5-Pub-Admin

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Administration Theory1. Introduction:

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Meaning, scope and significance of Public Administration,Wilson’s vision of Public Administration, Evolution ofthe discipline and its present status. New Public Administration,Public Choice approach; Challenges of liberalization,Privatisation, Globalisation; Good Governance: concept andapplication; New Public Management.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 1

Question 2

2. Administrative Thought:

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Scientific Management and Scientific Managementmovement; Classical Theory; Weber’s bureaucratic model itscritique and post-Weberian Developments; Dynamic Administration(Mary Parker Follett); Human Relations School(Elton Mayo and others); Functions of the Executive (C.I.Barnard); Simon’s decision-makingtheory; Participative Management(R. Likert, C. Argyris, D. McGregor.)PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 2

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3. Administrative Behaviour:

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Process and techniques of decision-making; Communication;Morale; Motivation Theories content. process andcontemporary; Theories of Leadership: Traditional and Modem:PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 3

Question 4

4. Organisations:

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Theories, systems, contingency; Structure and forms:Ministries and Departments, Corporations, Companies; Boardsand Commissions; Ad hoc, and advisory bodies; Headquartersand Field relationships; Regulatory Authorities; PublicPrivatePartnerships.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 4

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5. Accountability and Control:

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Concepts of accountability and control; Legislative,Executive and judicial control over ad minbtration; Citizen andAdministration; Role of media, interest groups, voluntary organizations;Civil society; Citizen’s Charters; Right to Information;Soda! audit.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 5

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6. Administrative Law:

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Meaning. scope and s ignificance; Dicey onAdmini ~trati ve law; Delegated legislation; Admi ni ~trati ve Tri bunals.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 6

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7. ComparativePublicAdministration:

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Historical and sociological factors affe

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8. Development Dynamics:

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Com;ept of development; Changing profile of developmentadministration; ‘Anti-development thesis’; Bureaucracyand development; Strong state versus the market debate;Impact of liberalisation on administration in developingcountries; Women and development the self-help groupmovement.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 8

Question 9

9. Personnel Administration:

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Importance of human resource development ;Recruitment. training. career advancement. position classification.discipline. performance appraisal. promotion. pray andservice conditions; employer-employee relations. grievanceredressal mechanism; Code of conduct; Administrativeethics.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 9

Question 10

10. Public Policy :

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Models of policy-making and their critique; Processesof conceptualisation. planning. implementation. monitoring.evaluation and review and theirlimitations; State theories andpublic policy formulation.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 10

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11. Techniques ofAdminstrativelmprovement:

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Organisation and methods. Work study and work management;e-governance and information technology; Managementaiel tools like network analysis. MIS. PERT. CPM.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 11

Question 12

12. Financial Administration:

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Monetary and fiscal policies: Public borrowings andpublic debt Budgets types and forms; Budgetary process;Financial accountability; Accounts and audit.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 12

Question 13

Indian Administration1. Evolution oflndian Administration :

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Kautilya Arthashastra; Mughal administration; Legacyof British rule in politics and administration lndianization ofPublic services, revenue administration, district Administration,local self Government.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 13

Question 14

2. Philosophical and Constitutional framework ofGovernment:

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Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism;Political culture; Bureaucracy and democracy; Bureaucracyand development.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 14

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3. Public Sector Undertakings :

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Public sector in modern India; Forms of Public SectorUndertakings; Problems of autonomy, accountability and control;Impact ofliberalization and privatization.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 15

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4. U tlion Government andAdnlinistration:

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Executi ve. Parliament. Judi ciary-structure. functions.work processes; Recent trends; Intra-governmental relation s;Cabinet Secretariat; Prime Minister ‘s Office; Central Secretariat;Ministries and Departm e nt~; Boards; Commissions;Attached offic-es; Field organizations.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 16

Question 17

5. Plans and Priorities :

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Machinery of planning; Role. composition and functionsof the Planning Commission and the National DevelopmentCouncil; ‘Indicative’ planning; Pmcess of plan formulation atUnion and State levels; Constitutional Amendments (1992)and decentralized planning for economic development andsocial justice.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 17

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6. State Government and Administration:

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Union-State administrative, legislative and financialrelations; Role of the Finance Commission; Governor; ChiefMinis te r; Council of Ministers; Chief Secretary; StateSecretariat; Directorates.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 18

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7. District Administration since Independence:

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Changing mle of the Collector; Union-State-localrelations; Imperatives of development management and lawand order administration; District administration anddemocratic decentralization.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 19

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8. Civil Services :

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Constitutional position; Structure. recruitment. trainingand capacity building; Good governance initiatives; Code ofconduct and discipline; Staff associations; Political rights;Grievance redressal mechanism; Civil service neutrality; Civilservice activism.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 20

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9. Financial Management:

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Budget as a political instrument; Parliamentary controlof public expenditure; Role of finance ministry in monetaryand fiscal area; Accounting techniques; Audit; Role ofController General of Accounts and Comptroller and AuditorGeneral of India.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 21

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10. Administrative Reforms since Independence :

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Major concern s; Important Committees andCommission s; Reforms in financial management and humanresource development; Problems of implementation.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 22

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11. Rural Development:

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Institutions and agencies since Independence; Ruraldevelopment programmes: foci and strategies; Decentrdlizationand Panchayati Raj ; 73rd Constitutional amendment.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 23

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12. Urhan Local Government:

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Municipal governance: main features. structures.finance and problem areas; 74th Constitutional Amendment;Global-local debate; New localism; Development dynamics.politics and administration with special reference to citymanagement.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 24

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13. Law and Order Administration:

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Briti sh legacy; National Police Commission;Investigative agencies; Role of Central and State Agenciesincluding para milita ry forces in maintenance oflaw and orderand countering insurgency and ter rorism; Criminalisation ofpolitics and a dmini ~tration ; Poli ce-public relations; Reformsin Police.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 25

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14. Significant issues in Indian Administration:

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Values in public service; Regulatory Commissions;National Human Rights Commission; Problems ofadministration in coalition regimes; Citizen administrationinterface; Corruption and administration; Disastermanagement.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 26