POL123



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POL123

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1. This is the process of

directing and facilitating the

work of people organized in

formal groups to achieve a

desired goal: -----

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2. One of the attributes of a

Policy is that it may be in

the form of an explicit

_in writing or may be

interpreted from the

behaviour of top level

members.

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3.

According to Pfiffners the
following features
distinquish administrative
from political officers
except: ------

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4. The following constitute the

principles of coordination:

Direct contact, Early

Beginning, Continuity and

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5.

The earliest advocate of
public Administration was --
----

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6.

Law making by the means
of administration aligns with
-----

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7. Efficiency is measured in

terms of output in

proportion to

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8. The laissez faire concept in

administration means

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9.

What activity is the bane of
public administration: ------

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10.

The second basic element
between public and private
adminstration is the ------

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11.

The study of the
administrative system of
any country is dependent
upon its ----- background.

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12. The principal concern of

management is

_in the operation of an

enterprise.

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13. The force of ------ is a

strategy used to correct the

inherent defects of

bureaucracy.

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14. The full meaning of the

acronym ASCON is

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15. The transference of

administrative authority

from a lower to a higher

level of government is

known as

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16.

During the 18th century,
and the early years of the
19th century, the scope of
public administration was
confined not only to the
maintenance of law and
order but the ------

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17.

The functional principles of
the administrative
organization include all of
these except -----

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18. The following constitute the

principles of coordination:

Direct contact, Early

Beginning, Continuity and

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19.

The four P's of public
administration include the
following ------

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20. Public administration deals

with the

_sector

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21.

In 1973 Negro and Negro
pointed out four basic
elements of similarity
between public and private
administration, of which the
first was the ------ element

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22.

Which approach is
premised on the ability of
an organisation to find out
about certain principles
which will facilitate the
efficient functioning of an
organisation -------

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23. _is the systematic and

continuous process of

telling, listening and

understanding.

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24.

To ------- bureaucracy is 'a
social structure meant to
propel community action
into a rationally ordered
social action'.

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25.

This ensures the
adjustment and ordering of
human relations in the
society: ------

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26.

When an electorate calls for
the dismissal of an official
before the expiry of his/her
term is known as -----

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27. The test of management

efficiency include the

following: satisfactory

service, Timely Service,

Ample Service, Continued

Service, Progressive

Service,

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28. Managerial, technical,

manual and

_are activities adopted in

administration in pursuit of

and in fulfillment of public

policy.

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29.

In public administration the
---- and ----- are studied in
the organisation

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30.

The ministers as well
executives exercise control
over administration through
all of these methods except
------

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31. Bureaucracy is basic to ----

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32. The success or failure of

public administration

depends largely on the ------

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33. The Udeoji and Dotun

Philips commission in

Nigeria was instituted by

the

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34.

The coordinating feature in
public administration apart
from inter-relating various
parts of work also aims at --
----eliminating__ .

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35.

Public Adminstration is
known for its -----

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36. The conduct of private

administration is motivated

by profit making, but, that of

public administration is

motivated by

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37. _was the first person who

pointed out in 1887 that

Public Administration and

Political Science are

separate from each other

with their own specialized

fields.

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38.

This forms the first element
of the special minds of
government: ------

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39.

This is among the classified
functions of management
according to Millett: -----

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40. One of the attributes of a

Policy is that it may be in

the form of an explicit

_in writing or may be

interpreted from the

behaviour of top level

members.

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41. Delegation is conditional

when the action of a

subordinate is subject to

_and

_by the superior.

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42.

According to the integral
view, public administration
activities include not only
managerial and technical
but -----

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43.

Staffing in public
administration presupposes
------

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44. was established to

actualize the need for

advanced professional

training and research in

public administration.

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45. leadership is based on

human relations approach

in line with democratic

norms.

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46.

The general task of laying
down detailed rules which
is the prerogative of the
executive is known as ------

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47.

This forms the second
element of the special
minds of government: ------

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48. Delegation is said to be

_when embodied in written

rules, by laws or orders

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49. Public administration and

_are disciplines of the same

specie and genus.

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50. In the words of ------,

“Management is the

accomplishing of

predetermined objective

through the efforts of other

people”.

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