISH A WARUNG

WORKING RESULTSTOGETHER IN

THE OPERATION SUCCESFUL FAILUREOPERATION OF WARUNG

SUCCESFUL FAILURE

FIND WAYS BETTER LIFE FIND WAYS TO START

AGAIN

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HAVE SOME DECIDE TO FAMILY HAVE SOME MONEY

DECIDE TO BUY

LOTTERIES

RESULTS

WIN LOSE

RICHER OR POORER OR WORSE LIFEBETTER LIFE WORSE LIFE

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WHAT IS ADMINISTRATION?

THERE IS PURPOSE:THERE IS PURPOSE:

MOVING THE STONE

THERE IS COOPERATIVE ACTIONTHERE IS COOPERATIVE ACTION:

SEVERAL PERSONS USING COMBINED STRENGTH TO COMBINED STRENGTH TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT SUCH A DONE WITHOUT SUCH A COMBINATION

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WHAT IS ADMINISTRATION?

IN ITS BROADEST SENSE IN ITS BROADEST SENSE ADMINISTRATION CAN BE DEFINED AS THE ACTIVITIES OF GROUPS THE ACTIVITIES OF GROUPS COOPERATING TO ACCOMPLISH COMMON GOALS.GOALS.

(SIMON 1991)(SIMON, 1991)

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WHAT IS ADMINISTRATION?

IN THE MORE RESTRICTED SENSE IT IS CONCERNED WITH SUCH QUESTIONS AS:

1. HOW THE METHOD WAS CHOOSEN, O O S C OOS ,2. HOW THE MEN MOVING THE STONE WERE SELECTED AND

INDUCED TO COOPERATE IN CARRYING OUT SUCH A TASK,3 HOW THE TASK WAS DIVIDED BETWEEN THEM 3. HOW THE TASK WAS DIVIDED BETWEEN THEM, 4. HOW EACH ONE LEARNED WHAT HIS PARTICULAR JOB WAS

IN THE TOTAL PATTERN, 5. HOW HE LEARNED TO PERFORM IT,6. HOW HIS EFFORTS ARE COORDINATED WITH THE EFFORTS

OF THE OTHEROF THE OTHER(SIMON, 1991)

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THE UNIVERSALITY OF ADMINISTRATION

SINCE ADMINISTRATION IS CONCERNED WITH ALL PATTERNS OF COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR, IT IS PATTERNS OF COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT ANY PERSON ENGAGED IN AN ACTIVITY IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER PERSONS IS ENGAGED IN ADMINISTRATION IS ENGAGED IN ADMINISTRATION. SINCE EVERYONE HAS COOPERATED WITH OTHERS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, HE HAS SOME BASIC FAMILIARITY WITH SOME BASIC FAMILIARITY WITH ADMINISTRATION AND SOME OF ITS PROBLEMS.

(SIMON, 1991)

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THE UNIVERSALITY OF ADMINISTRATION

MUCH OF THIS ADMINISTRATION IS UNCONSCIOUS-THAT IS, NOT DELIBERATELY OR FORMALLY PLANNED-THAT IS, NOT DELIBERATELY OR FORMALLY PLANNEDBUT IT IS ADMINISTRATION NEVERTHELESS.

THE FATHER IS OFTEN CONSIDERED THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD, BUT HE IS NOT CONSCIOUSLY SELECTED AS SUCH BY A FORMAL VOTE. HE CERTAINLY PERFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE FAMILY AND ASSIGNING TASKS TO ITS MEMBERAND ASSIGNING TASKS TO ITS MEMBER

(SIMON, 1991)

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THE UNIVERSALITY OF ADMINISTRATION

MOST PERSONS, WHILE THEY ARE ENGAGED IN ADMINISTRATION EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIVES, ADMINISTRATION EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIVES, SELDOM THINK FORMALLY ABOUT THE PROCESS.

THEY SELDOM DELIBERATELY SET OUT TO CONSIDER THE WAYS IN WHICH THE COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES OF GROUPS ARE ACTUALLY ARRANGED; HOW THE COOPERATION COULD BE MADE MORE EFFECTIVE OR SATISFYING; WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE COOPERATIVE ACTIVITYCONTINUANCE OF THE COOPERATIVE ACTIVITY

(SIMON, 1991)

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CHARACTERISTICS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF ADMINISTRATION

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ADMINISTRATION ARE BEST SUBSUMED UNDER THE TWO TERMS ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

(WALDO, 1955)

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CHARACTERISTICS OF ADMINISTRATION

ORGANIZATION IS THE ANATOMY, ORGANIZATION IS THE ANATOMY, MANAGEMENT THE PHYSIOLOGY, OF ADMINISTRATION.ORGANIZATION IS THE STRUCTURE; MANAGEMENT IS THE FUNCTIONINGMANAGEMENT IS THE FUNCTIONINGOF ADMINISTRATION.

(WALDO 1955)(WALDO, 1955)

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ORGANIZATION

THE STRUCTURE OF AUTHORITATIVE THE STRUCTURE OF AUTHORITATIVE AND HABITUAL PERSONAL INTERRELATIONS IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM

(WALDO, 1955)

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ORGANIZATION

Directorate General

Directorate/Bureau/

Division

Section

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MANAGEMENT

GETTING THINGS DONE THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF OTHER PEOPLE EFFORTS OF OTHER PEOPLE.

ACTION INTENDED TO ACHIEVE (TAYLOR,1912)

RATIONAL COOPERATION IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM.

(WALDO, 1955)

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MANAGEMENT

MANAGER

PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION CONTROLLING

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WHAT IS PUBLIC

A COMMON USAGE OF ‘PUBLIC’ IS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE ‘PUBLIC SECTOR’ AND DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THE ‘PRIVATE SECTOR’, WHICH ESSENTIALLY REVOLVES AROUND DIFFERENCE OF OWNERSHIP REVOLVES AROUND DIFFERENCE OF OWNERSHIP (COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP, IN THE NAME OF ALL CITIZEN, VERSUS INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP) AND , )MOTIVE ( SOCIAL PURPOSE VERSUS PROFIT).

(BOVAIRD AND LöFFER , 2003)

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WHAT IS PUBLIC

THE ESSENTIAL TASK OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN:

ENABLING AUTHORITATIVE PUBLIC CHOICEABOUT COLLECTIVE ACTIFITY AND PURPOSE ABOUT COLLECTIVE ACTIFITY AND PURPOSE. IT IS ABOUT CLARIFYING, CONSTITUTING AND ACHIEVING A PUBLIC PURPOSEACHIEVING A PUBLIC PURPOSE.

(RANSON AND STEWART, 1989)

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WHAT IS PUBLIC

COOPERATIVE HUMAN ACTION

SOCIETY (SOCIETAL INSTITUTIONS)

ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC PRIVATE

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

ORGANIZATION (STRUCTURE)

MANAGEMENT (FUNCTION)

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS

THE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MEN AND MATERIALS TO ACHIEVE THE PURPOSES OF GOVERNMENTTHE ART AND SCIENCE OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MANAGEMENT AS APPLIED TO AFFAIRS OF STATEAFFAIRS OF STATE

(WALDO, 1955)

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OTHER WAYS TO DEFINE PUBLIC OTHER WAYS TO DEFINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MAY BE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MAY BE DEFINED AS THE COORDINATION OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP EFFORTS TO INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP EFFORTS TO CARRY OUT PUBLIC POLICY

IT IS MAINLY OCCUPIED WITH THE DAILY WORK OF GOVERNMENTS

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OTHER WAYS TO DEFINE PUBLICOTHER WAYS TO DEFINE PUBLICADMINISTRATION

COOPERATIVE GROUP EFFORT IN PUBLIC SETTINGCOVERS ALL THREE BRANCHES: EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPHAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN FORMULATING OF PUBLIC POLICY AND IS THUS A PART OF THE POLITICAL PROCESSPOLITICAL PROCESS

(PFIFFNER AND PRESTHUS, 1960)

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OTHER WAYS TO DEFINE PUBLICOTHER WAYS TO DEFINE PUBLICADMINISTRATION

CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH NUMEROUS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH NUMEROUS PRIVATE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITYPROVIDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY

DIFFERENT IN SIGNIFICANT WAYS FROM PRIVATE SECTOR ADMINISTRATIONPRIVATE SECTOR ADMINISTRATION

(NIGRO AND NIGRO, 1970)

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OTHER WAYS TO DEFINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CONCERNS ITSELF

MORE WITH HOW POLITICIANS IN GOVERNMENT AND NON-ELECTED PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES DEVICE POLICY, SUSTAIN THE MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT AND ENSURE POLICIES ARE PUT INTO PRACTICE.

(CHANDLER, 2000)( , )

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OTHER WAYS TO DEFINE PUBLIC OTHER WAYS TO DEFINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

1. THE OCCUPATIONAL SECTOR, ENTERPRISES, AND ACTIVITIES HAVING TO DO WITH THE ACTIVITIES HAVING TO DO WITH THE FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY OF GOVERNMENTAL AND OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES INVOLVED

2 THE ACADEMIC FIELD CONCERNED WITH THE 2. THE ACADEMIC FIELD CONCERNED WITH THE STUDY OF IMPROVEMENT OF, AND TRAINING FOR THE ACTIVITIES MENTIONED IN NO 1 (ABOVE)THE ACTIVITIES MENTIONED IN NO 1 (ABOVE)

(MARTINI, 1998)

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(MARTINI, 1998)

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OTHER WAYS TO DEFINE PUBLIC OTHER WAYS TO DEFINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

1. THE ADMINISTRATION OR MANGEMENT OF MATTERS WHICH HAVE PRINCIPALLY TO DO WITH THE SOCIETY, POLITY, AND ITS SUBPARTS WHICH ARE NOT ESSENTIALLY PRIVATE, FAMILIAL, COMMERCIAL, OR INDIVIDUALISTICINDIVIDUALISTIC.

2. DISCIPLINED STUDY OF SUCH MATTERS.

IN ITS SIMPLEST MEANING, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION HAS TO DO WITH MANAGING THE REALM OF GOVERNMENTAL AND OTHER PUBLIC ACTIVITIES

(MARTINI, 1998)

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APPROACHES TO PUBLIC APPROACHES TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

MANAGERIAL APPROACH

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS GEARED PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS GEARED TOWARD THE MAXIMIZATION OF EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY, AND EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY, AND ECONOMY

(ROSENBLOOM, 2005)

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APPROACHES TO PUBLIC APPROACHES TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

POLITICAL APPROACH

RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES AND THE BUREAUCRACIES TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS BUREAUCRACIES TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS (THE CHIEF EXECUTIVES, THE LEGISLATORS). IT IS OF CENTRAL IMPORTANCE IN A GOVERNMENT BASED INCREASINGLY ON THE EXERCISE OF DISCRETIONARY POWER BY THE AGENCIES OF ADMINISTRATIONTHE AGENCIES OF ADMINISTRATION.

(ROSENBLOOM, 2005)

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APPROACHES TO PUBLICAPPROACHES TO PUBLICADMINISTRATION

LEGAL APPROACH

AN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY IS A GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY, OTHER THAN A COURT AND OTHER THAN A LEGISLATIVE BODY, WHICH AFFECTS THE ,RIGHTS OF PRIVATE PARTIES THROUGH EITHER ADJUDICATION, RULE MAKING, INVESTIGATING, PROSECUTING, NEGOTIATING, SETTLING, OR INFORMALLY ACTINGTHE LEGAL APPROACH TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION EMPHASIZES THE RULE OF LAWEMPHASIZES THE RULE OF LAW

(ROSENBLOOM, 2005)

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PILLARS OF PUBLIC PILLARS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

THREE DEFINING PILLARS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION:

1. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND THE BEHAVIOR OF PEOPLE IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS; ;

2. THE TECHNOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

3 THE PUBLIC INTEREST AS IT RELATES TO 3. THE PUBLIC INTEREST AS IT RELATES TO INDIVIDUAL ETHICAL CHOICE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

(BAILEY, 1968)

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INTERDICIPLINARY INTERFACE INTERDICIPLINARY INTERFACE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

LAW• ADMINISTRATIVE LAW• ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

• DISCRETIONARY POWERS

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BUSINESSPOLITICS

MANAGEMENTECONOMICS

PUBLIC CHOICE

PUBLIC POLICY

MANAGEMENT

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PUBLIC CHOICE

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS MANAGEMENT

PLANNINGPLANING PROCESS

ADMINISTRATION

PRIVATE

BUDGETING

STRUCTURESPRIVATE

PUBLIC

ORGANIZING PROCEDURES

HUMAN RESOURCES

STANDARD

GOALS

IMPLEMENTINGSTANDARD OPERATING

PROCEDURES

CONTROLLING

MONITORING

EVALUATION

FEED BACK

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PUBLIC INTEREST vs PRIVATE PUBLIC INTEREST vs PRIVATE INTEREST

THE GOVERNMENTAL OBLIGATION TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC INTEREST DISTINGUISHES PUBLICADMINISTRATION FROM PRIVATE MANAGEMENT. IN A MORAL AND BASIC SENSE, IT MUST SERVE “A HIGHER PURPOSE”PURPOSE .PRIVATE FIRMS ARE THOUGHT TO BEST SERVE THE GENERAL INTEREST BY VIGOROUSLY PURSUING THEIR OWN ECONOMIC INTEREST. THEIR TASK IS TO BE HIGHLY EFFICIENT AND COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE. NOT ONLY IS PROFIT THE BOTTOM LINE, MARKETPLACE. NOT ONLY IS PROFIT THE BOTTOM LINE, THE PROFIT MOTIVE IS VIEWED AS A POSITIVE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC GOOD. (ROSENBLOOM, 2005)

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PUBLIC GOODS

THE REMOTENESS OF MARKET FORCES FROM PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ENABLES THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ENABLES THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS THAT COULD NOT PROFITABLY BE PRODUCTS THAT COULD NOT PROFITABLY BE OFFERED BY PRIVATE FIRMS. SOME OF THESE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS SOME OF THESE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ARE REFFERED TO AS PUBLIC GOODS OR QUASI-PUBLIC GOODS.QU S U C GOO S

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PUBLIC GOODS

WHEN UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO A GOOD, SUCH AS HEALTH CARE OR EDUCATION BECOMES AS HEALTH CARE OR EDUCATION, BECOMES VIEWED AS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT OF THE KIND OF SOCIETY THE POLITICAL SYSTEM WANTS TO FOSTER, IT IS LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERED A PUBLIC GOOD.

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PUBLIC GOODS

BROADLY SPEAKING, THESE ARE GOODS, THAT INDIVIDUALS CANNOT BE EXCLUDED THAT INDIVIDUALS CANNOT BE EXCLUDED FROM ENJOYING, THAT ARE NOT EXHAUSTED OR SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED AS MORE INDIVIDUALS USE THEM AND FOR WHICH INDIVIDUALS USE THEM, AND FOR WHICH INDIVIDUALS DO NOT COMPETE

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PUBLIC GOODS

PRIVATE FIRMS TYPICALLY FACE MARKETS IN A FAR MORE DIRECT FASHION. UNDER FREE-MARKET CONDITIONS, IF THEY FAIL TO PRODUCE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AT COMPETITIVE PRICES CONSUMERS TURN TO COMPETITIVE PRICES, CONSUMERS TURN TO OTHER SOURCES AND A COMPANY'S INCOME DECLINES. IN BETWEEN THE TYPICAL PUBLIC AGENCY AND THE PRIVATE FIRM IS A GRAY AREA IN WHICH NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND WHICH NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND HIGHLY REGULATED INDUSTRIES, SUCH AS MANY UTILITIES, OPERATE.

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PUBLIC GOODS

THE "PUBLIC CHOICE" MOVEMENT HOLDS THAT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WILL BE MORE RESPONSIVE AND EFFICIENT IF THEY CAN BE COMPELLED TO REACT TO MARKETLIKE COMPELLED TO REACT TO MARKETLIKE FORCES.

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DISTINCTIONS OF PUBLIC AND DISTINCTIONS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ADIMINSTRATION

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PRIVATE ADMINISTRATION

1. SERVICE DELIVERY2. POLITICAL PROCESS

1. PROFIT MOTIVATION2. BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

3. LEGALISTIC APPROACH4. BUREAUCRACY5. INEFFICIENT

3. PROFIT APPROACH4. EGALITER5. EFFICIENT5. INEFFICIENT

6. NO COMPETITION7. SOCIAL WELFARE GOALS

5. EFFICIENT6. FREE COMPETITION7. INDIVIDUL WELFARE

TARGETSTARGETS

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