The most important giant step ever taken in the management and administration of the nations education took place in 1969 with convention of the national curriculum conference which leads to the. As a distinct discipline or a separate branch of social science the public administration is not very old. Doc evolution of public administration mulao mwanza. Traditional public administration versus the new public. Woodrow wilson public administration is the detailed and systematic application of law. School of distance education public administration.
The evolution of the nigerian federal administration system. During the 15th and 18th century, people in this region, experienced slavery, under the british. Public administration is a broad and encompassing area of study. The study concluded that having a generally accepted definition for public administration may not necessarily be the antidote to the identity crisis. Classical public administration the traditional model of public administration rests in important ways on the articulation by max weber of the nature of bureaucracy. Complete guide to the evolution of public administration. Public administration education and training in nigeria citeseerx. In other communities such as the ngwa ibo of nigeria, the same crime was punish. Department of public administration, faculty of administration, obafemi awolowo university, ileife, nigeria abstract this paper provides an omnibus of theories of public administration. The evolution of public policy american university online. The objective of this study therefore is to identify the challenges preventing nigerian public administration from playing its catalyzing role in the development of the. The credit for initiating as an academic study of public administration goes to woodrow wilson, who was teaching political science at princeton university and who later became the president of usa.
This article describes the evolution of public administration education and training in nigeria. The myth of growth and development is so entrenched that the. In antiquity the egyptians and greeks organized public affairs by office, and the principal officeholders were regarded as being principally responsible for administering justice, maintaining law. The third stage of the evolution of public administration may be called the human relations approach of public administration. Aug 27, 2011 public administration as a discipline is not very old and it is only a hundred years.
In this chapter the evolution of public administration as it refers to translating out of time, focuses on administrative phenomena by means of. Lecturer, faculty of law, usmanu danfodiyo university, sokoto nigeria aminu m. It analyses the series of metamorphosis experienced by the field of public administration as well as its theoretical dispositions. One time american president, woodrow wilson is thought to be founding father of public administration as a. The ecology of nigerias public administration and employee motivation in the plateau state civil service 20042014 umoh, nanji rimdan 215078173 being a research thesis submitted to the college of humanities, school of social sciences, university of kwazulunatal, south africa, in fulfilment of the requirements. He is regarded as the father of the discipline of public administration. It analyses the series of metamorphosis experienced by the field of public administration as. Aug 08, 2012 administrative law and rule of law are complementary. Fatile, jacob olufemi department of public administration, faculty of management sciences, lagos state university, ojo, lagos, nigeria abstract information and communication technologies icts have changed the process of governance in the world. Evolution of public administration public administration. For nigeria in particular, this could be done within the official nepad structure, ecowas and other regional economic communities in africa, governments, private sector, civil society and other stakeholders. Public administration is the implementation of government policy and also an academic discipline that studies this implementation and prepares civil servants for working in the public service. Read this article to learn about the definition, sources and problems of comparative public administration.
The discipline of public administration was born in the usa. Phases in the evolution of public administration phase indicative period traditional classical public administration 1800s to 1950s modern public administration development administration 1950s to 1960s new public administration 1970s new public management 1980s to 1990s reinventing government 1990s pa as governance 1990s to the. In his famous article, wilson 1887 outlined what later happened to be called the. National development plans in nigeria we have had series of development plans in nigeria. If you mean public administration as a university course of study, several colleges and universities in the philippines offer a bachelor degree in public administration, a masters degree in public. We can broadly divide the history of public administration into the following five periods. Im looking for the evolution of public administration in nigeria.
The evolution of nigeria from about 1849 until it attained independence in 1960 is largely the story of the transformational impact of the british on the peoples and cultures of the nigerbenue area. Pascal petitcollot general secretariat of french government in europe like everywhere around the world, the development of public administration is mainly the consequence of the electronic tools evolution. The evolution of public policy is marked by expansion of the power of the people as well as government. What are the evolution of public administration in nigeria.
Public administration as a field of study, or an intellectual activity. In antiquity the egyptians and greeks organized public affairs by office, and the principal officeholders were regarded as being principally responsible for administering justice, maintaining law and order, and providing plenty. One time american president, woodrow wilson is thought to be founding father of public administration as a separate discipline because his essay laid the foundation for systematic and separate study of public administration. Public administration and the management of nigerias natural resources post 2015 election, by otive igbuzor february 8, 2015 tech admin columns, others 9 public administration is very important for any country because it is the machinery that provides service to citizens and the public. The evolution, development and practice of federalism in. Project management practice in nigerian public sector an empirical study olateju, olawale i. The crisis of public administration in nigeria ijhssi. Finally, a vibrant and healthy civil service is the key to good governance and national development. The complexity of societal problems and growing expectations of citizens for efficient and effective delivery of goods and services to improve the living standard of the people by the government have become a concern. With the ushering in an era of welfare states, the administration is construed as a moral act and administrator as a moral agent. The school draws attention to the potential negative consequences of free interaction between politics and administration e. Traditional public administration pays little attention to this arena of administration. As a field of inquiry with a diverse scope whose fundamental goal is to advance management and policies so that government can function.
History of public administration in nigeria information. The institutionalization of administrative capacity for collective purposes is the foundation of public administration. One time american president, woodrow wilson is thought to be founding father of public administration as a separate discipline because his essay laid the. The cwgpa was a direct outcome of the fifth commonwealth ministers for public service.
Public service in nigeria an overview of functions and code of conduct junaidu bello marshall, esq. But if we define it as the technique or method of management of state or polity it is as old as political science. Public administration can also be seen as the activities of groups cooperating to accomplish the common goals of government. This paper examines the functions of public service and the code of conduct for. Evolution of public administration as a discipline as an activity, public administration originated much earlier than its birth as a discipline. What is the evolution of development administration answers. Department of public administration and local government university of nigeria, nsukka email. Public administration public administration history. Public administration attempts to explain how decisions in government are made as well as administering projects to carry out those. The evolution of the nigerian civil service, 18611960. During these years public administration has passed through several phases of development. May 10, 2010 public relations practise in nigeria began with the establishment of the iwe irohin news paper by henry townsend of the christian missionary service cms in 1859, this paper was what brough about a baic awareness of what public relations was about, the paper was active in advertising of births, funeral notices and so on.
It has been suggested that it is as old as the ancient empires of china, india, egypt, greece, rome and mesopotomia. Nigeria is a merger of the northern protectorate and the southern protectorate. A group of scholars and researchers started an experiment in a plant. History of public administration in nigeria nigeria is a merger of the northern protectorate and the southern protectorate. The advent of the concept of welfare state after the second world war and the increasing developmental initiative undertaken by government across the world, the system of. We can broadly divide the history of public administration into the following. The public enterprises came into existence as a result of the expanding scope of public administration. The goals of the field of public administration are related to the democratic values of improving equality, justice, efficiency and effectiveness of public services. Now we will try to look into the definitions of public administration provided by various scholars. Public administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic. Public relations practise in nigeria began with the establishment of the iwe irohin news paper by henry townsend of the christian missionary service cms in 1859, this paper was what brough about a baic awareness of what public relations was about, the paper was active in advertising of births, funeral notices and so on.
The participation of the united states in world war i and world war ii reflected a dramatic shift in u. Evolution of public administration as a discipline and. Public administration, therefore, refers to that part of administration, which pertains to the administrative activities of the government. There are five stages in the chronology of the evolution of public administration as a discipline.
To illustrate how this development affected the emerging public administration system, two broad themes are examined. Public policy can change the future of almost anything, even great wars. The area that became nigeria has long been inhabited by humans. Development administration requires local government units closely linked with the governmental administrative system for ensuring peoples participation. From the fifties of the last century the two terms comparative government and comparative public administration have gained both publicity and popularity. How do natural disasters affect formal and informal businesses. The field of public administration today transcends government circles and includes other areas, namely, schools, churches, mosques, markets. Public administration and the management of nigerias. Lecturer, faculty of law, usmanu danfodiyo, sokoto nigeria abstract. In 1960, the region gained independence and was named nigeria. Jan 16, 2016 phases in the evolution of public administration phase indicative period traditional classical public administration 1800s to 1950s modern public administration development administration 1950s to 1960s new public administration 1970s new public management 1980s to 1990s reinventing government 1990s pa as governance 1990s to the. It was born in 1887 as a discipline,not as an activity because as an activity as mentioned in my previous blog, public administration is as old as human existence itself. Key principles of public sector reforms the commonwealth. Problems and prospects of public administration in nigeria.
Public administration has become the machinery for formulating plans and programmes and carrying them out. Department of business administration and management technology, lagos state university, p. Local government units cannot be isolated from the structure of development administration. Traditional classical public administration public administration can be traced back to human history. Its fortynine years of independence actually are rolling by daily in search of development. It was born in 1887 as a discipline,not as an activity because as an activity as mentioned in my previous blog,public administration is as old as human existence itself. By safeguarding such frontiers as maintenance of law and order, communications, public health, education, etc. One time american president, woodrow wilson is thought to be founding father of public administration as a separate discipline because his essay laid the foundation for systematic and. The commonwealth key principles of public sector reform were recommended and endorsed by the commonwealth working group on public administration cwgpa, which met on 2728 november 2014 in london.