Public administration can be defined as the implementation of policy by civil servants within an official government's executive framework.

Public administrators manage nearly every aspect of public service at the state and local levels offering the opportunity to help shape the future.

A public administration degree provides an academic background for individuals pursuing a career in both government and non-governmental/non-profit organizations.

History: During the first third of the 20th century

professions and professional education was born

Many occupations became professions, including administration, accounting, journalism, social work and others

Recognised professions (medicine and law) strengthened pre-entry education for admission into their ranks

In the same period, higher education was professionalized: professors organized themselves and developed standards of entry

A large part of higher education became preparation for career occupation or for professions

Public administration was part of a larger movement towards professionalization

Similar to other fields (other emerging professions)

Distinctive features (fear of concentrated governmental power and bureaucracy)

Shared with other emerging professions Lack of development or slow development

of career opportunities for graduates Shortage of financial and other resource

support

Professional education in public administration is concerned with:

Application, operations and performance of public administration, not primarily with theory, abstractions and research methodology

It draws on other relevant disciplines (law, sociology, political science, IT, economics…)

It develops the insights and skills needed to plan, determine policy, organize, manage and implement programs and operations

Professional education is problem-oriented It is concerned with the functions,

operations and substance of what is being planned and executed

Translate the text Development of Education in Public Administration, p. 5

To revivify – oživjeti, vratiti u život To assert a claim – ostvariti pravo Accounting – računovodstvo City planning – urbanizam Forestry – šumarstvo Pre-entry education – pripremno

obrazovanje Standards of entry – upisni kriteriji Emerging professions – profesije u razvoju Research methodology – metodologija

istraživanja

Professionalization of higher education Distinctive features of education in public

administration Aims of professional education in public

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