Introduction to Public Administration At University Of Ghana
This course seeks to introduce students to the very basic concepts and theories underlying
administration in the public sector. It focuses on the unique social, political, economic and cultural
context within which Ghanaian public administration is practised. The key topics to be covered
include: definitions, nature and scope of public administration; the role of public administration in
national development; the relationship and differences between public administration andbusiness
administration; the nature of central government machinery, public-private sector dichotomy, the
politics-administration debate and the constitutional and legal setting of public administration.
Other topics include: the constituent parts of the public sector inGhana; i.e., the public services,
public corporations/enterprises, public boards/commissions, subvented agencies and the local
government systems.
