Nationalisation of Mines 2

Group members:

KGAOGELO MASHILOANE                       209202060
Marie- Celestine MEKOUA     209005655

ASSIGNMENT TOPIC
EVALUATE CROSS NATIONAL COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION STUDY IN THE DESCIPLINE AND PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

              LECTURER: Mr Ashmah Andoh
DUEDATE: 23 March 2011

Introduction
Public administration is the one area of government that is most susceptible to meaningful comparison and development. Comparative Public Administration is concerned with positive developments therefore comparing Public Administration across-nations with past performance or with bench is vital for administrative improvement and for nation development. Administrative knowledge is derived from cross national comparative analysis, which provides broader and better understanding of the larger context of governance and development. It also provides the practitioner of public administration with significant insights in to policies and administrative the practices that work and those that do not work at the national and global level.
The objectives of this assignment are to evaluate cross-national comparative public administration in the discipline and practice of public administration, to define and assess the contributions of comparative public administration in nation development. A comparison between two countries will be done with the help of a case study with the purpose of expanding our knowledge in the significance of comparative public administration as a discipline and practice of public administration.
Comparative public administration is a method of learning and discovery that utilizes comparative analysis to advance administration knowledge. Jreisat (2010:3).
Comparative methods will be utilised as a basis of analysis, to evaluate the comparative public administration across-nations. This will assist us in highlighting its advantages, shortcomings and significance.

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