Public Administration - 2014 (English) 24th Edition

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Publisher Spectrum Books Pvt Ltd

ISBN-10 8179305120

Edition 24th

Number of Pages 560 Pages

Publication Year 2014

Language English

ISBN-13 9788179305126

Binding Paperback

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

A Note to the Reader
List of Books Consulted

Subject Review

unit 1

Introduction
Meaning
Scope
Significance
Contribution
Evolution of Public Administration as a Discipline
Private and Public Administration
Market Versus State Debate
New Public Administration
New Public Management Perspective
Status of Public Administration as a Discipline
Comparative Public administration
Development Administration
unit 2

Basic Concepts and Principles
Organizations
The Principles of Hierarchy
Unity of Command
Span of Control
Authority and Responsibility
Coordination
Centralization and Decentralization
Delegation
Supervision
Line and Staff Agencies
unit 3

Theories of Administration
Introduction
Scientific Management
Classical Theory
Bureaucratic Theory
Ideas of Mary Parker Fillet
Ideas of Chester Irving Barnard
Human Relations School
Behavioral Approach
Systems Approach
unit 4

Administrative Behavior
Decision-Making (Herbert Simon)
Communication
Control
Theories of Leadership
Motivation (Ma slow and Herbage)
unit 5

Accountability and Control
The Concept of Accountability
Concepts of Control
Legislative Control
Executive Control
Judicial Control
Role of Civil Society and People’s Participation
Right to Information
unit 6

Administrative Systems
Administrative System in USA
Administrative System in France
Administrative System in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Administrative System in Japan
unit 7

Personnel Administration and Civil Services in India
Role of the Civil Service in Developing Societies
Position Classification
Recruitment
Union Public Service Commission
Training
Neutrality and Anonymity
Generalist and Specialist
Relation with the Political Executive
Administrative Ethics
unit 8

Financial Administration
Introduction
Concepts of Budget
Forms of Budgets
Budgetary Principles
Formulation of Budget
Execution of the Budget
Deficit Financing
Public Debt
Accounts and Audit
Reforms in India
unit 9

Union Government and Administration in India
British Legacy - Constitutional Context of Indian Administration
President
Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers
Central Secretariat
Cabinet Secretariat
Prime Minister’s Office
Planning Commission
Finance Commission
Election Commission
Major Patterns of Public Enterprise
unit 10

State and District Administration
Introduction
Governor
President’s Rule
Chief Minister
Secretariat
District Collector - Changing Role
unit 11

Panchayati Raj
History of Local Self - government in India
Problems
Nagarpalika - A Critical Evaluation
73rd and 74th Amendments after Seven Years
Cooperative Federalism and Decentralization in the Ninth Plan
Question Review
Questions
Answers
Explanatory Notes
Practice Test Papers

Practice Set - I
Answers
Practice Set - II
Answers

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