Question

Provide an assessment in a minimum of 200 words as to why these define terms is such an important element to study in Public administration and the reasons why? (ii) provide examples of what is meant by serving in the public interest?

Federal govenment grant- transfer of anything of value from the federal government to a non-federal entitiy to carry out the public purpose. The public purpose refers to the government authorized by law.

Public-private partnernship (PPP) - the partnership between a governmental agency and the private sector entity for delivering goodes or services to the public.

Local government- governmennt for public administration of specific areas such as towns, cities, counties and districts, mostly consist of county and municipal government structures. It is the lowest strata of government structure.

Public Servant- the person who is appointed or elected to a public office for working for government. These individual work at all levels of government

E-governance- is basically associated with carrying out the functions and achieving the results of governance through the utilization of ICT (Information and Communications Technology).

Citizen participation-is a process which provides private individuals an opportunity to influence public decisions and has long been a component of the democratic decision-making process.

Tranperancy- citizen access to information and facilitationg their understanding of decision-making processes

Performance measurement- is the process of collecting, analyzing and/or reporting information regarding the performance of an individual, group, organization, system or component.

Answer 1

The defined terms are important for studying in the field of public administration as these include processes

(a) That are vital to effective execution of public administration tasks, such as federal government grant, public private partnership, citizen's participation.

(b) Which form the essentials of machinery of public administration, such as citizens, public servants, local governments.

(c) Measures of success of public administration such as transparency, performance evaluation process.

(d) The phenomenon which define the future of public administration like the techniques like e governance which use technological advancement for making P.A. effective.

Serving in public interest means the activity that supports, benefits, makes acquaint and enhances the quality of outcome for the common good of general public.