https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/cf345ce623d26f75853598ed5d849618.pdf 437aae00745f70b43d064611a19d7559 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource THEORIES AND THEORY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DR. S. B. M. MARUME R. R. JUBENKANDA C. W. NAMUSI N.C MADZIYIRE Description An account of the resource Scientists usually view theories as rationally thought out explanations of some empirically observed phenomena, consisting of sets of interrelated principles that describe relationships in association with those phenomena for the purposes of understanding, explaining, predicting and, possible, seeking evaluation of the results, and eventual control of the events. Three classifications of public administration theories and theory include (a) the whole body of theories; (b) individual theories covering the whole of theories, and (c) individual theories covering particular aspects or phenomena. However, five fine types of administrative theory, namely, descriptive theory; prescriptive theory; normative theory; assumptive theory, and instrumental theory. All these constitute the subject of this article Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 and evaluation. predicting theories and theory; empirically observed principles; understanding; explaining