PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Mains race test series 2016

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1 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Mains race test series 2016 Test # Test booklet is same for online and offline tests.this booklet contains 29 pages in total inclusive of question paper and answer sheet. 2.Students taking online test are required to download the PDF and take its printout 3.Once the test has been completed,you will have to scan the copies and mail at brainykey@gmail.com 4.Copies will be evaluated on various parameters such as analysis,vertical and horizontal depth of the sentences,vocabulary,flow and and factual information. Syllabus covered FOR THIS TEST

2 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, Globalization; Good Governance: concept and application; New Public Management. 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). Administrative Behaviour: Process and techniques of decisionmaking; Communication; Morale; Motivation Theories content, process and contemporary; Theories of Leadership: Traditional and Modern. Brainyias.com MAINS RACE TEST SERIES PART A INSTRUCTION-Q1 TO Q4 Is compulsary Q1.Public administration theory is in a state of complete flux than ever with very few settled concepts.justify Q2.Is dichotomy b/w political science and public administration justified? Q3.Can an organisation exists with disregard of the classical thinkers. Q4.Behavioralism was another attempt to structurise the role of man in the organisation despite it criticising the role of the structural thinking in the organisation.justify or negate the statement with indepth,brief and crisp analysis.

3 INSTRUCTIONS-ALTEAST ONE QUESTION HAS TO BE ANSWERED AND Maximum 2 FROM THE REMAINING QUESTIONS Q5.Post modernism will go a long way in helping public administration to find its true soul. QBMarry parker follects concept of conflict holds less relevancy as the conflicts are becoming more comples and follets theory has become anachronistic despite being interesting and innovative Q6A.How buraucracy and democracy are incompatible? QB. Bureaucracy is a form of organisation that cannot correct its behaviour by learning from its own mistakes Comment Q7A.Max weber s ideal concept of bureaucracy is a utopia in theory and a complete mess in reality.comment QB.Public choice approach focuses only on output and without strengthening input and structure it will be of no use QC.Bureaucracy s critics are critical but are less suggestive of the the alternative.discuss INSTRUCTION-Q8 TO Q11 Is compulsary PART B Q8.How the theories of mc gregor and herzberg can be applied in the ever increasing automotive organisations where the avenues of direct interaction between the employeer and employee are fast shrinking Q9.Chester barnards concept of acceptance of authority can create miracles but its application requires rigrous pratise.justify Q10.Simon s model of decision making model is more theoritical.disscuss alternatives to simon s model of decision making. Q11.System s model of organisation and post structural theorists.detail the difference INSTRUCTIONS-ALTEAST ONE QUESTION HAS TO BE ANSWERED AND Maximum 2 FROM THE REMAINING QUESTIONS

4 Q12A.In what type of organisations is the concept of POSDCORB more relevant QB.Is there a need of theory in public administration? QC.NPA is becoming more relevant as well as irrelevant.discuss how this opposite trend is taking the shape in the realm of public administration. Q13.AHas public administartion taken an overtly inclination towards management?how can that be restricted keeping the factor that it s the citizens who are the recipients and not the customers of the government. QBHow can public administartion deliver better results,by treating citizens as customers or as citizens? QC.New public management is against the caring conscience of public administarion.justify Q14A.Is e-governace more governance or less governance?is it bringing administration more close to people or is creating a wedge between people and the government. QB.Good governance is a westernised concept that focuses more on the output aspect without strengthening the inputs i.e citizens. ANSWER SHEET PART A INSTRUCTION-Q1 TO Q4 Is compulsary Q1.Public administration theory is in a state of complete flux than ever with very few settled concepts.justify

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6 Q2.Is dichotomy b/w political science and public administration justified?

7 Q3.Can an organisation exists with disregard of the classical thinkers.

8 Q4.Behavioralism was another attempt to structurise the role of man in the organisation despite it criticising the role of the structural thinking in the organisation.justify or negate the statement with indepth,brief and crisp analysis.

9 INSTRUCTIONS-ALTEAST ONE QUESTION HAS TO BE ANSWERED AND Maximum 2 FROM THE REMAINING QUESTIONS Q5A.Post modernism will go a long way in helping public administration to find its true soul.

10 QB.Marry parker follects concept of conflict holds less relevancy as the conflicts are becoming more comples and follets theory has become anachronistic despite being interesting and innovative

11 Q6.How buraucracy and democracy are incompatible?

12 Q.B Bureaucracy is a form of organisation that cannot correct its behaviour by learning from its own mistakes Comment

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14 Q7A.Max weber s ideal concept of bureaucracy is a utopia in theory and a complete mess in reality.comment

15 Q.BPublic choice approach focuses only on output and without strengthening input and structure it will be of no use

16 Q.C.Bureaucracy s critics are critical but are less suggestive of the the alternative.discuss

17 INSTRUCTION-Q8 TO Q11 Is compulsary PART B Q8.How the theories of mc gregor and herzberg can be applied in the ever increasing automotive organisations where the avenues of direct interaction between the employeer and employee are fast shrinking

18 Q9.Chester barnards concept of acceptance of authority can create miracles but its application requires rigrous pratise.justify

19 Q10.Simon s model of decision making model is more theoritical.disscuss alternatives to simon s model of decision making.

20 Q11.System s model of organisation and post structural theorists.detail the difference

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22 INSTRUCTIONS-ALTEAST ONE QUESTION HAS TO BE ANSWERED AND Maximum 2 FROM THE REMAINING QUESTIONS Q12A.In what type of organisations is the concept of POSDCORB more relevant

23 QB.Is there a need of theory in public administration?

24 QB.NPA is becoming more relevant as well as irrelevant.discuss how this opposite trend is taking the shape in the realm of public administration.

25 Q13A.Has public administartion taken an overtly inclination towards management?how can that be restricted keeping the factor that it s the citizens who are the recipients and not the customers of the government.

26 QB.How can public administartion deliver better results,by treating citizens as customers or as citizens?

27 Q.C.New public management is against the caring conscience of public administarion.justify

28 Q14A.Is e-governace more governance or less governance?is it bringing administration more close to people or is creating a wedge between people and the government.

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30 B.Good governance is a westernised concept that focuses more on the output aspect without strengthening the inputs i.e citizens.

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