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Spicer, Michael W.
Administrative theory & praxis, 03/1998, Volume: 20, Issue: 1Journal Article
This paper examines the practice of eighteenth-century Prussian public administration under the rule of Frederick the Great. Frederick's autocratic and centralized style of administration and the activities and accomplishments of Prussian bureaucracy are discussed. It is argued that the Prussian administrative experience lent support to the idea that a system of bureaucratic administration was essential to the modern state. Furthermore, it encouraged a vision of public administration as an instrument in pursuing substantive and important state purposes, a vision still very prevalent in contemporary public administration thought.
