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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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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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The earliest advocate of public Administration was -- ----
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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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What activity is the bane of public administration: ------
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The second basic element between public and private adminstration is the ------
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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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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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The functional principles of the administrative organization include all of these except -----
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18. The following constitute the
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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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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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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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To ------- bureaucracy is 'a social structure meant to propel community action into a rationally ordered social action'.
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This ensures the adjustment and ordering of human relations in the society: ------
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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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In public administration the ---- and ----- are studied in the organisation
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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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The coordinating feature in public administration apart from inter-relating various parts of work also aims at -- ----eliminating__ .
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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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This forms the first element of the special minds of government: ------
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This is among the classified functions of management according to Millett: -----
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40. One of the attributes of a
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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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According to the integral view, public administration activities include not only managerial and technical but -----
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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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The general task of laying down detailed rules which is the prerogative of the executive is known as ------
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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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