Woodrow Wilson’s examination of the discipline of Public Administration is as accurate today as it was in 1887. In order for us to have an effective government that is truly functional for the people it must first have the trust of the public and carry out it duties free of political influence. He stated that politics should set the task for government but should not run it. The administration of government policy should be for the benefit of all citizens, not Republicans, Democrats, Liberalist, and etc. Civil service is based on public trust and should be established and ran void the legislative oversight and political criticism. The job of government is to view past attempts and make an conscience effort to learn more about the field of Administration from other countries and from other era’s in history. With this knowledge make a combined attempt to research multiple systems and implement an effective, proficient, and trust worthy system of the people to meet their needs. Instead what we have done is administered public policy under the guise of being knowledgeable beforehand thus losing public trust and not implementing our programs in a detailed and systematic way because our system is complex and highly decentralized. So over 100 years later we are still trying to determine the best methods to carry out the concerns of citizens in a facile, effective and well ordered way.
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