1. What is Development Administration?
Development administration is the process of guiding an organization towards the achievement
of progressive, political, economic and social objectives that are authoritatively determined in
one manner or another.
Development-administration ordinarily involves the establishment of machinery for planning
economic growth and mobilization and allocating resources to expand national income.
Development-administration has, thus, been conceptualized as a phenomenon characterizing
change and growth. Development-administration is an action-oriented and goal-oriented
administration. It is an innovative administration acquiring new skills and new ideas and
involving a lot of experimentation. It indicates a willingness to take risks in order to encourage
change and growth. It emphasizes on-group performance and intergroup collaboration rather
than on individual performance. Along with this, individual roles are continuously changing
under the development administration as the structures are shaped and reshaped according to
goal requirements. It involves employing of trained manpower and improving the existing staff,
using of sophisticated aids to decision-making and adopting empirical approach to problem
solving as well as emphasizing on problem finding.
2. What are the Main elements of Development Administration?
Planned & coordinated efforts
Development Administration in operational terms refers to organized efforts to carry-out
development programmed & projects in the direction of nation building & socio-economic
development.
Goal-orientated administration
Development Administration does not only involve effective and efficient carrying out of
functions, it also involves formulation of clear goals and objectives that guide the administrative
action. It must be goal-orientated administration with emphasis on achieving socio-economic
goals.
Management capacities
One of the facets of development administration puts more emphasis on the development of
administrators. This involves creating & enhancing management capacities of administrators
as a means for achieving development goals.
Progressivism
The element of progressiveness of goals is an accepted feature of development
administration.
Public participation
Participation is another key element of development administration. Progressive realisation of
development goals by developing economies would entail a far greater participation of the
people.
Creativity & innovativeness
Another important element in development administration is creativity & innovativeness.
Creativity in this regard is understood as the ability & power to develop new ideas.
Responsiveness & accountability
The traditional administrative system was criticized for the simple reason that administrators
tended to be routine minded, stagnant and generally lacking in the enthusiasm and ability for
innovation.
People-centered administration
DA must be people centered because it is aimed at serving
the needs & interests of the people. This is because development programs & projects are
designed by planners and administrators with the aim of benefiting people.
3. What are the two Facets of Development Administration?
Development of Administration
Development of administration involves the strengthening & improving administrative
capacities as a means for achieving developmental goals. The focus here is to develop
administrators.
Administration of Development
Administration of development implies that administrative organizations are expected to act as
instruments in the implementation of development programs, projects and policies.
4. What are the Theories of Development Administration?
The Linear-stages theory
- According to this theory, countries needed only to discover the proper mix of savings and
investment to enable them to "take off" toward their cherished developmental goals.
Structural-change models
- The Lewis theory of development Lewis two sector model (traditional and modern)
- Structural change and patterns of development agriculture – industry – construction &
services
The International-dependence revolution
- The neocolonial dependence models
- The false-paradigm model
- The dualistic-development thesis
The New growth theory
Endogenous growth
- seek to explain the factors that determine the
size of µ (the rate of growth of gdp), that is left unexplained and exogenously determined in the
solow neoclassical growth equation.
The Neoclassical Counter-revolution
- the neoclassical countermovement in economic thinking, has been gaining some
ground. it features basic "structural adjustments" to free the market, privatize public
corporations, and dismantle public ownership of production means and property. it rejects
central planning and the regulation of economic activities.
5. Importance of Development Administration
Development administration provides leadership to make life of nation better. The relationship
of administration and ecology has widened the base of administrative operations. It has
brought to fore front the need for synchronization of political, economic, socio-cultural aspects
of development. It lays stress on developing indigenous administrative means, procedures,
methods and techniques to face various challenges thrown by the demands emerging from the
new environment upon the state.
Development administration also makes administrative process more democratic as it allows
people to participate in the management of developmental affairs and processes of social
change as a technique.
Introducing new ideas and techniques and behavioral change is crux of development
administration. Development administration also makes clear that politics and administration
are closely related to each other and cannot be demarcated.
Development administration has immensely helped the developing countries to explore the
dynamics of change and administration. It seeks to fill the gap between developmental needs
and administrative responses. It is a step forward in the direction of developing organization
theory.
6. Discuss the Development Administration in the Philippines.
National development is defined as the ability of a country or countries to improve the social
welfare of the people, by providing social amenities like quality education, potable water,
transportation infrastructure, medical care etc.
As a guide in planning the country’s national development, The Philippine Development Plan
was formulated in accordance with the Constitutional provision of Section 9, Article VII,
directing the Government’s economic and planning agency to implement a continuing
integrated and coordinated programs and policies for national development.
NEDA (National Economic and Development Authority) as the coordinator of the Philippine
Development Plan is tasked to formulate development plans.
The Philippine Development Plan 2011–2016 provides plans and strategies in the translation
of Administration’s Social Contract to the Filipino People, to achieve growth that is inclusive
and sustained where the envision a country with an organized and widely shared rapid
expansion of our economy through a government dedicated to honing and mobilizing our
people’s skills and energies as well as the responsible harnessing of our natural resources.
Consistent with his commitment to transformational leadership, the Philippine Development
Plan 2011-2016 adopts a framework of inclusive growth, which is high growth that is sustained,
generates mass employment, and reduces poverty. With good governance and anti-corruption
theme, the Plan translates into specific goals, objectives, strategies, programs and projects all
the things that he want to accomplish in the medium-term.
The support of all the government sector will be a very important contribution in turning the
goal and objective for a better quality of life for all Filipino into a reality.