(Syllabus) Karnataka PSC: Preliminary Examination : Public Administration

Subject: Public Administration

• INTRODUCTION: Meaning, Scope and Significance of public Administration; Private and Public Administration; Evolution of Public Administration as a
  discipline.
• THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATION: Scientific Management; Bureaucratic model; Classical theory; Human Relations Theory; Behavioral Approach; systems approach. The Principles of Hierarchy; Unity of command; Span of control; Authority and Responsibility; Co-ordination; Delegation;
  Supervision; Line and Staff.
• ADMINISTRATIVE BEHAVIOR: Decision making leadership theories; Communication Motivation.
• PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION: Role of Civil Service in developing society; Position, Classification; Recruitment; Training; Promotion; Pay and Service Condition; Neutrality and Anonymity.
• FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION: Concept of Budget; Formulation and execution of budget; Accounts and Audit.
• CONTROL OVER ADMINISTRATION: Legislative, Executive and Judicial control, citizen and administration.
• COMPARATIVE ADMINISTRATION: Salient features of administration in U.S.A., and U.S.S.R., Great Britain and France.
• CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION INDIA: British legacy; constitutional content of Indian administration; The President; the Prime Minister as Real Executive; Central Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat, Planning Commission, Finance Commission, Controller and Auditor General of lndia, major patterns of public Enterprises.
• CIVIL SERVICE IN INDIA: Recruitment of all India and ‘Central Services. Union Public Service Commission, Training of IAS and IPS Generalists and specialists; Relations with the Political Executives.
• STATE DISTRICT AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION: Governor, Chief Minister, Secretariat; Chief Secretary; Directorates; Role of District Collector in revenue, Law and Order and development administration; Panchayat Raj, Urban local government; Main features, structure and problem areas.

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