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The ------ system
pyramidically arranges the
administrative groups or
units in a scale.

A valuable material
necessary for the study of
public administration is -----

The acronym POSDCORB
was coined by ------

4. The public

_committee of the

legislature scrutinizes the

report submitted by the

Auditor-General

5. The following constitute the

principles of coordination:

Direct contact, Early

Beginning, Continuity and

The word CO in the
acronym POSDCORB
means ------

7. The

applies to a government at

a lower level enjoying

certain amount of autonomy

as given by the constitution

or statute.

8. The success or failure of

public administration

depends largely on the ------

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

The definition of Public
Administration was
documented for the first
time in the ------ of
eighteenth century, U.S.A.

The ----- function of
management is focused on
addressing the peculiar
problems of the
organization.

12. _could be regarded as acts

against administrative

responsibility in Nigeria.

The ----- makes the law
which determines the
organization, functions and
procedures of public
administration.

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

15. 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.

16. Delegation is conditional

when the action of a

subordinate is subject to

_and

_by the superior.

The writings of the following
authors have significant
relevance for public
administration studies
except ------

When an aggrieved citizen
brings a civil or criminal suit
in a court of law against a
public servant , it is
regarded as ---- control
over administration.

This defined administration
as'the field of business
outside the proper sphere
of politics' -----

20. A large scale administrative

body organizes its roles

between three categories of

management such as: Top

management, Middle

management and

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

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 -------

Public Adminstration deals
with the science of getting
things done efficiently in the
------

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

25. _defined bureaucracy as “a

system of government, the

control of which is in the

hands of officials whose

power jeopardizes the

liberties of the ordinary

citizens”.

26. Policy differs from rule

because the former is

dynamic and flexible while

the latter is

27. The true goals of

management according to

Gullick include: to make the

conduct of affairs

technically sound, politically

responsible, publicly

acceptable, progressively

approved, and

Administration is organised
in a ------ structure to
achieve certain objectives

Public administration is
essentially -----

30. Efficiency is measured in

terms of output in

proportion to

This administration is
concerned primarily with
the tasks and process of
formulating and
implementing the four P’s of
administering an
organisation: -----

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

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

34. In management, input

refers to the quantity of

men, money and

_in the working of an

organization.

35. The body of persons who

run administration are

known as

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

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

38. Delegation is said to be

_when embodied in written

rules, by laws or orders

39. Expressions such as “with

immediate effect”, “Without

delay”, “With impromptu

attention”, were common

phrases in which forms of

government

40. The head of service

controls, and co-ordinates

the activity of the entire civil

servants within

and

41. Managerial, technical,

manual and

_are activities adopted in

administration in pursuit of

and in fulfillment of public

policy.

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

Psychology could not
influence public
administration because of
its capability of discovering
immutable laws of -----

44. _is regarded as the

collective utilization of

human resources and

material in an effort to

reach the known goal.

45. Any policy that emanates

either from the legislature

or administration must be

based on factual data and

46. _positively means to secure

co-operation and teamwork

amongst the numerous

employees of an

organization.

The book titled 'Principles
of Administration' was
written by ------

48. In the words of Dr. Appleby,

“The heart of administration

is the management of

programmes designed to

serve the -----

The organisation of public
administration is
determined by the -----

The Ecology of
Administration was
developed by ------