Public Administration Mains 2020 : Solved Paper-1 (Question: 3)
Public Administration Mains 2020 : Solved Paper Question Paper-1 (Question-3)
SECTION-A
Q3.(a) Performance information use is a form of organizational behaviour that is influenced by individual job, organizational and environmental factors." Critically analyse.
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(b) New Public Service emphasizes democracy and citizenship as the basis for public administration theory and practice. Elucidate.
The New Public Service describes a set of norms and practices that emphasize democracy and citizenship as the basis for public administration theory and practice. Neither the principles of the New Public Service nor those of the New Public Management have become a dominant paradigm, but the New Public Service, and ideas and practices consistent with its ideals, have become increasingly evident in public administration scholarship and practice. The New Public Management has championed a vision of public managers as the entrepreneurs of a new, leaner, and increasingly privatized government, emulating not only the practices but also the values of business. Proponents of the New Public Management have developed their arguments largely through contrasts with the old public administration. The "New Public Service," a movement built on work in democratic citizenship, community and civil society, and organizational humanism and discourse theory. The seven principles of the New Public Service, most notably that the primary role of the public servant is to help citizens articulate and meet their shared interests rather than to attempt to control or steer society.
(c) "Accountability under New Public Management has undergone a radical change, although the focus has continued to remain on management." Comment (Paid)
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