1. Topic I Introduction to Public Administration
DR. Hala Elhelaly

2. UNIT 1 THE MEANING OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

3. Defining Public Administration
The definition of Public Administration
Political Definitions of Public Admin.
Legal Definitions of Public Admin.
Managerial Definitions of Public Admin.
Occupational Definitions of Public Admin.

4. Political Definitions
What Government Does
Totality of Day to Day Activities
Direct and/or Indirect Provider
Phase in Policymaking Cycle
Implementing the Public Interest
Doing Collectively what cannot be done Individually

5. Legal Definitions Is Law In Action Is Regulation
Is the King’s Largesse
Is Theft

6. Managerial Definitions
Is Executive function
Is A Management Specialty
Is Mickey Mouse
Is Science and Art

7. Occupational Definitions
An Occupational Category
An Essay Contest
Idealism in Action
An Academic Field
Is A Profession

8. CONCLUSION
Public Administration is the device used to reconcile bureaucracy with democracy.
It is a broad-ranging and shapeless combination of theory and practice.

9. CONCLUSION
Its purpose is to promote a superior understanding of government and its relationship with the society it governs, as well as to encourage public policies to be more responsive to social need and to institute managerial practices attained to effectiveness, efficiency, and the deeper human requisites of the citizenry.

10. CONCLUSION
In considering the significance of administration, it is interesting to reflect that the importance of planning, co-ordination and control has been recognized from very early times.
The tasks performed by modern administrators have been carried on throughout history.

11. SUMMARY
The most fundamental public benefit in any society is the preservation of human life, and only government is responsible for safeguarding its citizens.
When government fails to protect its people, its relevance is reasserted by default.

12. SUMMARY
So the point here is that, government is essential for the creation of basic public benefits. To sum up, it may be said that Public Administration is the non-political machinery of the government carrying on its work for the welfare of the people according to the laws set up by the state.