Abour Public Administration Optional
The subject basically gives you an idea about government mechanism. As future administrators, you should have this knowledge. The subject is generally regarded as easy and simple to understand. There is ample study material for public Administration. The questions are generally straightforward. There is a lot of overlap with the general studies papers. Studying this subject will help you even in the essay paper and in your IAS interview.
Public administration overlaps with General Studies:
• Public administration covers almost 60% of the GS papers.
• General studies paper II – topics overlap with public administration:
Governance Indian constitution – evolution, features,amendments, etc.
Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States
Separation of powers between various organs
Dispute Redressal Mechanisms and institutions
Parliament and State Legislatures Structure, organisation and functioning of
the Executive and Judiciary Ministries and Departments of the Government
Constitutional, statutory, regulatory and quasi-judicial bodies
Government policies and interventions for development in different sectors
Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections
Issues relating to poverty and hunger
Aspects of governance, transparency and accountability
E-governance
Role of civil services in a democracy
• General studies paper III – topics overlap with public administration:
Disaster Management, Planning and Budgeting
Planning issues Inclusive growth
Government budgeting Environment Disaster management
Challenges to internal security through communication networks
Role of media and social networking
sites in internal security
Security forces and agencies and their mandate.
• General studies paper IV (Ethics) – topics related to public administration: Ethics and Human Interface
Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion
• There will mostly be an essay topic from ‘Polity, Governance and Democracy’.
COURSE STRUCTURE:
1. More than 200 hr lecture
2. More than 100 class of 2 hour each
3. 5 day class every week
4. Test on every Sunday
5. 5 month course
6. Comprehensive study material
7. First 5 class free
8. Class start with theory of Public administration
About Deepak Swain (Public Administration Faculty)
An alumni of Indian Law Institute (New Delhi), having long experience in the field of civil service. He is the author of Public Administration book for Arihant Publication. He score more than 65% in civil service main in public administration.
Public Acministration
SYLLABUS FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PAPER – I
Administrative Theory
1. Introduction:
Meaning, scope and significance of Public Administration; Wilson’s vision of Public
Administration; Evolution of the discipline and its present status; New Public Administration;
Public Choice approach; Challenges of liberalization, Privatisation, Globalisation;
Good Governance: concept and application; New Public Management.
2. Administrative Thought:
Scientific Management and Scientific Management movement; Classical Theory; Weber’s
bureaucratic model – its critique and post-Weberian Developments; Dynamic Administration
(Mary Parker Follett); Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others); Functions
of the Executive (C.I.Barnard); Simon’s decision-making theory; Participative Management
(R. Likert, C.Argyris, D. McGregor).
3. Administrative Behaviour:
Process and techniques of decision-making; Communication; Morale; Motivation Theories
– content, process and contemporary; Theories of Leadership: Traditional and Modern.
4. Organisations:
Theories – systems, contingency; Structure and forms: Ministries and Departments,
Corporations, Companies, Boards and Commissions; Ad hoc and advisory bodies; Headquarters
and Field relationships; Regulatory Authorities; Public – Private Partnerships.
5. Accountability and control:
Concepts of accountability and control; Legislative, Executive and Judicial control
over administration; Citizen and Administration; Role of media, interest groups,
voluntary organizations; Civil society; Citizen’s Charters; Right to Information;
Social audit.
6. Administrative Law:
Meaning, scope and significance; Dicey on Administrative law; Delegated legislation;
Administrative Tribunals.
7. Comparative Public Administration:
Historical and sociological factors affecting administrative systems; Administration
and politics in different countries; Current status of Comparative Public Administration;
Ecology and administration; Riggsian models and their critique.
8. Development Dynamics:
Concept of development; Changing profile of development administration; ‘Antidevelopment
thesis’; Bureaucracy and development; Strong state versus the market debate; Impact
of liberalisation on administration in developing countries; Women and development
- the self-help group movement.
9. Personnel Administration:
Importance of human resource development; Recruitment, training, career advancement,
position classification, discipline, performance appraisal, promotion, pay and service
conditions; employer-employee relations, grievance redressal mechanism; Code of
conduct; Administrative ethics.
10. Public Policy:
Models of policy-making and their critique; Processes of conceptualisation, planning,
implementation, monitoring, evaluation and review and their limitations; State theories
and public policy formulation.
11. Techniques of Administrative Improvement:
Organisation and methods, Work study and work management; e-governance and information
technology; Management aid tools like network analysis, MIS, PERT, CPM.
12. Financial Administration:
Monetary and fiscal policies; Public borrowings and public debt Budgets - types
and forms; Budgetary process; Financial accountability; Accounts and audit.
Indian Administration
PAPER - II
1. Evolution of Indian Administration:
Kautilya’s Arthashastra; Mughal administration; Legacy of British rule in politics
and administration - Indianization of public services, revenue administration, district
administration, local self-government.
2. Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government:
Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism; Political culture; Bureaucracy
and democracy; Bureaucracy and development.
3. Public Sector Undertakings:
Public sector in modern India; Forms of Public Sector Undertakings; Problems of
autonomy, accountability and control; Impact of liberalization and privatization.
4. Union Government and Administration:
Executive, Parliament, Judiciary - structure, functions, work processes; Recent
trends; Intragovernmental relations; Cabinet Secretariat; Prime Minister’s Office;
Central Secretariat; Ministries and Departments; Boards; Commissions; Attached offices;
Field organizations.
5. Plans and Priorities:
Machinery of planning; Role, composition and functions of the Planning Commission
and the National Development Council; ‘Indicative’ planning; Process of plan formulation
at Union and State levels; Constitutional Amendments (1992) and decentralized planning
for economic development and social justice.
6. State Government and Administration:
Union-State administrative, legislative and financial relations; Role of the Finance
Commission; Governor; Chief Minister; Council of Ministers; Chief Secretary; State
Secretariat; Directorates.
7. District Administration since Independence:
Changing role of the Collector; Unionstate-local relations; Imperatives of development
management and law and order administration; District administration and democratic
decentralization.
8. Civil Services:
Constitutional position; Structure, recruitment, training and capacity-building;
Good governance initiatives; Code of conduct and discipline; Staff associations;
Political rights; Grievance redressal mechanism; Civil service neutrality; Civil
service activism.
9. Financial Management:
Budget as a political instrument; Parliamentary control of public expenditure; Role
of finance ministry in monetary and fiscal area; Accounting techniques; Audit; Role
of Controller General of Accounts and Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
10. Administrative Reforms since Independence:
Major concerns; Important Committees and Commissions; Reforms in financial management
and human resource development; Problems of implementation.
11. Rural Development:
Institutions and agencies since independence; Rural development programmes:
foci and strategies; Decentralization and Panchayati Raj; 73rd Constitutional amendment.
12. Urban Local Government:
Municipal governance: main features, structures, finance and problem areas; 74th
Constitutional Amendment; Globallocal debate; New localism; Development dynamics,
politics and administration with special reference to city management.
13. Law and Order Administration:
British legacy; National Police Commission; Investigative agencies; Role of central
and state agencies including paramilitary forces in maintenance of law and order
and countering insurgency and terrorism; Criminalisation of politics and administration;
Police-public relations; Reforms in Police.
14. Significant issues in Indian Administration:
Values in public service; Regulatory Commissions; National Human Rights Commission;
Problems of administration in coalition regimes; Citizen-administration interface;
Corruption and administration; Disaster management.
Recommended Book List For Public Administration
PAPER I
Chapter-I: Introduction Mohit Bhattacharya: New Horizons of Public Administration
Nicholas Henry : Public Administration and Public Affairs Special Issues of Indian
Journal of Public Administration Chapter-II: Theories of Administration D. Ravindra
Prasad, V.S. Prasad and P. Satyanarayana : Administrative Thinkers D. Gvishiani
Organisation and Management: A Critique of Western Theories. Chapter-III: Structure
of Public Organisations : R.K. Jain : Public Sector Undertakings; and Mohit Bhattacharya
: New Horizons of Public Administration Chapter-IV: Administrative Behaviour Paul
Hersey : Organisational Behaviour OR Stephen P. Robbin : Organisational Behaviour
Chapter-V: Accountability and Control: Mohit Bhattacharya : New Horizons of Public
Administration Special Issues of Indian Journal of Public Administration on Accountability
Chapter-VI: Administrative Law: Massey :Administrative Law OR M.P. Jain :Administrative
Law Chapter-VII: Administrative Reforms: P.R. Dubbashi : Administrative Reforms
G.E. Gaiden :Administrative Reforms Chapter-VIII: Comparative Public Administration:
Ferrel Heady : Public Administration-A Comparative Perspective OR R.K. Arora : Comparative
Public Administration Chapter-IX: Development Administration: Ferrel Heady : Public
Administration - A Comparative Perspective OR R.K. Arora : Comparative Public Administration
Chapter-X: Public Policy : IGNOU Lessons on Public Policy R. K. Sapra : Public Policy
Chapter-XI: Personnel Administration: O Glenn :Stahl : Public Personnel Administration
S. L. Goel : Personnel Administration in India. Chapter-XII: Financial Administration
M. J. K. Thavaraj :Public Financial Administration OR G.S. Lal :Financial Administration
in India IGNOU Lessons on Financial Administration
PAPER II
Chapter-I: Evolution of Indian Administration B.N. Puri Administrative History of
India (Vol. I, II and III) Chapter-II: Constitutional Framework D. D. Basu An Introduction
to the Constitution of India Chapter-III: Union Government and Administration A.
Avasthi Central Administration Chapter-IV: State Government and Administration J.D.
Shukla State Administration Chapter-V: District Administration T.N. Chaturvedi District
Administration; and Special Issue of Indian Journal of Public Administration on
District Administration Chapter-VI: Local Government S.R. Maheswari Local Government
in India Chapter-VII: Public Sector in India R. K. Jain Public Sector Undertakings
Annual Survey on Public Sector of Department of Public Enterprises Chapter-VIII:
Public Services S.L. Goel Personnel Administration in India Chapter-IX: Control
of Public Expenditure M. J. K. Thavaraj Financial Administration IGNOU Lessons on
Financial Administration Chapter-X: Administrative Reforms P.R. Dubbashi Administrative
Reforms S. R. Maheswari Administrative Reforms Special Issue of Indian Journal of
Public Administration on Administrative Reforms Chapter-XI: Machinery for Planning
A. Avasthi Central Administration Chapter-XII: Administration of Law and Order K.
K. Sharma Law and Order Administration in India K. J. Guha Roy, District Policing
Chapter-XIII: Welfare Administration Annual Reports of Department of Social Welfare
Chapter-XIV: Major Issues in Indian Administration Special Issue of Indian Journal
Public Administration on Indian Administration, Retrospect and Prospect and on Good
Governance.