1. Introduction
As the scope of governmental functions become complex, there is a need to study and develop strategies in
governance and management of the affairs of government. As Wilson (in Greene, 2005) wrote:
It is the object of administrative study to discover, first, what government can properly and
successfully do, and secondly, how it can do these proper things with the utmost possible efficiency
and at the least possible cost either of money or of energy.
The move toward an autonomous administrative study appeared to have been good for public administration as
an academic field. Research indicates that the most effective Master in Public Administration (MPA) programs
are administered by freestanding schools and departments of public administration, and these units are
experiencing fastest rates of student growth of all organizational types (Henry, 2005). According to Greene
(2005):
Public administration trains future public administrators in Master of Public Administration (MPA)
programs and provides continuing education and training for mid-career employees through
executive institutes and Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) programs. The training includes
courses in numerous areas of management, organizational theory and behavior, personnel
administration, budgeting and financial management, public policy, program evaluation, and
administrative law. The world of public administration is constantly evolving, and the discipline
does more than observe and study the practical field. The close involvement with the practice of
public administration makes the discipline unique and rich because it helps those in the discipline
relate to the everyday world of public management.