Public Administration Mains 2019 : Solved Paper-1 (Question: 1)
Public Administration Mains 2019 : Solved Paper Question Paper-1 (Question-1)
SECTION-A
Q1 (a) “Public Administration is constantly being reinvented because it is contextual.” Elaborate. 10 Marks
ANSWER: Public Administration is a contextual discipline and one should be sensitive of this to develop a meaningful theoretical design, and (Public Administrative is a purpose-oriented exercise and effort at delinking public administration from public is theoretically misleading and intellectually myopic. Unlike other disciplines in the field of social sciences, Public Administration is a practice-driven Endeavour in which the role of politics is also evidently significant that cannot be wished-away, and in the context of the rise and consolidation of ‘networked society’ , a scientific study of public administration is possible once this dimension of a globalizing world is appropriately captured and analyzed.
(b) “Bureau pathology denigrates competence in organization.” Explain. 10 Marks
ANSWER: ONLY FOR COURSE MEMBERS
(c) “If there is ever to be a science of Public Administration it must derive from an understanding of man’s behavior”. Explain. 10 Marks
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(d) “Chester Barnard in ‘The Function of the Executive’ injected ‘the social’ in the study of organization. Explain in this context how the executive is expected to play a much greater role than a manager.” 10 Marks
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(e) “Delegated legislation has become a strategic tool in the hands of the executive despite its utility.” Comment. 10 Marks
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