Approaches of the public administration in: (a) The contemporary era

Introduction

The approaches to the study of Public administration in the contemporary era can be categorized from different angles such as normative approach and empirical approach. The main focus of these approaches is how public administration should be, and also to describe and to analyze the actual administrative situations. There different forms of public administration which are divide as follows;

Philosophical approach
Legal approach
Historical approach
Scientific approach
Case Method Approach
Institutional and Structural Approach
Behavioral Approach

Philosophical Approach
The Philosophical approach takes within its purview all aspects of administrative activities. The main goal of this approach is to find out and enunciate the principles or ‘ideals’ underlying these activities. This is perhaps the oldest approach to public administration as of all other social sciences.

Legal Approach
This is a systematic approach which is formulated and it traces its ancestry to the European tradition of rooting Public administration in law. Public administration was considered to be a part of law, concentrating on legally prescribed structure and organization of Public authorities. Legal approach came into place at a time when the functions of the state were narrowly limited and simple in nature. The administrative law is an important branch of Public law which is conceived in quite broad terms to enable it to include the organization and functions of public authorities and with the problem of their correlation, powers and responsibilities. Public administration is widely considered to be a part of administrative law and as such it is studied in the legal framework.

Historical Approach
This approach mainly focuses on recreating a segment of history on its administration strategy. It Studies the