The development of Public Administration as an academic discipline2. Foundation Phase of Public AdministrationThe first Public Administration was started in a single university and as time passed it started to spread across the world and was then available in universities all over the world. As we know, Public Administration as a discipline originated in the United States. The study of public administration was written by Woodrow Wilson and this could prove that public administration originated from political science. There is also a question of what the government can do to improve the quality of life and needs of the people around them. all over the world. Administration is a part of government. Wilson also provided the rationale for why public administration should be an academic discipline and professional specialization. Government work could be divided into decision making and execution. Not everyone is interested in studying public administration. As we all see, it is important to use public administration because we seek service delivery from the government. The public administration must provide and also increase its services to the people. The history of public administration can be linked to the theory of knowledge because public administration is everywhere in the world. The history of public administration is focused on improving/changing the situation globally. Government services are increasing as well as public administration is working. Public administration is faced with changing every single problem it encounters in society. Wilson found that the American government joins governments in pursuit of common goals (as cited in Stillman, 2005, page 15). Wilson distinguished between political and administrative. The... center of the card... . The government must provide services to people in different communities. The government must meet the needs of the people. Government increases as public administration functions. There was a division of workers to improve service delivery to local government and municipality. that they can provide services to members of their community. Subsequently the study of public administration began to be introduced in other universities around the world. References Du Toit DFP & Van der Waldt G. (1999). Public Administration and Management: The Grassroots.2nd ed. Cape Town:juta & copany limitedFoundation of Public Administration: A Comparative Approach by Peter HarrisPublic Administration by Urmila Sharma,SK ShamaPublic Administration:Concepts and Theories SP Naidu,New age international,2005