- •Contents
- •Предисловие
- •Unit 1 What is Public Administration? a. Vocabulary
- •Implement (n)
- •Implement (V)
- •Implementation (n)
- •Institution (n)
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Historical overview of public administration
- •Insure (V)
- •Insurance (n)
- •Industry (n)
- •Value (n)
- •Value (V)
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Business management and public administration
- •Public Administration as an Academic Discipline
- •Managerial, political, and legal approaches to public administration
- •G. Writing
- •Unit 3 Diversity of Public Administration Theory a. Vocabulary
- •Independence (n)
- •Interdependence (n)
- •Vocabulary Exercises Ex. 1. Which words can you derive from the following?
- •Some theoretical aspects of public administration
- •The basic aspects of organization theory
- •The environment of public administration
- •E. Additional Reading
- •F. Discussion
- •"Public organisations are wasteful, private ones are efficient".
- •H. Writing
- •Public Administration Personnel:
- •Role-Types
- •A. Vocabulary
- •Identify (V)
- •Identification (n)
- •Interfere (V)
- •Interference (n)
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Public administration personnel: role-types, role conflicts, role overloads
- •D. Post-reading Exercises Language Study
- •E. Additional Reading
- •F. Discussion
- •Personnel Administration: Staffing and Training the Agency
- •Vocabulary Exercises Ex. 1. Which words can you derive from the following?
- •Personnel administration: staffing and training the agency
- •Recruiting
- •Examining and selecting
- •Evaluation
- •Continuing education in the public service
- •D. Post-reading Exercises Language Study
- •Ex. 3. Render into English:
- •E. Additional Reading
- •Promotion of public administration personnel
- •Incompetence as promotion mistakes, or the Peter Principle
- •F. Discussion
- •G. Writing
- •Unit 6 Decision-Making a. Vocabulary
- •Inaction (n)
- •Value (n)
- •Value (V)
- •Influence (n)
- •Influence (V)
- •Vocabulary Exercises Ex. 1. Which words can you derive from the following?
- •C. Reading
- •Four processes of decision-making
- •Information search
- •Models of decision-making
- •Ex. 2. Read the text for understanding its main points and answer the following questions:
- •D. Post-reading Exercises Language Study
- •Ex. 3. Render into English:
- •E. Additional Reading
- •F. Discussion
- •H. Writing
- •Leadership
- •A. Vocabulary
- •List of the Key Words and Expressions
- •Impoverish (V)
- •Vocabulary Exercises Ex. 1. Which words can you derive from the following?
- •C. Reading
- •D. Post-reading Exercises Language Study
- •Ex.3. Render into English:
- •E. Additional Reading the relation between policy, administration, and leadership
- •F. Discussion
- •G. Writing
- •Vocabulary Unit 1
- •Implement (n)
- •Implement (V)
- •Implementation (n)
- •Institution (n)
- •Insure (V)
- •Insurance (n)
- •Industry (n)
- •Value (n)
- •Value (V)
- •Independence (n)
- •Interdependence (n)
- •Identify (V)
- •Identity (n)
- •Initiate (V)
- •Initiate (n)
- •Initiate (adj)
- •Interfere (V)
- •Interference (n)
- •Intelligence (n)
- •Intelligent (adj)
- •Inaction (n)
- •Value (n)
- •Value (V)
- •Influence (n)
- •Influence (V)
- •Impoverish (V)
- •Bibliography Textbooks and Reference Materials
- •Dictionaries
- •220007, Г. Минск, ул. Московская, 17.
Continuing education in the public service
Government is deeply involved with the further education and training of the employees. This involvement may range from relatively simple, in-house training sessions – even on-the-job training – to the financing of undergraduate or graduate education.
Many universities, in cooperation with government agencies, have developed special programs for public employees, and the courses typically lasting for a week, may be conducted either at a university campus or at an agency site.
The Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia, established in 1968, operated by the Civil Service Commission, provides managerial training for high-level federal executives. The commission also has regional training centers located throughout the country.
Public personnel are also often given leaves for a semester or a year by their agency to pursue a degree at the doctoral level (the Doctor of Public Administration) or to fulfill a master’s program.
Ex. 2. Read the text again for understanding its main points and answer the 10 'What'-questions given below:
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What is the first step that the management has to undertake when new jobs have been created?
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What was the time of Andrew Jackson characterized by?
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What attempts did the government make to attract especially competent applicants?
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What kinds of examinations were mentioned in the text?
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What is a "performance examination"?
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What examination is considered to be of special importance?
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What process is the evaluation of employee performance?
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What programs have many universities developed for public employees?
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What training does the Federal Executive Institute provide?
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What time is given to public personnel to pursue a degree at the doctoral level?
Ex. 3. Now read the text for detailed information to complete the following sentences and develop the idea:
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Once jobs have been created, … starts, i.e. finding people to fill those jobs.
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… were designed for the most part to keep out …, not to attract … .
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Active efforts were made to attract individuals who, in earlier times, would have been excluded from public employment because of … .
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Once applications have been received, the next step is … .
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Some judgements are made on the basis of …, and some jobs, especially requiring particular skills, call for … .
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… is intended to select candidates for federal government careers rather than for particular jobs.
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The new employee is likely to serve …, often six months, during which removal is relatively easy.
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In order to make an evaluation of employee performance, where possible, objective measures … . In jobs where this is not possible … .
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The involvement of government with the further education and training of the employees may range from … to … .
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… provides managerial training for high-level federal executives.
Ex. 4. Answer the following questions:
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Why were merit systems designed?
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In what way do organizations attract especially competent applicants?
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Why did the recruiting pattern change?
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What is an unassembled examination?
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What examination is intended to select candidates for federal government careers?
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How is the final choice in selecting an employee made?
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Only few employees are dismissed during a probationary period, aren't they? Why?
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What does the evaluation of performance protect employees from?