Now we will try to look into the definitions of public administration provided by various scholars. Olusola atilola, nigeria land administration reform in nigerian fig congress 2010 facing the challenges building the capacity sydney, australia, 1116 april 2010 316 land administration reform in nigerian. One time american president, woodrow wilson is thought to be founding father of public administration as a separate discipline because his essay laid the. The complexity of societal problems and growing expectations of citizens for efficient and effective delivery of goods and services to improve the living standard of the people by the government have become a concern. As a discipline, public administration is a post1947 growth in india. Lecturer, faculty of law, usmanu danfodiyo university, sokoto nigeria aminu m. In 1960, the region gained independence and was named nigeria.
The evolution of the nigerian civil service, 18611960. Lecturer, faculty of law, usmanu danfodiyo, sokoto nigeria abstract. The evolution of nigeria from about 1849 until it attained independence in 1960 is largely the story of the transformational impact of the british on the peoples and cultures of the nigerbenue area. Public administration public administration history. Originated from the private sector, public management is an evolution of public administration which applies managerial techniques to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of public services.
Evolution of comparative public administration 22 3. Public administration is very important for any country because it is the machinery that provides service to citizens and the public. National development plans in nigeria we have had series of development plans in nigeria. Comparative public administration is that facet of the study of public administration which is concerned with making rigorous crosscultural comparisons of the structures and processes involved in the activity of administering public affairs. Public administration as a discipline is not very old and it is only a hundred years.
International journal of development and economic sustainability vol. Nigeria is permanently hunted by the spectre of development. A series of legislative and regulatory measures have therefore been taken in the past few years to make the administration more userfriendly and help the public in their dealings with what should no longer be an administrative jungle. Evolution of public administration as a discipline as an activity, public administration originated much earlier than its birth as a discipline. Development administration is dealt with all class. By safeguarding such frontiers as maintenance of law and order, communications, public health, education, etc. Complete guide to the evolution of public administration.
Key principles of public sector reforms the commonwealth. Public administration can also be seen as the activities of groups cooperating to accomplish the common goals of government. During these years public administration has passed through several phases of development. Myth or opportunity for nigerian public administration. One time american president, woodrow wilson is thought to be founding father of public administration as a. What are the evolution of public administration in nigeria.
Traditional public administration is executive type and development administration is the managerial type. As a distinct discipline or a separate branch of social science the public administration is not very old. Public relations practise in nigeria began with the establishment of the iwe irohin news paper by henry townsend of the christian missionary service cms in 1859, this paper was what brough about a baic awareness of what public relations was about, the paper was active in advertising of births, funeral notices and so on. Dec 11, 20 the evolution of local government in nigeria from 1979 to 1999 local governments system has taken different forms from one period to the other in nigeria. If you mean public administration as a university course of study, several colleges and universities in the philippines offer a bachelor degree in public administration, a masters degree in public. Evolution of the nigerian federal administration system. But if we define it as the technique or method of management of state or polity it is as old as political science. The colonial authorities sought to define, protect and realise their imperial interest in this portion of west africa in the hundred or so years. Public administration is the implementation of government policy and also an academic discipline that studies this implementation and prepares civil servants for working in the public service. Finally, a vibrant and healthy civil service is the key to good governance and national development. We can broadly divide the history of public administration into the following five periods. It analyses the series of metamorphosis experienced by the field of public administration as well as its theoretical dispositions. Public administration is a broad and encompassing area of study.
What is the evolution of development administration in the philippines. Fatile, jacob olufemi department of public administration, faculty of management sciences, lagos state university, ojo, lagos, nigeria abstract information and communication technologies icts have changed the process of governance in the world. Public administration and the management of nigerias natural resources post 2015 election, by otive igbuzor. An anthology of essays lamidi, kazeem oyedele department of public administration, faculty of administration, obafemi awolowo university, ileife, nigeria abstract this paper provides an omnibus of theories of. In traditional public administration, the role of bureaucrats is confined to the application of the law and they have a sense of superiority. But tradition public administration parochial in nature and lacks positive thinking.
Nigeria, which is regarded as the grund norm and which creates the public service, there is also the revised public service rules, 2006 for the public servants to obey and follow. The evolution, development and practice of federalism in. Pascal petitcollot general secretariat of french government in europe like everywhere around the world, the development of public administration is mainly the consequence of the electronic tools evolution. It was born in 1887 as a discipline,not as an activity because as an activity as mentioned in my previous blog,public administration is as old as human existence itself. The evolution, development and practice of federalism in nigeria. Element of public administration is provide a major means for tracing its history and development of all fuculties the man,because of reasoning fuculties that is man is not born human but is made. It was due to the outcome of the report that led to. For nigeria in particular, this could be done within the official nepad structure, ecowas and other regional economic communities in africa, governments, private sector, civil society and other stakeholders. The formation of the panama rail road company in 1904 was another victory of the public enterprise system. From the fifties of the last century the two terms comparative government and comparative public administration have gained both publicity and popularity. Development administration is innovative in nature. Before we dwell deeper into understanding public administration it would be beneficial to try and see how different authors have tried to define what administration is.
Political and policy making bodiesa comparative study 68 5. Evolution of public administration linkedin slideshare. Public administration is like any other administration which is carried out in public interest. Problems and prospects of public administration in nigeria.
The new public management the term new public management encompasses a wide range of techniques and perspectives that are intended to overcome the inefficiencies inherent in the traditional model of public administration. This paper examines the functions of public service and the code of conduct for. Department of public administration, faculty of administration, obafemi awolowo university, ileife, nigeria abstract this paper provides an omnibus of theories of public administration. Public administration attempts to explain how decisions in government are made as well as administering projects to carry out those. As a field of inquiry with a diverse scope whose fundamental goal is to advance management and policies so that government can function. Project management practice in nigerian public sector an empirical study olateju, olawale i. The field of public administration today transcends government circles and includes other areas, namely, schools, churches, mosques, markets. The advent of the concept of welfare state after the second world war and the increasing developmental initiative undertaken by government across the world, the system of. Public administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic. A comparative analysis of local government administration. Theory and practice page 5 modulei definition, nature, scope and importance of public administration public administration and private administration public administration is an aspect of a more generic concept of administration. The area that became nigeria has long been inhabited by humans. The evolution of public policy is marked by expansion of the power of the people as well as government. Pubic relations in nigeria began in 1859 when reverend henry townsend published his newspaper called iwe iroyin which carried religious stories and news on events and death, his main aim was.
The history of public enterprises in the usa dates back in the nineteenth century and was characterized by the state chartered banks in which the federal government has significant portion of the stocks. One time american president, woodrow wilson is thought to be founding father of public administration as a separate discipline because his essay laid the foundation for systematic and. Public administration, therefore, refers to that part of administration, which pertains to the administrative activities of the government. The visibility of public administration is conspicuous and. Read this article to learn about the definition, sources and problems of comparative public administration. Comparative public administration is a theory of public. The goals of the field of public administration are related to the democratic values of improving equality, justice, efficiency and effectiveness of public services. The human relations theory brought about a pragmatic view to administrative issues. Public administration simply refers to the methods, processes and mechanisms put in place in the implementation of government policies. The evolution of public administration as a separate discipline can be traced in the following phases.
The discipline of public administration was born in the usa. The commonwealth key principles of public sector reform were recommended and endorsed by the commonwealth working group on public administration cwgpa, which met on 2728 november 2014 in london. The myth of growth and development is so entrenched that the. Five stages of evolution of public administration are as under. During the 15th and 18th century, people in this region, experienced slavery, under the british.
It argues that nigeria has basic legislations for regulation the code of. White, 1926it was in 1926 that the first text in the field of public administration was written by leonard d. Public administration is the front of the government, being its visible face. Manoj kumar, a student at pgdav college delhi university download pdf.
In nigeria, for instance, public administration is carried out international journal of development and sustainability vol. The ecology of nigerias public administration and employee motivation in the plateau state civil service 20042014 umoh, nanji rimdan 215078173 being a research thesis submitted to the college of humanities, school of social sciences, university of kwazulunatal, south africa, in fulfilment of the requirements. The participation of the united states in world war i and world war ii reflected a dramatic shift in u. History of public administration in nigeria information. Classical public administration the traditional model of public administration rests in important ways on the articulation by max weber of the nature of bureaucracy. C selected major ongoing concerns of public administration in the philippines reorganization, decentralization and corruption. Public service in nigeria an overview of functions and code of conduct junaidu bello marshall, esq. Basic premises of comparative public administration 1 2.
This paper examines the evolution of the chieftaincy, particularly as an agent of administration, in west africa niger and nigeria and melanesia vanuatu. The credit for initiating as an academic study of public administration goes to woodrow wilson, who was teaching political science at princeton university and who later became the president of usa. Aug 27, 2011 public administration as a discipline is not very old and it is only a hundred years. Although the paramountcy of chiefs was undone by colonial rule, traditional rulers have served as important adjuncts in the administration of postcolonial government in both africa and oceania. The public enterprises came into existence as a result of the expanding scope of public administration. Administrative structurea comparative perspective 91 6.
This article provides a complete guide to the evolution of public administration. Department of business administration and management technology, lagos state university, p. The evolution of public policy american university online. The cwgpa was a direct outcome of the fifth commonwealth ministers for public service.
Doc evolution of public administration mulao mwanza. In antiquity the egyptians and greeks organized public affairs by office, and the principal officeholders were regarded as being principally responsible for administering justice, maintaining law and order, and providing plenty. At the beginning of seventies of the last century large number of persons interested in public administration thought that both the purpose and structure of public administration must be overhauled to make the subject modern and to. The romans developed a more sophisticated system under their empire. History of public administration in nigeria nigeria is a merger of the northern protectorate and the southern protectorate. May 10, 2010 public relations in nigeria was established for the purpose of maintaining peace and creating mutual understanding between an organisation and its public. A prominent characteristic of traditional public administration is its upperclass orientation. In this chapter the evolution of public administration as it refers to translating out of time, focuses on administrative phenomena by means of. We have the pre colonial experiences culminating in different traditional political system. The transformation of public administrator to public manager is the major change that occurred in the public organisations. Public policy can change the future of almost anything, even great wars.
His book, introduction to the study of public administration, is one of the most influential texts in public administration to date. Evolution of public administration as a discipline and. He, however, regrets that a critical survey of local governments in nigeria today shows that they live in the shadow of the federal government, that a. The third stage in the evolution of the theory of public administration is known as the era of challenge because the above mentioned principles and iron cagemechanistic view of administration and workers was challenged. Traditional public administration versus the new public. Despite being very young discipline in a family of social science, it has shot into prominence.
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