DQ3-1 respost

DQ3-1 3rd Response.

Q:: You can address the question by defining/describing politics-administration dichotomy. Please relate your description to public administration arenas--levels of government--state, local, and federal. How would you explain? What do you think

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Positional power means power based on title of employment at an agency. For example in a city entity the city manager it the highest position in power, therefore most staff members will respect and look up to the city manager as their respective leader of their organization. Positional power must be respected when working as public administrators because there is a hierarchy to be followed. Supervisors report to managers, managers report to directors and director’s report to assistant city manager and assistant city manager reports to city manager. Positional power may play out different when it comes to policy making. In local government the city manager recommends policies to city council. In state and federal government structure is set up differently with three branches of government legislative, executive and judicial branches. According to Branches of U.S. Government (n.d.) “legislative: makes laws-congress-house of representatives and senate, executive: carries out laws-president, vice president, cabinet, judicial: evaluates laws-supreme court” These state and federal branches work differently to local governments when it comes to policy making. The federal and state government legislative branch creates the policies, executive carries out the policy and judicial analyzes the policy. Moreover, positional power influences intergovernmental interactions by making sure local government advocates for state planning therefore state can attain federal funding for programs.

Reference:

Branches of the U.S. Government . (2018, November 9). In USA.GOV. Retrieved from https://www.usa.gov/branches-of-government