KYT102U
INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
10. Ünite
Soru 1
Which of the following public administration theory is concerned with the organization and management of contained and bounded public institutions?
Soru 2
I. focuses on language
II. the context of human interactions
III. there are absolute truths
IV. social construction of reality
II. the context of human interactions
III. there are absolute truths
IV. social construction of reality
Which of the above are related to the focus of postmodern theory?
Soru 3
Whose purpose was to take the “science” of scientific management literally, that is, to reduce management to its most elemental operations and reassemble it on the basis of universal principles discovered and confirmed by the scientific method?
Soru 4
The concept "that allowed decision theory to escape the confining orbit of traditional rational choice theory and move in directions that clearly offered more realistic descriptions of administrative behavior" is called by which of the following?
Soru 5
Which of the following names introduced the discipline to the self-maximizing bureaucrat ?
Soru 6
I. to treat governance as a project to corral
II. governance with the NPM movement
III. to treat governance as the attempt to understand the lateral and institutional relations in administrative agencies in the context of the disarticulated state
IV. to provide perspectives on what “should” be done and to create guides for action
II. governance with the NPM movement
III. to treat governance as the attempt to understand the lateral and institutional relations in administrative agencies in the context of the disarticulated state
IV. to provide perspectives on what “should” be done and to create guides for action
Which of the above responses show the clear need for theories of governance?
Soru 7
I. rational utility maximization
II. methodological individualism
III. institutional behavior
IV. scientific management
II. methodological individualism
III. institutional behavior
IV. scientific management
Rational choice is deductively tied to which of the above concepts ?
Soru 8
.................... is arguably an intellectual framework important enough to warrant separate treatments on its merits, rather than be assigned to the supporting role it played.
Which of the following completes the statement above?
Soru 9
Currently, ................ is more a term describing a changing public administration than it is a coherent theory itself.
Which of the following completes the sentence above?
Soru 10
I. how structure and organization shape the behavior of public actors
II. how variation in structure affects decision-making, program implementation, and outcomes
III. how public actors shape the structure of government
IV how variation in structure affects non-public behaviors
II. how variation in structure affects decision-making, program implementation, and outcomes
III. how public actors shape the structure of government
IV how variation in structure affects non-public behaviors
Which of the above are the big themes of institutional theory?
Soru 11
“It should parsimoniously and systematically describe the phenomenon under study and logically connect its elements into a clear understanding of the actors, institutions, and processes involved. By doing so, it should provide a platform to make probabilistic assessments about the likely consequences or outcomes of specific actions (or nonactions) that reflect a more accurate understanding and a greater predictive power than arguments reliant upon intuition, common sense, political expediency, ideological preference, or individual experience”.
Which term is described by the above sentences?
Soru 12
Which theory is grounded in economics and describes a contractual relationship between elected and appointed government actors?
Soru 13
Which scholar was accepted as the architect of the bureaucratic politics movement?
Soru 14
“This theory in public administration is concerned with the organization and management of contained and bounded public institutions. Its explanatory target covers the relationship among organizational structure, its associated rules and norms, and the organizational process, behaviors, outcomes, and accountability of public agencies".
Which theory is described by the above sentences?
Soru 15
Postmodern theory in many ways is the _______________of the theoretical fragmentation in public administration that began with the assault on the politics-administration dichotomy.
Soru 16
Which of the following is not true about Postmodern theory?
Soru 17
The father of decision theory, Simon described humans as ________—actors who adopt behaviors that are “good enough” to have a reasonable probability of achieving a desired end. Perfectly rational decisions would require information, attention, and other resources that simply are not available to the average human being.
Soru 18
It is premised on the belief that the central behavioral assumption of neoclassical economics is universal, that is, that rational self-interest is the primary motivator of purposive action.
Which theory is described by the above sentences?
Soru 19
According to theory of Governance, governments have become less hierarchical, less centralized, and more willing to ____________ considerable grants of policymaking power to the private sector.
Soru 20
There is universal agreement that advancements in governance theory, perhaps more so than in any other theoretical framework, provide the best opportunity for improving public service ______________.