This dissertation examines administrative roles within the context of everyday public administration. Specifically, it studies the relationship between administrative roles assumed by public administrators and (1) the perceived presence of administrative discretion, (2) individual level beliefs regarding involvement in policy formulation and (3) tenure with organization. This dissertation has a three-fold purpose. First, it delineates the types of roles assumed by public procurement specialists. Second, it tests whether administrative discretion, beliefs regarding participation in policy formulation and organizational tenure are significant in explaining the assumption of certain types of roles. Finally, the dissertation evaluates the implications for the public procurement process of the predominance of certain roles. vi The theoretical logic for this dissertation draws on the theory of representative bureaucracy and role theory. ... It is found that administrative discretion, individual expectations and organizational tenure are indeed important predictors of the assumption of administrative roles. Administrators who believe that they have access to relatively high levels of discretion and those who believe they should be involved in policy formulation are more likely to assume a representative type role. On the other hand, with increased tenure public administrators are less likely to assume a representative type role. / by Alexandru Vasile Roman. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013. / Includes bibliography. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / System requirements: Adobe Reader.

The final thesis focuses on the issue of analyzing the situation of a citizen in connection with a services of the public administration. One of the main goals is to acquaint the reader with the services of the public administration, with the concept of eGovernment and provide a comparison of this area with other countries. These objectives are achieved by studying resources relating to Czech and foreign eGovernment and they are given to the theoretical part. The practical part is devoted to the specific life situations (services) within communication between citizen and public administration. These services were analyzed through a defined methodology to determine the level of friendliness in relation to the user and if necessary, make recommendations for improvement. The main part is devoted to the data box. The reader learns how to set up and activate the data box, what level the user interface is and what functionality can be used in connection with the data box. Benefit of this work is to familiarize the reader with the eGovernment projects in the Czech Republic. Another benefit is to familiarize the reader with the data box to levels that he will be able to use it.