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Poli 330 - Midterm Prep examquestions and answers
Weber's three forms of legitimacy
Traditional
Rational-legal
Charismatic and expertness
Span of control
Having a limited number of individuals reporting to one supervisor
to maximize the supervisor's efficiency, given limited time and
energy
POSDCORB
Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting,
Budgeting
Assumptions of Humanistic Organization Theory
- Organizations exist to serve human needs
- Organizations and people need each other
- A good fit between individual and organization benefits both
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
- Suggests that workers are motivated by the satisfaction of
different needs (physiological needs, safety, love and belonging,
self-esteem, self-actualization)
McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y
Developed to describe the ways different managers view their
workers
McGregor's Theory X
Workers are lazy and need to be watched attentively
McGregor's Theory Y
Workers are highly motivated and will work hard voluntarily
, Managerialism
The pursuit of systems of government management through
processes of decision-making that are designed to allow greater
autonomy and responsibility for the field
Examples of elements of New Public Management
- Autonomy and managerial flexibility
- Emphasis on results
- Shared values
- Focus on managing
- Cutting costs
Characteristics of Governance
- Networks
- From control to influence
- Blending public and private resources
- Use of multiple instruments
Characteristics of Managerialism
- Policy management and implementation
- Efficiency, effectiveness, and quality
- The use of private sector management practices in the public
sector
- Diffusion of responsibility and devolving authority
- Shifts in the public accountability focus from inputs and processes
to outputs and outcomes
- Creating a competitive public administration for public agencies
Assumptions of classical and neo-classical organizations
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