`Does Administrative Theory hinder or assistduring a natural disaster?`

Running Head : Administrative Theory

Does Administrative Theory hinder or assist during a natural disaster

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Introduction

The issue about the ability of public servants to serve the best interest of the public through a solid public governance and administration system has always been an important point in related debates and discussions . In this , the focus will be on the role of the Administrative Theory , its related perspectives and paradigm , and how disaster response actions act as a mirror reflecting the state of public service

, and the significance (or lack of ) of the Administrative Theory in today 's world . Disasters , some say , bring out the best in everyone . If this was true , then the worst disasters can be used to gauge public service and the ability and competence of public servants as well as the use and significance of dogmas , structures , policies beliefs and design of pubic administration in the modern day life . An example of one of the deadliest modern day natural disaster is Hurricane Katrina . Hurricane Katrina may be the largest natural disaster in dollar terms in U .S . history , with damage exceeding 50 billion (Birkland , 2006 ,

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Hurricane Katrina , for its ferocity , strength , and extent of damage is a good case study in the assessment of public service doctrine use and compatibility , as well as the competence and ability of the people working under these public service perspectives to cope and cooperate successfully under a pre-defined dogma . Ideally , the Administrative Theory was designed so that a particular process and protocol is established so that actions of different individuals , serving to be able to accomplish one purpose , are constructive and contributing towards the achievement of a particular goal , in essence making the theory the catalyst of the start of a process that can provide assistance . The Administrative Theory , as an idea , is always expected to influence constructive and positive output from any endeavor (i .e . response to a natural disaster . But in application , the use of the existing paradigm for Administrative Theory is not always assisting the efforts during a natural disaster . Sometimes it also hinders the effective delegation of assistance and response by individuals and agencies during a natural disaster because it is incomplete and not fully suitable for the present design of local and federal governance as it is applied in the United States

The best example to use as a case study to determine Administrative Theory 's characteristic as being unsuitable and incomplete when used in the current system of governance in the United States is the administration problems that happened during the Hurricane Katrina disaster response and management . Following the idea of the Administrative Theory , members of the agencies responsible for responding to the victims of Hurricane Katrina should have effortlessly handled the situation considering that everyone has a task to fulfil

What the Administrative Theory failed to discuss and include in its parameters is the complexity brought about by inter-agency operation present during the Hurricane Katrina disaster management action...