Public Administration Defined:
Public Administration is a specialised activity. Administration has been defined as a cooperative human effort towards achieving some common goals. Thus defined, administration can be found in various institutional setting such as a business firm, a hospital, an university, a government department and so on. As an aspect of this more generic concept, Public Administration is that species of administration which operates within a specific political setting. It is a means by which the policy decision made by political decision makers are carried out. Public Administration is decision making, planning the work to be done, formulating objectives and goals, working with the legislature and citizen organisations to gain public support and funds for government programmes, establishing and revising organisation, directing and supervising employees, provding leadership, communications, determinigs work methods and procedures, appraising performance, exercising controls and other functions performed by government executives and supervisors. It is the action part of the government, the means by which purposes and goal of the government are realised.
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