Dwight Waldo played an important role in shaping the ideas associated with New Public Administration. He criticized the traditional approach of Public Administration for being overly concerned with efficiency, hierarchy, neutrality and technical rationality. According to Waldo, administration cannot be completely separated from values and politics because administrative decisions affect society and involve questions of justice, equality and public interest. New Public Administration therefore emphasized social equity, responsiveness, relevance and democratic values. Waldo argued that public administration should serve citizens rather than merely maintain organizational efficiency. Administrators should be sensitive to social problems and should work toward reducing inequalities. He also stressed the importance of democratic participation and accountability. Thus, Waldo’s ideas contributed to a more value-oriented and socially responsible understanding of administration. The era of Woodrow Wilson is significant in the development of Public Administration as an independent field of study. Wilson’s famous essay, “The Study of Administration” (1887), argued that administration should be systematically studied and developed as a distinct area of knowledge. He emphasized the need to improve administrative efficiency and reduce the influence of partisan politics in administration. His ideas contributed to the politics-administration distinction, according to which