Deck 2: Paradigms of Public Administration

Question 1

Woodrow Wilson set the tone for the early study of public administration with an essay entitled

A) The Study of Politics
B) The Study of Administration.
C) The Paradigm of Progress
D) The Development of Organizational Thought

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The emphasis of the first paradigm of public administration was

A) political corruption.
B) the science of management.
C) the existence of a dichotomy between politics and administration
D) principles of governance.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In 1947, Herbert Simon published a devastating critique of public administration entitled

A) The Function of the Executive
B) Administrative Behavior.
C) Public Administration Today and Tomorrow
D) Principles of Administration

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Founded in 1939 to separate public administration from political science, the primary association of scholars and practitioners of public administration is the

A) American Political Science Association
B) American Society for Public Administration
C) National Academy of Public Administration
D) Public Administration Theory Network.

Question 5

Administrative science attempted to place public administration more clearly within the field of

A) political science
B) sociology
C) psychology.
D) business administration.

Question 6

Schools that offer the MPA degree may apply for accreditation through ___________, which brings with it higher prestige, more effective programming, and enhanced ability to recruit faculty and students.

A) American Political Science Association
B) American Society for Public Administration
C) National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
D) National Academy of Public Administration

Question 7

Which of the following was not advocated for by early public administrators?

A) home rule
B) non-partisan elections
C) short ballots
D) citizen satisfaction surveys

Question 8

___________________ is a network-based method designed to reduce gang-related violence through collaborative governance across multiple policy sectors, including police, prosecutors, and social workers.

A) Scientific management
B) Focused deterrence
C) Critical variable analysis
D) Interdependence

Question 9

The major difference between government and governance is that governance is

A) institutional only
B) institutional and networked
C) institutional and global
D) networked and privatized

Question 10

__________________ refers to the degree of openness that distinguishes privateness from publicness.

A) Agency
B) Interest
C) Access
D) Locus

Question 11

Early in its development, public administration emerged as a building block of political science.

Question 12

American public administration clearly mirrors the fundamental values and precepts of American political science.

Question 13

Public administration is no different than business administration and management.

Question 14

Using objective measures, career public administrators are the most effective government managers.

Question 15

The council-manager form of government has brought more conflict and less collaboration to local governments.

Question 16

Politics is an inevitable element of public administration.

Question 17

The vast majority of students in M.P.A. programs nationwide are male.

Question 18

There are six paradigms of public administration. Trace the development of the discipline from the politics/administration dichotomy through the politics-administration continuum.

Question 19

Describe the major forces that undermined the politics/administration dichotomy and the principles of administration.

Question 20

In the 1920s and 1930s, the concept of principles of administration dominated the field. Discuss the development of this paradigm.

Question 21

Public administration upholds the values of the political system, as described by political science. What are some of these values?

Question 22

Discuss why it may be in the best interest of the public and public agencies for administrators to have public administration backgrounds rather than degrees in political science or business.