Public Administration

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In this article, the writer offers summaries of chapters in the book "Managing the Public Sector, Seventh Edition" by Grover Starling. The writer notes the need to define the field and to differentiate public administration from other forms of administration or management. The writer points out that the author does this first by introducing two public administrators and considering their jobs and clarifying just what they do.

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"Starling first addresses the need to define the field and to differentiate public administration from other forms of administration or management, and the author does this first by introducing two public administrators and considering their jobs and just what they do. Both handle public agencies which serve the needs of the populace in a governmental structure. Such agencies are organizations, like any other, but organizations, which are directed at certain specific and public tasks. Such organizations do not seek to make a profit but instead seek to spend public monies effectively and efficiently. The public administrator oversees a number of employees and must apply effective management practices just as would a manager in a private firm, though the rules may be different and the service is different from what would be provided by a private company."

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