If, as Cooper argues,the administreative role derives from the role of the citizen, than surely a part of the administrator's responsibility is to assist citizens in fulfilling their own civic duty to be fully engaged and involved in the work of the polity. While administrators oriented toward efficiency and productivity may find the involvement of citizens awkward and time consuming, encouraging that involvement is nonetheless an essential element of the public servant's role. Dennis Thompson points out that deaders, and here we would include all public servents, such as public administrators, should "not only share the values and beliefs of the ordinary citizen,not only that thay remain sensitive to his needs, but also that leaders strive to activate the inactive citizen''