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public admin

1.

according to the text, the central elements of bureaucratic accountability are ____ and ______

constitution, law

2.

in a system of adminstrative accountability, ______ hold elected officials accountable and _____ holds administrators accountable

people, elected officials

3.

according to the text, the two elements that most aptly describe what public administration is about are ____ and ______

administering laws, balancing political values

4.

the main components of bureaucratic responsibility are ____ and _____

accountability, ethical behavior

5.

_____ accountability is concerned with how agencies perform

process

6.

the concept of ____ accountability ensures that agency officials will spend money on the programs they are charged with managing and only on those programs

fiscal

7.

one theme in the study of public administration relates to the need to balance lofty expectations with __________

distrust of governments

8.

in the last two presidential admins american's trust in their government has

declined

9.

in the last 4 decades, federal spending on ________ has increased but spending on ____ has decreased

entitlements, defense

10.

which level of government concentrates the most on the direct delivery of services?

local

11.

according to the author, as of 2008 there were _____ contractors for every U.S. Soldier supporting the united states in the afghan war

2.2

12.

government by _____ uses third party agents to deliver programs that the government funds

proxy

13.

according to the text, hospital care is primarily a ______ responsibility

mixed

14.

since 1901, the absolute number of federal employees has grown from _____ to ____ in 2014

231000, 2.1 million

15.

to american citizens the term bureaucracy most often means something

negative

16.

public administration involves policy ____ and policy _____

formation, execution

17.

unlike the private sector, the public sector is accountable to ___, _____, and ____

legislators, courts, public

18.

the ________ ______ forbids government officials from spending money on any purpose not explicitly authorized by law

antideficiency act

19.

_____ _______ is the process of holding specific individuals ultimately responsible within the bureaucracy for specific actions

administrative responsibility

20.

_______ _______ is the process of translating public policies into results

public administration

21.

efficiency and equity are _____ competing concepts that should be _____

sometimes, balanced

22.

______ is considered to be the basic building block of large administrative enterprises

structure

23.

______ is the central problem of political societies who must determine who has it and how it is distributed

power

24.

the humanist approach emphasizes leadership, whereas the pluralist approach emphasizes _____ _____

interest groups

25.

the ____ approach is based on conflict

pluralist

26.

a government has _______ if it possesses legitimacy: the ability to make decisions within constitutionally defined limits, with the expectation of compliance

authority

27.

_______ _______ places value on interactions with the environment

systems theory

28.

the scientific management movement placed too much emphasis on efficiency and too little emphasis on _____ _______

worker's satisfaction

29.

during the first stage of administrative development, the executive branch was concerned with

safety, money, foreign affairs, law

30.

which cabinet department spends the most?

health and human services

31.

which cabinet department employs the most people?

defense

32.

the internal revenue service and federal highway service are examples of ______

bureaus

33.

independent agencies, bureaus, and field offices are all components of the

federal executive branch

34.

according to the text, _____ ____ is one problem of implementing effective executive management

interdepartmental friction

35.

the last federal government agency to be created was the department of ________ _______ in 2002

homeland security

36.

independent agencies account for about ___ of the federal governments employees

one-tenth

37.

independent agencies account for about _____ of the federal governments spending

one-fifth

38.

which organizational concern emphasizes purpose, clientele, process, and place?

interagency conflict

39.

_______ _______ seeks to bring two warring agencies before a person with the formal authority to make a decision

vertical coordination

40.

_____ ______ depends on the willingness of agencies to come to agreement with one another

horizontal coordination

41.

_______ ______ are created to establish specific boundaries and to clarify agencies' tasks

interagency agreements

42.

______ _______ require that an agency's proposed decisions in a particular subject matter area be reviewed by other interested agencies

clearance procedure

43.

four methods cited by the author for achieving horizontal cooperation include

agreements, committees, lead agency formula, clearance procedure

44.

the recent approaches to public management reform question the bureaucratic orthodoxy based on

authority hierarchy

45.

total quality management is most associated with which type of reform?

continuous improvement

46.

the fundamental goal of downsizing is to

shrink the government

47.

process, product, organization, leadership and commitment are the tenets of

total quality management

48.

re-engineering advocates _____ reform in direct contrast to continuous improvement, which insists _______ reforms are best to improve organizations

top down, bottom up

49.

according to the author, re-engineering approaches employ both ___ and ___ tactics

procedural,analytical