Identify significant events and people who shaped the field of public administration.

In 750-1,000 words, describe the history of public service by doing the following: Identify significant events and people who shaped the field of public administration. Explain how those events and people affected the evolution of the study and field of public administration.

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Public administration, the implementation of government policies. Today public administration is often regarded as including also some responsibility for determining the policies and programs of governments. Specifically, it is the planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling of government operations.

Public administration is a feature of all nations, whatever their system of government. Within nations public administration is practice d at the central, intermediate, and local levels. Indeed, the relationships between different levels of government within a single nation constitute a growing problem of public administration.

In most of the world the establishment of highly trained administrative,

executive, or directive classes has made public administration a distinct profession. The body of public administrators is usually call ed the civil service.

In the United States, the elitist class connotations historically attached to the civil service were consciously abandoned or from the early 20th century, with the result that civil servants were recognized as professionals and valued for their expertise.

Traditionally the civil service is contrast ed with other bodies serving the state full time, such as the military, the judiciary, and the police. Specialized services, sometimes referr ed to as scientific or professional civil services, provide technical rather than general administrative support. Traditionally, in most countries,