EVOLUTION AND GRowTH oF PUBLICADMINISTRATION The growth of public administration has many facets. As a discipline the term Public Administration has emerged in the late 19th and beginning of 20th American President wilson very much to the subject of Public Administration, he also known as the father of Public Administration. As a discipline Public Administration is not very old it is emerged during the 19th century last. During these years Public Administration has passed through several phases of development. We can broadly divide the growth of Public Administration into the following five stages.