Public administration involves organizing resources to achieve government goals and provide public services. It focuses on managing state affairs. Private administration works for economic gain in organizations, prioritizing the interests of employees and clients. The main distinctions between public and private administration are their spheres of operation (state vs market), purposes (public service vs profit), funding sources (taxation vs profit), and accountability (public vs owners).

2. Public Administration versus Private Administration
Public Administration
the organization and
management of men and
materials to achieve the
purposes of government
art and science of management
as applied to the affairs of the
state
Public
Administration
Private
Administration
Distinction
between Public
and Private
Administration

3. Public Administration versus Private Administration
Private Administration
Public
work for the economic benefits of
Administration
any organization keeping in mind
the interest of employees and the Private
Administration
clients of that respective company
or organization.
Distinction
sometimes referred to as the
citizen administration, which is
run by private individuals or
groups, usually as a means of
enterprise for profit, and is not
controlled by the state.
between Public
and Private
Administration

4. Public Administration versus Private Administration
Distinction between Public and Private Administration
Public
Private
Sphere of
operation
State
Market
Purpose
Public Service
Profit
Client
Participation
Originally as
passive
recipients
Through
buying of
goods and
services
Fund Generation
taxation
Profit making
Structure to
whom
accountable
Public through
government
officials
Owners
Decision making
Pluralistic
Simple/
monopolistic
Visibility of
administrators
More
Less
 Public
Administration
 Private
Administration
 Distinction
between Public
and Private
Administration

5. Public Administration versus Private Administration
 Rosen bloom, David H. and Deborah D. Goldman. “The Practice and Discipline of Public
Administration: Competing Concerns” in David Rosen bloom (ed) Public Administration:
Understanding Management, Politics and law in the Public Sector, New York: Random House,
1989.
 Ledivina V. Carino Butitis Public Administration? The Place of Voluntary Sector Management in
The Discipline Introduction to PA in the Philippines:AReader2ndedition,UPNCPAG2003
 Wikipedia.org

6. Public Administration versus Private Administration
 Rosen bloom, David H. and Deborah D. Goldman. “The Practice and Discipline of Public
Administration: Competing Concerns” in David Rosen bloom (ed) Public Administration:
Understanding Management, Politics and law in the Public Sector, New York: Random House,
1989.
 Ledivina V. Carino Butitis Public Administration? The Place of Voluntary Sector Management in
The Discipline Introduction to PA in the Philippines:AReader2ndedition,UPNCPAG2003
 Wikipedia.org