How did Woodrow Wilson impact public administration? Solution Woodrow Wilson impact public administration with his radical thinking and the way he implemented the ideas that he thought, which would be best for the public administration in his country. Let us some of the measures that he adopted to raise the public administration levels. One of the major decisions that he took was that the public administration must be run by the skilled workers of the party. Earlier loyalty to the party was considered as the only criterion to run the public administration. Not all the loyal people in the party possessed the required skill levels to run the public administration. He assessed the skill levels of the party members and gave them the job of public administration. He also brought in the concept, that public administration must be out of the purview of the changing views of the political party. Public administration must run on the policy decisions and not on the changing mindset of the political leaders. The focus of the government is not on making profit, but to provide service to the citizens of the country. But effective steps need to be taken to run the administration efficiently, much like a privately owned business. Only with the introduction of that kind of mindset, would the service be provided to the public in an efficient manner. And above of he is the only US president to have possessed a Phd., in the field of politics and history. This skill and ability made him devise strategies to run the public administration efficiently, and thereby creating an impact in the country as a whole..