This document defines and discusses public administration. It begins by defining public administration as the implementation of government policy and the academic study of such implementation. It then discusses the nature, fields, components, and institutions of public administration. The fields covered include local governance, fiscal administration, policy analysis, organization management, and emerging fields like public enterprise management. It also discusses the relation of public administration to other disciplines like economics, criminology, and engineering. Finally, it provides overviews of key Philippine government institutions in public administration like the Commission on Audit, Civil Service Commission, and Commission on Elections.

1. DPA 02 Public
Administrative
Organization
Josefino “Penn” Tulabing Larena Jr, AB, CPS, MPA

2. Defination of Public
Administration
 Public
administration refers
to two meanings: first,
it is concerned with
the implementation of
government policy;
second, it is an
academic discipline
that studies this
implementation and
prepares civil servants
for working in the
public service

3. Nature & Thrust of Public
Administration
 In general, Public Administration deals with the system
,processes and dynamics of the management ,operation
or administration of the affairs of the state, which
include the entire gamut of government service in the
national and sub-national politics, including but not limited
to, government officials and public employees.

4. Fields of Public Administration
 Local and Regional Governance
and Administration
It refers to the “Institutions”
around local governments
engaged in the design and
implementation of politics,
economic policy like business
elites ,community leaders,
development cooperatives,
training and enterprise councils
and voluntary groups.

5. Fiscal Administration
Its generally refers to the formulation, implementation &
Evaluation of policies and decisions on:
A. Taxation and revenue administration
B. Resource allocation
C. Budgeting and Public expenditure
D. Public borrowing and debt management and
E. Accounting and auditing

6.  Public Policy Analysis and Program Administration
 A. Policy initiation
 B. Policy formulation
 C. Policy implementation
 D. Policy and Program Evaluation

7.  Organization and Personal Management
Its refers to the creation of an environment that hastens
the improvement of individuals and their organization to
provide better public service .

8. Emerging Subfields of Public
Administration
Public Administration is an ever-changing scholarly and
professional field.
1. Public Enterprise Management – denotes a form of
human activity operated and managed by the state
government or any public authority .
2. Voluntary Sector Management – the role of the voluntary
sector in the delivery of public good has become one
special concern of public administration .
3. Spatial Information Management – stressed that in
delivering public goods and services efficiently or effectively

9. Public vs Private
 Public- it focuses less on the government institution but
more on whom it serves the people.
 Private –denotes client or customer-centered activity
carried usually by private sector or business
group.

10. Component Disciplines of Public
ADMINISTRATION
 Management
 Political Science
 Laws ,Rules and Regulations

11. Public Administration relation
with other fields
 Economics
 Criminology
 History
 Value Education
 Anthropology
 Medicine
 Engineering
 Psychology

12. Government Institutions
 Commission on Audit
COA
The Commission on Audit is
composed of a Chairperson and
two Commissioners. They must
be natural-born citizens of at
least thirty-five years of age,
and must be either a Certified
Public Accountant or a lawyer.
The members of the
Commission are appointed by
the President of the Philippines,
with the consent of the
Commission of Appointment,
for a term of seven years
without reappointment.

13. Functions
 The Commission has the power,
authority and duty to examine,
audit and settle all accounts and
expenditures of the funds and
properties of the Philippine
government. Towards that end, it
has the exclusive authority to
define the scope, techniques and
methods of its auditing and
examination procedures. It also
may prevent and disallow
irregular, unnecessary, excessive,
extravagant or unconscionable
expenditures, or uses of
government funds and properties.[

14. Civil Service Commission
 The Civil Service Commission of the Philippines (Filipino:
Komisyon ng Serbisyo Sibil, abbreviated as CSC) is a
government agency which deals with civil service matters
and conflict resolution. It is tasked with the responsibility of
overseeing the integrity of government actions and
processes. The commission was originally founded in 1900
through Act No. 5 of the Philippine Commission and was
solidified as a bureau in 1905. Along with the Commission
on Elections and Commission on Audit the CSC is part of the
Constitutional Commissions of the Philippine Government.
There are currently 15 regional offices located throughout
the country.
 Dr. Francisco Duque III, former Secretary of the
Department of Health, is the incumbent chairperson of the
Commission.

15. Comelec
 The Commission on Elections (Filipino: Komisyon sa
Halalan, abbreviated as COMELEC) is one of the three
constitutional commissions of the Philippines. Its
principal role is to enforce all laws and regulations
relative to the conduct of elections, initiatives,
referendums, and recall elections.
 Under the Constitution, the Commission on Elections is
independent of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial
branches of the Philippine Government.

16.  A public office is not a
job, it is an opportunity
to do something for the
public.
Franklin Knight Lane

17. Thank you & God bless
 It always seems
impossible until its
done.
Nelson Mandela