Elements of Public Administration

Paper Code: 
POL 314
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper intends to provide basic conceptual, foundational and theoretical orientation to the undergraduate students with the discipline of Public Administration.

8.00
Unit I: 

Meaning, Nature and Scope of Public Administration;

Approaches to the study of Public Administration

5.00
Unit II: 

Public and Private Administration;

New Public Administration;

Importance and Relevance of Public Administration

13.00
Unit III: 

Administrative Thinkers- Classical (W.Wilson, H.Fayol, Mooney, Fredrick Taylor, Mary .P. Follet, Ferrell Heddy)

Modern (Elton Mayo, Herbert Simon, Fredrick Riggs, Weidner)

7.00
Unit IV: 

Structures of Organization – Line, Staff and Auxiliary;

Agencies of Administration- Public Corporations, Independent Regulatory Commissions

12.00
Unit V: 

Principles of Organization- Hierarchy; Span of Control; Delegation; Coordination; Supervision; Unity of Command

Essential Readings: 
  • SL Goel, Public Administration, New Delhi, Deep and Deep Publications, New Delhi,2003
  • Awasthi and Maheshwari, Public Administration: Theory and Practice,  Lakshmi Narain Agarwal,Agra, 2004
  • S.R.Maheshwari .,  Issues and Concepts In Public Administration, Allied Publishers,New Delhi,1991
  • S.P.Naidu , Public Administration: Concepts and Theories,New Age International Publishers, Hyderabad ,1996

 

References: 
  • Susan.J..Buck, andBetty N, Morgan , Public Administration in Theory and Practice, Raymond W. Cox lll, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2005
  • Jay. M. Shafritz. and Albert. C.Hyde Classics of Public Administration, The Dorsey Press, Chicago,Illinois 1987.
  • Rumki Basu, Public Administration, Concepts and Theories (2nd Ed.), Sterling, New Delhi, 1990
  • Henry Nicholas, Public Administration and Public Affairs, Prentice-Hall India, New Delhi,2004
  • Robert T. Golemblewski: Public Administration as a Developing Discipline,:Marcel Dekker,New York,  1977
     
Academic Year: 
2018-19
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