Woodrow Wilson • Public administration is the detailed and systematic Ferrel Heady- sector of administration found in a political setting

l setting carrying
application of law. Every particular application of law is an act of out of public policy, decisions made by the authoritative decision-
administration. makers in political system
Luther Gulick • Public administration is that part of the science of Percy Mc Queen- viewed the Public Administration as the “operation of
administration, which has to do with the government; it concerns itself the government” whether local and or central
primarily with the executive branch where the work of the government is
Luther Gullick- viewed as the administration as part of the science of
done; though there are obviously problems also in connection with the
administration which has to do with the government. Concerns primarily in
legislative and judicial branches.
the executive branch where the work of the government is done.
Dwight Waldo • “Public administration is the art and science of
M. Ruthanaswami – viewed as to do with affairs of a state or minor
management as applied to the affairs of State.
political institutions like in the municipal or country it is called public
Nicholas Henry • “Public Administration is a broad-ranging and amorphous administration. Meaning all from the act of officials of the government is
combination of theory and practice; its purpose is to promote a superior considered as the public administration
understanding of government and its relationship with the society, it
H.A. Simon, D.W. Smithburg and V.A. Thompson- viewed as meant from
governs, as well as to encourage public policies more responsive to social
the common usage of the activities of the executive branches of national,
needs and to institute managerial practices attuned to effectiveness,
states, and local government, government corporation and certain
efficiency and the deeper human requisites of the citizenry”.
agencies of a specialized character. The legislative and judicial body are
Avelino P. Tendero • “Refers to the composite of those activities and excluded within the agencies form government and non-governmental
processes concerned primarily with the means for carrying out government administration. it only the executive branch is included
programs and policy objectives. Such activities require organization and
According to Corson and Harris public administration is the action part of
direction of power and authority and the employment of those techniques to
the government
bring about reconciliation of contributions and rewards and balance of
demand and satisfaction.” M.E Dimock – Public administration viewed as with “what’ and “how”
Woodrow Wilson- Public Administration must be viewed as “Government What refers to the subject matter, the technical knowledge of the field
in action” (father of PA) which enables the administrator to perform a task. While how refers to the
technique of the management.
L.D White- Viewed as the fulfillment of public policy (to solve
something by creating a policy) Nicholas Henry- viewed the public administration as a broad-ranging
and amorphous combinations and theories and practices. The purpose
Frank Marini- viewed as the occupational sector, enterprises and
is to promote a superior understanding of the government and its
activities with the formulation and implementation of policy of governmental
relationship with the society. It governs and encourage public policies more
and other public programs
responsive to social needs and to institute managerial practices that
attuned to effectiveness, efficiency and the requisite of the citizenry.
Felix A. Nigro- viewed public administration as a cooperative group Luther Gulick (1937): “Public administration is that part of the science of
effort in public setting, it also covers the three branches of law such as administration, which has to do with
executive, legislative and judicial.
the government; it concerns itself primarily with the executive branch
Avelino P. Tendero - viewed public administration as the composite of where the work of the government is done; though, there are obviously
those activities and processes concerned primarily of carrying out problems also in connection with the legislature and judicial branch”.
government programs and policy objectives.
Dwight Waldo (1967): “Public administration is the art and sentence of
Robert Presthus- viewed public administration as the concerned with the management as applied to the affairs of
institutional framework of the government and its socio-economic and
state”.
political milieu and individual behavior.
E.N. Gladden: “Public Administration is concerned with the administration
Jose P.Leveriza- viewed public administration as a dynamic organ of
of the government.”
the government which keeps on the responding to the requirements and it
is never static H. Walker: “The work which the government does to give effect to a law is
called Public Administration.”
Raul P. De Guzman- viewed as cooperative human action to achieve
the purposes of the government Willoughby: “The term administration may be employed in Political
Science in two senses. In its broadest sense it denotes the work
Dwight Waldo- Public Administration viewed as the art and science of
involved in the actual conduct of governmental affairs, regardless of the
the management as applied to the state of affair.
particular
L.D White (1955): “Public Administration consists of all those
Paul H. Appleby (1947): “Public administration as public leadership of
operations having for their purpose, the fulfillment or enforcement of
public affairs directly responsible for
public policy as declared by competent authority”
executive action". In a democracy, it has to do with such leadership and
J.M Pfiffiner (1946): “Public administration consists of getting the work of
executive action in terms that respect and contribute to the dignity, the
government done by co-ordination the efforts of people so that they can
worth, and the potentials of the citizen”.
work together to accomplish their set tasks”.
James D. Carroll & Alfred M. Zuck, (1887): “Regarded public
Woodrow Wilson (1889): “Public Administration is detailed and
administration as the beginning of public administration as a specific
systematic application of law”. Every particular application of law is an act
field of study"
of administration.
Patricia M. Shields (1998): Asserts that public administration "deals with
Percy McQueen: “Public administration is administration related with the
the stewardship and implementation of the products of a living democracy"
operation of government whether central or local”.
The key term "product" refers to "those items that are constructed or
Herbert Simon (1957): “By public administration is meant in common produced" such as prisons, roads, laws, schools, and security.
usage, the activities of the executive branch of the national, state and local "Asimplementors, public managers engage these products." They
government” participate in the doing and making of the "living" democracy. A living
democracy is "an environment that is changing, organic", imperfect,
inconsistent and teaming with values. "Stewardship is
Donald Kettl (2009): “Public administration "as a sub-field within political ‘how’ is the technique of management, the principles according to which
science". co-operative programmes are carried
According to Lalor (2014), A society with a public authority that provides at through to success. Each is indispensable; together they form the
least one public good can be said to have a public administration whereas synthesis called administration”.
the absence of either (or a fortiori both) a public authority or the provision
Nicholas Henry: “Public Administration is a broad-ranging and amorphous
of at least one public good implies the absence of a public administration. combination of theory and practice;
He argues that public administration
its purpose is to promote a superior understanding of government
is the public provision of public goods in which the demand function is and its relationship with the society, it
satisfied more or less effectively by
governs, as well as to encourage public policies more responsive to
politics, whose primary tool is rhetoric, providing for public goods, and the social needs and to institute managerial
supply function is satisfied more or
practices attuned to effectiveness, efficiency and the deeper human
less efficiently by public management, whose primary tools are speech requisites of the citizenry”
acts, producing public goods. The moral
purpose of public administration, implicit in its acceptance of its role, is the
maximization of the opportunities of
the public to satisfy its wants
H.A. Simon, D.W. Smithburg and V.A. Thompson: “By Public Administration
is meant, in common usage,
the activities of the executive branches of national, state and local
governments, government corporations and
certain other agencies of a specialized character. Specifically
excluded are judicial and legislative agencies
within the government and non-governmental administration.” Corson and
Harris “Public administration … is
the action part of government, the means by which the purposes and goals
of government are realized.”
M.E. Dimock: “Public Administration is concerned with ‘what’ and ‘how’ of
the government. The ‘what’ is the
subject matter, the technical knowledge of a field, which enables the
administrator to perform his tasks? The