Read the definition of Public Administration and translate it into Russian

Public Administration

Public Administration can be broadly described as the development, implementation, and study of government policy. Public Administration is linked to pursuing the public good by enhancing civil society and social justice. Though Public Administration has historically referred to government management, it increasingly encompasses non-governmental organizations that are not acting out of self-interest.

The Public Administration sector consists of establishments of federal, state, and local government agencies that administer, oversee, and manage public programs and have executive, legislative, or judicial authority over other institutions within a given area. These agencies also set policy, create laws, adjudicate civil and criminal legal cases, provide for public safety and for national defense.

In general, government establishments in the Public Administration sector oversee government programs and activities that are not performed by private establishments. Establishments in this sector typically are engaged in the organization and financing of the production of public goods and services, most of which are provided for free or at prices that are not economically significant.

Government establishments also engage in a wide range of productive activities covering not only public goods and services but also individual or private goods and services similar to those produced in sectors typically identified with private-sector establishments.

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Ex.3. Match the verbs from the text in the left column to their meanings in the right column; give their Russian equivalents.

Administration and Management

The words ‘management’ and ‘administration’ are close in meaning, but a brief foray into semantics allows a case to be made that the terms ‘management’ and ‘administration’ are significantly different and that a manager performs a different role from an administrator.

The Oxford Dictionary defines administration as: ‘an act of administering’, which is then ‘to manage the affairs of’ or ‘to direct or superintend the execution, use or conduct of’, while management is: ‘to conduct, to control the course of affairs by one’s own action, to take charge of’. The Latin origins of the two words also show significant differences. Administration comes from minor then ministrare, meaning: ‘to serve, and hence later, to govern’. Management comes from manus, meaning: ‘to control by hand’. The essential difference in meaning is between ‘to serve’ and ‘to control or gain results’.

From these various definitions it is argued that administration essentially involves following instructions and service, while management involves: first, the achievement of results, and secondly, personal responsibility by the manager for results being achieved. The terms administration and management are not synonymous, neither is their application to the public sector. Public administration is an activity serving the public, and public servants carry out policies derived from others. It is concerned with procedures, with translating policies into action and with office management. Management does include administration, but also involves organization to achieve objectives with maximum efficiency, as well as genuine responsibility for results.

It follows that a public service based on administrative concepts will be different from one based on management and there are continuing and unresolved tensions between the two views.

Source: condensed from http://do.gendocs.ru/docs/index-206555.html

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Find the words in bold italics marked by reference figures in the Key Terms and Common Collocations section. Study their meanings and the word collocations they form.