Public Admin Basics
Lowi's Policy Typologies
Org Management Foundations
Politics and Public Admin
Federalism in Public Admin
Potpourri
100
This is a characteristic of formal bureaucratic organization with a clear vertical chain of command in which in which each unit is subordinate to the one above it and superior to the one below it.
Hierarchy
100
This typology refers to the allocation of benefits and services at no charge to target populations
Distributive
100
This is the tendency of those being observed to change their behaviors to meet the expectations of researchers
Halo effect OR Hawthorne effect
100
This the ability of public employees to make decisions interpreting law and administrative regulations
Discretion
100
These are the collaborative dynamic, or working relationships, that exist among all (types and) levels within the U.S. federal system.
Intergovernmental relations
100
This term may be defined as: Person A having power over Person B to the extent that he/she can get Person B to do something that Person B would not otherwise do.
Power
200
This can succinctly be described at The implementation of gov’t policies, though much longer definitions certainly exist.
Public Administration
200
This typology imposes restrictions or limitations on the behavior of individuals or groups.
Regulatory
200
This term refers to the number of people an individual supervises within a subunit of an organization
Span of Control
200
Name the U.S. President is depicted in this political cartoon:
Andrew Jackson
200
This is the transfer of power from a higher level of government to a lower level of government
Devolution
200
This person is credited for much of the theoretical foundations or bureaucratic theory, most notably, for its influence on American bureaucratic design.
Max Weber
300
This is the structure within which virtually all gov’t organizations operate to ensure that goods and services can be produced or provided in the most efficient manner possible.
Bureaucracy
300
This typology entails a deliberate action of the gov’t to shift the allocation of wealth, income, property, and/or rights to broad groups considered as disadvantaged
Redistributive
300
This is misleading jargon or meaningless technical terms often used purposely to obscure the meaning of communications within organizations.
Gobbledygook
300
This is generally a tight-knit relationship between Congress, one or more administrative agency, and an interest group.
Iron Triangle
300
This is the power of governments to take private property for a legitimate public purpose without the owner’s consent.
Eminent domain
300
These are the people identified by a policy whose behavior is linked to the achievement of desired ends, based on a public problem to be solved or goals to be achieved.
Target Population
400
This acronym representing key functions of management, particularly in public administration, doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but it does provide a structured approach to managing organizations, ensuring all critical aspects are addressed systematically.
POSDCORB
400
These types of policies are created for the purpose of forming gov’t structure (state-building), including the reorganization of gov't at the agency level
Constituency
400
Early org. management theory, founded by this notable scholar, was often grounded in Scientific Management, emphasizing efficiency and rationality rather than later theories that would emphasize human relations.
Frederick Winslow Taylor
400
This phenomenon occurs when gov’t agencies established to regulate industries end up being influenced and controlled by the companies they were supposed to regulate.
Agency Capture
400
These are a type of funding that allows significant spending flexibility and discretion on the part of the recipient, with a broadly defined purpose and minimal supervision from the grantor.
Block grants
400
This phenomenon occurs when decision-makers receive policy-related inputs, compromise and deliberation occur outside of the view of the public and result in political outputs.
The Black Box
500
This is a conception of organizational structure, especially in service organizations, whereby managerial duties focus on providing necessary support to frontline employees who deal directly with individuals seeking the organization’s services.
Reverse pyramid
500
Often imposed by the group for the group's own protection, this typology subcategory sets professional standards, enforces those standards, and punishes infractions
Self-regulatory
500
These are the shared values that bind together members of an organization, that underpin how an organization operates and how things are done.
Organizational culture
500
This is a House or Senate tactic of referring a bill to one or more congressional committee(s)
Multiple Referrals
500
This homely Americana metaphor, describes the interconnectedness of different levels of gov't (national, state, and local) in the U. S., where officials at various levels work together on specific policy areas and program.
Picket-fence Federalism
500
This concept may be defined as holding the highest (supreme) authority in a specific region, or, as the monopoly of physical force as a means of coercion.
Sovereignty