1. The Administrative State:
Conclusion
By: Dwight Waldo
Presentation By: James Trubia
Westfield State University
Administrative Theory CRJU 0624-501
Dr. Rizzo
February 3, 2015
2. Woodrow Wilson is considered founding father
Defined the objective of Administration as “the
study to discover, first what government can
properly and successfully do, and secondly, how
it can do these proper things with the utmost
efficiency, and the least possible cost”
Created the Political-Administration dichotomy
3. Separation of politics and administration
Comparative analysis of political and private
organizations
Improve efficiency with business-life practices
Improve effectiveness of service through
management and training
4. Frederick Taylor became a prominent figure in
administration and management theory
Published a booked entitled “The Principles of
Scientific Management”
Idea was scientific analysis best ways to carry
out operations
5. Replace work methods with scientific study
Scientifically train and develop each employee
Provide detailed instruction and supervision of
each employee
Divide work equally between managers and
workers so scientific methods can be applied
6. Dwight Waldo became a prominent figure for
administration
Developed the “Administrative State”
His theories later became known as Waldoian
7. American political scientist
Defining figure in modern
public administration
Against a technical
portrayal of bureaucracy and
government
8. :
Excerpt from Waldo’s book
“The Administrative State”.
Composed in 1948 and later
revised in 1984
Challenged scholars’ view of
public administration during
the 20th
century
9. Idea/Term came about in early 1900s
Intellectual development of public administration
The political-administration dichotomy is false
Woodrow Wilson
Waldoian Approach
Administration is not separate
10. Administration is claimed to be at the core of
modern democratic government
This CLAIM helps justify the entire disciple of
public administration
11. If this claim has merit, then it implies two
thoughts,
Democratic theory must deal with administration
Administrative theory must deal with democratic
politics
12. Nature of the “Good Life”
What a good society looks like
Action
Procedures for determining how decisions are made
Who should rule?
How the powers of the state should be divided
and apportioned (Divided powers)
Centralization vs. decentralization
13. “Orthodox” ideology
Indication of a quality of general agreement
Certain general beliefs predominated
Efficiency
Political claim
Input-output ratio
14.
Consist of 4 Characteristics
1. Democracy = Efficiency
The two terms thought to be synonymous
Referring to bureaucracy
15. 2. Government work was though to be divisible
into two parts
Decisions and execution
Politics administration dichotomy
16. 3. Execution is a science based on firm scientific
principles for administration
Easily discoverable and applied
17. 4. Values of business management apply to
government administration
Practices lead to success
18. The term itself is a value and it can run counter
to other variables
Such as democratic participation
Efficiency can not remain the disciplines
talisman against politics. Why? Efficiency is a
political claim.
19. By specialization of the task among the group
By arranging the members of a group in
hierarchy of authority
By limiting the span of control at any point in
hierarchy to a small number
Grouping workers according to purpose, process,
and place
20. 1. Fundamental tension between democracy,
efficiency, and bureaucracy that protect
democratic principles.
2. PA dictotomy is wrong. Public servants hold
political positions that require implementing
policy by elected officials.
3. Public servants must negotiate efficiencies
demanded by scientific management with due
process and public access to government.
4. Government cannot be run like business.
Constitution must be honored.
21. Held in patronage for Waldo in 1968
Brought about the idea of “New Public
Administration” consisting of
Democratic citizenship
Public interest
Public policy
Services to citizens