Theory and Practice of Public Administration - II

Paper Code: 
POL 422
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper provides the understanding of the key concepts and sub systems of Public Administration like Personnel and Financial administration

12.00

Leadership and theories of Leadership, Delegation of authority, Centralisation and Decentralisation, Supervision

12.00

Personnel Administration- Recruitment, Training and Promotion; Bureaucracy

12.00

Financial Administration- Budget- Meaning, Principles of Budget, Importance of Budget, Types of Budget, Economic and social implications of Budget

12.00

Budgetary process in India, Different stages of Budget processes, financial control, Role of the Finance ministry in Budget formulation

12.00

Control over public Expenditure; Estimate Committee and Public Accounts Committee; The Comptroller and Auditor General of India

Essential Readings: 

Ø      Bhattacharya Mohit, 2008, New Horizons of Public Administration, New Delhi; Jawahar Publishers, 5th Edition.

Ø      Dhameja Alka (ed.), 2003, Contemporary Debates in Public Administration, New Delhi; Prentice-Hall India

Ø      Goel S.L., 2003, Public Administration: Theory and Practice, New Delhi; Deep and Deep Publishers.

Ø       Maheshwari S.R., 2003, Administrative Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi; MacMillan

Ø      Medury Uma, 2010, Public Administration in the Globalization Era, New Delhi; Orient Blackswan.

Ø      Kuchhal, S.C., Financial Management – An Analytical and Conceptual Approach (Allahabad : Chaitanya Publishing House), Latest Edition

 

References: 
  • David E. Kalinger: Public Personnel Management, IPMA, Prentice Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs,New Jersey, 1986
  • O.Glenn Stanl: Public Personnel Administration, 7th Ed., Oxford IBH Publication Company, New Delhi, 1977
  • Shafritz Jay M. (ed.), 2007, Defining Public Administration, Jaipur; Rawat Publications, Indian Reprint
  • Shafritz Jay M. and Albert C. Hyde (ed.), 1987, Classics of Public Administration, Chicago, Illinois, The Dorsey Press
  • Nicholas Henry, 2004, Public Administration and Public Affairs, New Delhi; Prentice-Hall India, 8th Edition
  •  Foster, George,  Financial Statement Analysis (New Delhi : Prentice Hall of India), Latest Edition
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