- •Content
- •Introduction to public administration
- •Text 1 The Meaning of pa
- •Text 2 Definition of Public Administration
- •Text 3 The identity of Public Administration as a discipline
- •Text 1 Public Administration
- •International public administration
- •Is it possible to achieve a common European perspective?
- •8. Translate the following text into English. Отличие государственного управления в России от государственного управления в других странах
- •Glossary
- •Unit 2 history of public administration
- •Text 1 Early systems
- •2. Read the following text and translate it into Russian and answer the questions given below. Text 2
- •Text 4 British Empire
- •Glossary
- •Unit 3 concepts of state and government
- •8. Synonym match: match the following synonyms from the article:
- •Tony Blair makes political history
- •Homework
- •Power and Politics
- •Отношение к государству. Государство и нравственность
- •Glossary
- •The role of the state. Three branches of power
- •Text 1 The Role of the State. Tree branches of power
- •Text 2 Legislative Power
- •Text 3 Executive Power
- •Text 4 Judicial power
- •Text a
- •Unit 5 government
- •4. Read the passages below and choose the correct headline for each of them.
- •Unitary, confederate, and federal governments
- •Government Systems: Unitary, Confederate, and Federal Systems
- •Homework
- •Different forms of government
- •Read the passages below and match them with the appropriate major group.
- •Functions of three branches of government
- •Functions of Government
- •Glossary
- •Informatuion technologies in public administration
- •Glossary
- •Supplementary texts Decision-making models
- •Niskanen's budget-maximizing
- •Dunleavy's bureau-shaping
- •European Union
- •European Economic Community (eec or Common Market)
- •European Parliament
Homework
1. Vocabulary extension: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. Internet: Search the Internet and find information on Tony Blair. Share your findings with your class in the next lesson.
3. My leader: Write a profile of the leader of your country. Present it to your classmates in your next lesson.
4. Letter: write a letter to the leader of your country congratulating him on his election victory. Tell him what he needs to do in the world in his next term of office. Show your classmates your letter in your next lesson.
1. Read the text. Discuss it with your partners. Ask each other questions on the text.
Power and Politics
Power can be defined as personal characteristics by which one person can influence or dominate another person. In organizations, power is the ability of one person or department, to influence other people or departments, in order to bring about the desired results. Without power, organizations will not be able to achieve their goals, because managers exert influence to force people to do things that they want. Another element in organization is politics.
Politics is about controlling resources (material, human, financial, information etc.). It is also about distribution of resources. Who gets what, how, when and where. Politics is often understood as undesirable, because it is perceived as “maneuvering” and manipulation” by people.
Power is synonymously defined with authority. Authority comes with the job that one is holding, and power and authority are perceived as one, although power subsumes authority. “Power and Politics School” views authority as only one of the available sources of organizational power.
It may be mentioned that power is aimed at in all directions in the organizations, i.e. the top managements power would be felt from top to bottom sideway as well. It can be understood as the presence of an individual being felt.
Look at the figure and comment on it.
There are various types of power that managers use in the organization. These are:
Legitimate Power
Reward/Punish Power
Expert Power
Referent Power
Now read the following passages and choose the appropriate type of power for each.
A)_____________
The power which stems from the ability to bestow rewards which include benefits like food allowance, overtime cash allowance and other fringe benefits. Example: Adults can reward or punish children; managers give cash awards to their sub-ordinates for good performance.
B)_____________
Organizations are always finding ways of using the effective and suitable way of utilizing the experience and knowledge of reputable managers as far as employee referrals are concerned.
C) _____________
There are three passages below. Read them and match them with the appropriate type of power.
It is the authority given by the organization to the formal management position a manager holds. For example: Power of DCO, Nazim, and Policeperson. These personnel have power because they hold certain position.
D)______________
It is the power possessed by an individual based on experience, or some skills and ability. Example: computer expert, specialist doctor
10. Translate the following text into English.