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
Unit I: 
UNIT 1

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

12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT 2

Personnel Administration- Recruitment, Training and Promotion; Bureaucracy

12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT 3

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

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT 4

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

12.00
Unit V: 
UNIT 5

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

Essential Readings: 
  • Bhattacharya Mohit, 2008, New Horizons of Public Administration, New Delhi; Jawahar Publishers, 5th Edition.
  • . Dhameja Alka (ed.), 2003, Contemporary Debates in Public Administration, New Delhi; Prentice-Hall India
  • . Goel S.L., 2003, Public Administration: Theory and Practice, New Delhi; Deep and Deep Publishers.
  • 4. Maheshwari S.R., 2003, Administrative Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi; MacMillan
  • 5. Medury Uma, 2010, Public Administration in the Globalization Era, New Delhi; Orient Blackswan.
  • 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
Academic Year: 
2017-18
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