Public Administration and Social Culture
Subject Areas : Business Management
1 - Professor of Management Department of Tehran University
Keywords: Organizational Culture, culture, Social System, Political System, Legal System, Administrative System, Public Administration, Culture Tree, Ecological System, Economic System, Technological System,
Abstract :
This article aims to study the interplay between public culture and public administration from various angles. The public administration is evolved in the cultural breeding-ground on the one hand and the social culture is formed and developed with an eye to the mechanisms governing the public administration on the other. The culture of every society resembles a tree, with its own roots, trunks, branches, boughs, leaves and fruits, which is distinct from other cultures. This cultural tree is crystallized with principles and values in its roots, concepts and structures in its trunk, and outside manifestations in its leaves. With the help of this allegory and metaphor, we can easily delve into the complicated concept of culture which has been discussed by the theorists of the social sciences and then make an assessment of the public administration status. Based on this viewpoint, the public administration in every society may also be regarded as the components of a cultural tree in the same society emerging with its own endemic and particular characteristics. This tree will obviously sprout and develop in a special soil conditioned by various elements such as geographical, ecological, political, economic, social, legal and technological features and systems as well as security and military factors. In this way, an administrative system is born, evolves and develops a sense of direction. With the perception of such elements, an administrative system, being more effective and efficient, can be established so as to run and regulate the communal affairs more rationally.
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Clark, B. R. (1973); 'The Organizational Saga in Higher Education", Administrative Science Quarterly; No. 17.
Deal, T. E., & Kennedy, A. A. (1982); Corporate Cultures: The Rites and Rituals Corporate Life; Addison-Wesley.
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Farhangi, A. (1996). Nonverbal Communication: The Art of Using Movements and Voices. Meybod: Islamic Azad University, (In Persian).
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Huntington, E. (1915); Civilization and Climate; New Haven, Paul Keigan.
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Kilmann, R. H., Saxon, M. J., & Serpa, R. (1985). Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Kindleberger, Charles P., & Bruce, H. (1977). Economic Development. New York: Me Graw-Hill Book Co.
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Maruyama, M. (1984); "Alternative Concepts of Management: Insights from Asia and Africa", Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 1.
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Negandhi, A. R., & Prasad, S. B. (1971). Comparative Management. New York: Appleton-Century, Crofts.
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Peters T. J., & Waterman, R. H. (1982). In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-run Companies. New York: Harper & Row.
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Prasad, S. B. (1968). Directions of Research in Administrative Science; Athen, Ohio: Division of Research, Ohio University.
Peters, B. G. (2001). The Politics of Bureaucracy; 5th ed., London and New York: Routledge.
Ritzer, G. (1988). Contemporary Sociological Theory; Second ed. New York: McGraw-Hili Publishing Co.
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Schein, E. H. (1981); "Does Japanese Management Style Have a Message for American Managers?. Sloan Management Review, 23(1).
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Schein, E. (1985). Organizational Culture and Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey - Bass.
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Spengler, J. J. (1961). Natural Resources and Economic Growth. Washington D.C.
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Thompson, J. B. (1990). Ideology and Modern Culture. Cambridge, Polity Press.
Turner, B. A. (1973). Exploring The Industrial SUbsculture; London: Macmillan.
Webber, R. A. (1969). Culture and Management; Home.Wood, Illinois.
Wilson, J. R., & Wilson, S. R. (2001); Mass Media, Mass Culture. Boston: McGraW-Hili Book Co.
