Public Administration
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ( CODE NO. 18)
PAPER – I
PART - I
Administrative Theory
1. Meaning, Scope and Significance of Public Administration, Public and Private administration, Wilson's vision of Public administrations,
Evolution of the discipline and its present status.
2. New Public Administration concept of New Public Management,
Good Governance, Concept and application, Ethics and
Administration.
3. Scientific Management - (Taylor and the Scientific management movement) Classical Theory (Fayol, Urwick, Gulick and others)
Bureaucrative Theory (Marxist view, Weber's model and its critique) Post Weberian developments.
4. Behavioural approach to Organizational Analysis, Participative
Management (Mc Gregor, Likert and Others) The Systems
Approach, Open and Closed systems, Structural Functional
Approach and Marxist Approach.
5. Hierarcy, Span of Control, Unity of command, Line and Staff agencies. 6. Formal and Informal Organization, Centralization and
Decentralization, Departments, Boards and Commissions, Public
Corporation and Independent Regulatory Commission.
7. Decision making theory with special reference to Herbett Simon,
Theories of Leadership, Communication, Morale, Motivation
(Maslow and Herzberg).
8. Concepts of Accountability and Control, Legislative Executive and Judicial control over Administration.
9. Citizen and Administration, People's participation, Right to
Information Act 2005, Administrative Corruption, Machinery for redressal of Citizen's grievances, Citizens Charter.
10. Meaning and significance of Delegated Legislation, Types, advantages, limitations, Safeguards, Administrative Tribunals,
Llimitations and Methods of ensuring effectiveness.
PART - II
1. Meaning of Administrative Reforms. Process and obstacles
Techniques of administrative reforms, O & M, Information technology (I.T.).
2. Management-meaning, Nature and significance, Tasks of management, POSDCORB. M.B.O. Tools of management and
Test of Good
PAPER – I
PART - I
Administrative Theory
1. Meaning, Scope and Significance of Public Administration, Public and Private administration, Wilson's vision of Public administrations,
Evolution of the discipline and its present status.
2. New Public Administration concept of New Public Management,
Good Governance, Concept and application, Ethics and
Administration.
3. Scientific Management - (Taylor and the Scientific management movement) Classical Theory (Fayol, Urwick, Gulick and others)
Bureaucrative Theory (Marxist view, Weber's model and its critique) Post Weberian developments.
4. Behavioural approach to Organizational Analysis, Participative
Management (Mc Gregor, Likert and Others) The Systems
Approach, Open and Closed systems, Structural Functional
Approach and Marxist Approach.
5. Hierarcy, Span of Control, Unity of command, Line and Staff agencies. 6. Formal and Informal Organization, Centralization and
Decentralization, Departments, Boards and Commissions, Public
Corporation and Independent Regulatory Commission.
7. Decision making theory with special reference to Herbett Simon,
Theories of Leadership, Communication, Morale, Motivation
(Maslow and Herzberg).
8. Concepts of Accountability and Control, Legislative Executive and Judicial control over Administration.
9. Citizen and Administration, People's participation, Right to
Information Act 2005, Administrative Corruption, Machinery for redressal of Citizen's grievances, Citizens Charter.
10. Meaning and significance of Delegated Legislation, Types, advantages, limitations, Safeguards, Administrative Tribunals,
Llimitations and Methods of ensuring effectiveness.
PART - II
1. Meaning of Administrative Reforms. Process and obstacles
Techniques of administrative reforms, O & M, Information technology (I.T.).
2. Management-meaning, Nature and significance, Tasks of management, POSDCORB. M.B.O. Tools of management and
Test of Good