public admin Flashcards

according to the text, the central elements of bureaucratic accountability are ____ and ______

in a system of adminstrative accountability, ______ hold elected officials accountable and _____ holds administrators accountable

according to the text, the two elements that most aptly describe what public administration is about are ____ and ______

the main components of bureaucratic responsibility are ____ and _____

_____ accountability is concerned with how agencies perform

the concept of ____ accountability ensures that agency officials will spend money on the programs they are charged with managing and only on those programs

one theme in the study of public administration relates to the need to balance lofty expectations with __________

in the last two presidential admins american's trust in their government has

in the last 4 decades, federal spending on ________ has increased but spending on ____ has decreased

which level of government concentrates the most on the direct delivery of services?

according to the author, as of 2008 there were _____ contractors for every U.S. Soldier supporting the united states in the afghan war

government by _____ uses third party agents to deliver programs that the government funds

according to the text, hospital care is primarily a ______ responsibility

since 1901, the absolute number of federal employees has grown from _____ to ____ in 2014

to american citizens the term bureaucracy most often means something

public administration involves policy ____ and policy _____

unlike the private sector, the public sector is accountable to ___, _____, and ____

the ________ ______ forbids government officials from spending money on any purpose not explicitly authorized by law

_____ _______ is the process of holding specific individuals ultimately responsible within the bureaucracy for specific actions

_______ _______ is the process of translating public policies into results

efficiency and equity are _____ competing concepts that should be _____

______ is considered to be the basic building block of large administrative enterprises

______ is the central problem of political societies who must determine who has it and how it is distributed

the humanist approach emphasizes leadership, whereas the pluralist approach emphasizes _____ _____

the ____ approach is based on conflict

a government has _______ if it possesses legitimacy: the ability to make decisions within constitutionally defined limits, with the expectation of compliance

_______ _______ places value on interactions with the environment

the scientific management movement placed too much emphasis on efficiency and too little emphasis on _____ _______

during the first stage of administrative development, the executive branch was concerned with

which cabinet department spends the most?

which cabinet department employs the most people?

the internal revenue service and federal highway service are examples of ______

independent agencies, bureaus, and field offices are all components of the

according to the text, _____ ____ is one problem of implementing effective executive management

the last federal government agency to be created was the department of ________ _______ in 2002

independent agencies account for about ___ of the federal governments employees

independent agencies account for about _____ of the federal governments spending

which organizational concern emphasizes purpose, clientele, process, and place?

_______ _______ seeks to bring two warring agencies before a person with the formal authority to make a decision

_____ ______ depends on the willingness of agencies to come to agreement with one another

_______ ______ are created to establish specific boundaries and to clarify agencies' tasks

______ _______ require that an agency's proposed decisions in a particular subject matter area be reviewed by other interested agencies

four methods cited by the author for achieving horizontal cooperation include

the recent approaches to public management reform question the bureaucratic orthodoxy based on

total quality management is most associated with which type of reform?

the fundamental goal of downsizing is to

process, product, organization, leadership and commitment are the tenets of

re-engineering advocates _____ reform in direct contrast to continuous improvement, which insists _______ reforms are best to improve organizations

according to the author, re-engineering approaches employ both ___ and ___ tactics