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What is the primary focus of public administration as an academic discipline?
What is the primary focus of public administration as an academic discipline?
- Exploring the history of political movements
- Studying policy processes and the structures of public institutions (correct)
- Analyzing the behavior of private sector organizations
- Studying wildlife conservation policies
Where do public administration students typically find employment opportunities?
Where do public administration students typically find employment opportunities?
- In the education sector
- Public sector, non-profit civic sector, and for-profit private sector (correct)
- Exclusively in the for-profit private sector
- Only in the non-profit civic sector
How has public administration been described?
How has public administration been described?
- "The analysis of space exploration"
- "The practice of veterinary medicine"
- "The study of marine biology"
- "The management of public programs" (correct)
What is a potential role for public administration students in the private sector?
What is a potential role for public administration students in the private sector?
How is public administration related to politics?
How is public administration related to politics?
Which field does public administration NOT extensively cover?
Which field does public administration NOT extensively cover?
What are the six pillars often highlighted in proposals for subfields of public administration?
What are the six pillars often highlighted in proposals for subfields of public administration?
Who played a prominent role in the effort to elevate public administration to the status of a scientific discipline in the United States during the 1880s?
Who played a prominent role in the effort to elevate public administration to the status of a scientific discipline in the United States during the 1880s?
What movement within the discipline of public administration emerged as a result of the 1968 Minnowbrook Conference?
What movement within the discipline of public administration emerged as a result of the 1968 Minnowbrook Conference?
Which term is sometimes mistakenly equated with public administration?
Which term is sometimes mistakenly equated with public administration?
What is the primary objective of public administration within a political context?
What is the primary objective of public administration within a political context?
Which German sociologist's bureaucracy theory saw ascendancy in the mid-twentieth century?
Which German sociologist's bureaucracy theory saw ascendancy in the mid-twentieth century?
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