pyq/2019/public-administration-optional-i/1

Answer the following in about 150 words each:

(a) “Public Administration is constantly being reinvented because it is contextual.” Elaborate. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) “Bureau pathology denigrates competence in organizations.” Explain. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) “If there is ever to be a science of Public Administration it must derive from an understanding of man’s behaviour.” Explain. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) “Chester Barnard in ‘The Functions of the Executive’ injected ‘the social’ in the study of organization. Explain in this context how the executive is expected to play a much greater role than a manager.” (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) “Delegated legislation has become a strategic tool in the hands of the executive despite its utility.” Comment. (10 marks, 150 words)