| Summary: | Before the development of public administration as a discipline of its own, it was a sub-field or sub-set within political science. Management principles played a very vital role
to the development of public administration as fields of study as well as a field of practice.
Woodrow, and Taylor had contributed immensely to the development of management principles. Particularly, Taylor with his scientific principle has paved the way for the subsequent scholars in propounding management/administrative principles, ranging from human relation school, to management science, and finally new management technique
These schools of thoughts have played a significant role in the development of public
administration paradigm. This paper seeks to explore the contribution of management
school of thought to the development of public administration as a field of studies and
practice. The paper concludes that management school of thought have contributed immensely to the development of public administration as a field of study and practice.
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