Administrative Thinkers Statement : Catch the Key Word

Each year in the Mains examination in Public Administration optional, there are certain questions based on the analysis/expansion of statements of Administrative Thinkers.

Its difficult to analyse the statement without knowing the name and background of Administrative Thinkers and you can not memorise all the statements.

Catching the key word is a technique to guess, this statement belongs to whom.

1. A tortoise on whose back stood the Elephant (District Administration) : Mac Donald
2. The price of specialization of every kind is parochialisation : Paul Appleby
3. More than first among equals (Prime Minister) : Harold J. Laski
4. To the victor, belongs the spoils of the enemy (Spoil System of USA) : William Massey
5. Greater the power the more need for control : L D White
6. Positions are the raw material of classification : Stah O Glen
7. Right promotion at the right time : Fulton Committee
8. A good collector’s house was often a second house to young assistant collector : A D Gorwala
9. Grouping of positions on the basis of similarity of duties and qualifications required : Mandell
10. (Civil Services in India) – Ruinously Expensive(Gandhi), Fossilised in their mental outlook(Nehru) & Found difficult to remove it (Patel)
11. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely – Lord Acton
12. All undertakings depend on finance- Kautilya
13. Office of CAG should be abolished – Paul H Appleby
14. Except for defence, external affairs and taxations central government is one large staff organization- Paul Appleby
15. Indian Constitution is Quasi-Federal : K C Wheare
16. The Rising Pyramid of Bureaucrats : Parkinson’s Law
17. Civil Services is a Professional body of officials, permanent, paid and skilled : Herman Finer
18. Everyone rises to his level of incompetence : Peter’s Law
19. (Communication) Shared understanding of shared purpose- Millet
20. (Communication) Tyranny of Words- Millet
21. (Communication) Meeting of minds on common issues- Ordway Tead
22. (Communication) Intentional words- G R Terry
23. (Communication)Ideological Barriers- Pfiffner
24. (Communication)Bloodstream- Millet
25. (Communication)Heart of management- Pfiffner
26. (Communication)Shop Talk - Herbert Simon
27. (Leadership) Influencing and Energizing People- Seckler Hudson
28. (Leadership)Ability to persuade others-Keith Davis
29. (Leadership)Persuading people to concentrate- Koontz and O’Donnell
30. (Leadership)Influencing people to strive willingly- Terry
31. President of US is more or less a king, he is also more or less a PM- Laski
32. No President who performs his duty faithfully and consciously can have leisure – James Polk
33. The American President governs though he doesn’t reign- Sir Henry Maine
34. Getting things done(POSDCORB)- Luther Gullick
35. Public Administration as fourth Branch of Government- Willoughby
36. Development is the power of increasing the autonomy of social system- Fred W Riggs
37. Human Problems require human solutions- Roethlisberger
38. Dangers inherent in excessively limited span of control- Seckler Hudson
39. Short span of control means long chain of commands- Seckler Hudson
40. Co-ordination is the first principle of organization- Mooney
41. Personnel Management in government is archaic, unimaginative and feudalistic- Appleby
42. Authority : In post of Person (Max Weber)

• In the work of person (Mary Parker Follet)
• In the acceptance of subordinates (Chester Bernard)
• In suggestion and persuasion (Herbert Simon)

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