Short answer for class

Please answer only THREE of the following questions. EACH individual answer should be approximately 500-600 words.

1. Business administration programs generally teach organization behavior. Public administration programs generally teach organization theory. What are the differences between organization behavior and organization theory? Why is the sectoral distinction important in understanding the two perspectives?

2. The Pershing and Austin book gives only passing mention (pages 71 and 71) to the work of Dwight Waldo, yet many regard him as the most important public administration theorist from the 1940s into the 1970s. Without doing any addition readings (except from another course) what are the key points made by Waldo and trace the continuation of those ideas into how we understand Public Administration even today.

3. The classical or rational actor model of organizational dynamics also remains influential today. Trace the continuation of the underlying principles of that model in how we approach organization processes, practices and structures today.

4. What do you think is the primary purpose of increased participation by workers in organizational decision-making…? Stated differently, how democratic should public organizations in a democracy be? Why (p. 131)?

5. Allison’s Organizational Process Model, emphasizes the impact of organizational rules, and especially standard operating procedures, on organizational processes. Discuss.

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