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PA 201 Syllabus

PA 201 is an introductory course to the discipline of public administration. It introduces students to how public administration theories are applied in government agencies and presents the interplay of politics and management in the Philippine government. The course objectives are to introduce key concepts of the field, promote analytical thinking on the role of public administration in development, and analyze the dynamics of non-government organizations. The course outline covers topics like the evolution of public administration as a field of study, traditional and modern theories, behavioral theories used in the discipline, and issues facing public administration like adapting to new technologies.

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PA 201 Syllabus

PA 201 is an introductory course to the discipline of public administration. It introduces students to how public administration theories are applied in government agencies and presents the interplay of politics and management in the Philippine government. The course objectives are to introduce key concepts of the field, promote analytical thinking on the role of public administration in development, and analyze the dynamics of non-government organizations. The course outline covers topics like the evolution of public administration as a field of study, traditional and modern theories, behavioral theories used in the discipline, and issues facing public administration like adapting to new technologies.

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PA 201: FOUNDATION, THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

PA 201 is one of the core courses in the degree Masters of Public Administration.

1. It introduces graduate students to the discipline of PA and how its theories are being put into
practice in today’s actual operation of public agencies, institutions and instrumentalities.

2. It presents in detail the interplay of politics and administration or management in the various
level of the Philippine government.

3. It introduces the students the issues and challenges the Public Administration faces as it copes
up with the fast changing and advancing information and technology.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. To introduce the graduate students to PA as a discipline and profession, its basic concepts,
nature and scope, theories and principles, arguments and researches.

2. To induce analytical and critical thinking on the role of PA as a mechanism geared towards

PA 201: Foundation, Theory and Practice


national development aspiration.

3. To analyze the dynamics of Non-Government Organizations, Public Organizations, Civil


Societies and Voluntary Organizations in the essence of citizen empowerment and
participation in quest for good governance and sustainable development.

of Public Administration
4. To develop students ability to relate and express their thoughts clearly on what’s going on
around them where PA is a part and parcel of their existence.

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COURSE OUTLINE:

I. INTRODUCTION
Definition of Public Administration

II. NATURE, SCOPE, FOUNDATION AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION THEORY AND


PRACTICE

A. Influences of the Multi-Disciplinary Evolution of Management Thought

Evolution of PA as a Field of Study / Discipline


Evolution of PA as a Practice / Human Activity / Profession
Research of Alexis de Tocqueville in 1835; 1840
Paradigm of Public Administration
Traditional Views / Classical Theories

B. Approaches, Movements, Directions and Developments: Goals / Values /


Process of PA

Development Administration (DA)


New Public Administration (NPA)

PA 201: Foundation, Theory and Practice


New Public Management (NPM)
Re-engineering Government
Re-inventing Government
New Public Service
Governance and E-Governance Towards Sustainable Development

of Public Administration
III. BEHAVIORAL THEORIES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROPONENTS

Argyris, Chris

Herzberg, Frederick

Maslow, Abraham

Mayo, Elton

McGregor, Douglas

IV. ECOLOGY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

External Elements
Internal Elements

V. PHILIPPINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

VI. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES

A. Identity Crisis

Defiinition Problem
Scope and Boundary Disputes
Science and Art Controversy
Means – End Controversy

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B. PA in the 4th Industrial Revolution (Coping up with the fast change in technology)
C. Others

Is there a Philippine Public Administration


Does Philippine Administration Experience Identity Crisis
Origin of Public Administration in the Philippines as a field of study and as a
practice
Highlights in the History of Public Administration

PA 201: Foundation, Theory and Practice


of Public Administration

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