How did traditional public administration resolve a fundamentally irresolvable problem?
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Traditional Public Administration inevitably posed problems as it grew and developed. It sought to resolve a fundamentally irresolvable problem-creating an administration strong enough to be effective but not so strong enough to endanger accountability.
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Woodrow Wilson was the first traditional thinker who rose the question: efficiency vs accountability.
1. he said for administration to be efficient it should be politics administration dichotomy.
2. administration should run like a private organization.
3. public opinion should be taken to improve the efficiency of administration without affecting its accountability.
4. Max Weber said efficiency could be increased through rules and regulations, written communication, hierarchy.
5.problem with weber's bureaucracy was that it had made the bureaucracy inefficient because of goal displacement as it was giving more importance to rules and regulations.
Other traditional thinkers emphasized on scientific theories, POSDCORB, etc,, to make administration efficient.
Presently, bureaucracy is made accountable through:
1: Citizen's Charter
2: RTI
3: Social audit
4: Public Service Delivery
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