Ex. 1. Which words can you derive from the following?

1) employ 2) scrutiny 3) dominate 4) promote 5) stable 6) secure 7) satisfy 8) depend 9) effect

10) produce 11) legislature 12) neglect 13) jeopardy 14) profit 15) reward 16) participate 17) collaborate 18) execute

Ex. 2. Complete each sentence using a word derivationally related to the word given in brackets:

1) Perceptions that public organizations are wasteful and private ones are efficient do not withstand … . (scrutinize)

2) Bureaucracies are generally defined as organizations that provide each … with a clearly defined role. (employ)

3) They … employees on the bases of their skills and training. (promotion)

4) The dilemma both public and private organizations have is the need for … and change. (stable)

5) Future …, food, shelter, etc. are fundamental needs individuals bring to organizations. (secure)

6) Bureaucracy, whether in business or government organization is thought to be a … form of organization. (dominate)

7) Most work in organizations is a mix of … and … . (collaborate, depend)

8) Common interests have a profound … on people’s work and are as important as formal assignments. (effective)

9) Public administration has a number of …, such as the …, the … , the courts, and organized groups. (participate, execute, legislative)

10) In case a public administrator … any of his or her numerous duties that leads to the … of the entire program. (neglect, jeopardize)

Ex. 3. Match the words to their definitions:

1) stable 2) employ 3) collaboration 4) legislature 5) participant 6) neglect, v 7) resist 8) effective 9) depend 10) produce, v 11) dimensions 12) abuse, n

a) to give someone regular work; b) producing a good result; c) steady, solid; d) working together; e) to fail to look after or to maintain; f) to oppose, not to give in; g) to be decided according to something; h) to bring out, to make, to manufacture; i) a person who takes part; j) law-making body; k) wrong use, bad use; l) measurements.

Ex. 4. What is the English for:

1) участник 2) зависимость (от кого-либо) 3) оказывать сопротивление 4) сотрудничество 5) стабильность 6) законодательная власть 7) исполнительная власть 8) служащий

9) выпускать, производить 10) не принимать во внимание 11) работодатель, наниматель 12) безработный 13) злоупотребление властью 14) размеры, величина 15) должностное лицо, администратор, руководитель

Ex. 5. Translate into English:

1) Каждый сотрудник организации имеет определенную роль и ответственность.

2) Решение о продвижении сотрудника зависит от работодателя.

3) Всякая организация нуждается в стабильности.

4) Члены организации не только сотрудничают на работе, но и часто объединяются в неформальные группы вне работы.

5) Работодатели должны принимать во внимание не только материальные, но и духовные потребности личности.

6) Теория государственного управления в настоящее время быстро развивается и зависит от того, что мы знаем о человеческой личности, мотивах ее поведения и потребностях.

Ex. 6. Make up situations using the following words and word combinations:

A 1) to employ 2) to hire 3) to promote 4) a formal/informal group 5) collaboration 6) to depend 7) to neglect

В 1) stability (of an organization) 2) effectiveness 3) production 4) abuse (of power) 5) to resist 6) the executive 7) the legislature

B. Pre-reading Exercises

Ex. 1. Look at the heading of the text and predict the contents of it.

Ex. 2. Name some words and phrases you know related to the problem under discussion.

Ex. 3. Guess the meaning of the following words and word combinations:

politics/policy, public/private organization, formal/informal group, spiritual/ material/ individual needs, need of self-actualization, corruption, area or responsibility, task orientation, faceless bureaucrats.

Ex. 4. Give your own definition of 'organization theory'.

Ex. 5. Answer the following questions:

1) The discipline of public administration like any other discipline has its own subject and field. What are they?

2) What do the terms 'a public organization' and 'a private organization' convey to you?

3) What is 'a hierarchical structure' (of a government or business organization)?

4) May bureaucracy create abuses of power? In what way?

5) Does the effective development of public administration theory depend on our knowledge about humans, their motives and needs? Can you give examples?

C. Reading

Ex. 1. Read the text for general information to complete the following statements:

1) The text discusses … (the main issues and aspects of …)

2) The text considers organization theory which involves …

3) The text tells us about public administration and its main participants … (such as … who …)

SOME THEORETICAL ASPECTS

OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Though there are different approaches to the field of public administration, this interdisciplinary subject nowadays has a quite strong theory that tries to take into account not only management subjects, but also the mix of administration, policy making, and politics.

Let us consider some issues of this theory and start with organization theory common to both public and private sectors.