Characteristics of public management function

The characteristics of public management function are linked with the particularity of public management, which can be summarized as the following aspects.

(a) Make it public * * *

Public * * * management comes from the needs of social affairs management, so the subject, purpose, nature, characteristics and social responsibility of public * * * management all reflect publicity, which is obviously different from the private nature of private management. This difference has been made clear in the first chapter of this book. Living here, the public management function has obvious public characteristics.

(2) service.

From the perspective of interest relationship, the concept of service contains two meanings: one is to put the interests of the working object in the first place, with little or no consideration for their own interests; Second, when you are engaged in a certain cause, it is not only beneficial to yourself, but also convenient for others.

(3) Diversity

The diversity of the contents of public management functions is mainly determined by the objects of public management. In the field of management, public management involves social economy, politics, culture and other public affairs; Its operation process includes a series of links and steps such as decision-making, planning, organization, coordination and control. In addition, there are three levels of management: high, medium and low. These all contain corresponding complex contents, so the functions of public management are diverse.

interdisciplinary

As a system, public management functions are interrelated and cross-related. First of all, there is an inseparable relationship between the functional system of task system and the functional system of program system, that is to say, all kinds of functions of public management content must be realized by the management subject's exercise of management process functions; On the other hand, the functions of public management process can only play its practical role if they are combined with the tasks of public management.

dynamic

The function of public administration is not static, but changes with the development of social economy, politics, science and technology, and the changes of situation and tasks in different historical periods. This change is obviously manifested in the flow of time and the transformation of space.