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1 Public Administration IGNOU BA/MA, Toppers Notes and 34 Years Paper ( ) If you are preparing for public administration as mains subjects for CSE exams then these notes would surely boost up your studies. Download Links For Free Material : IGNOU BA Public Administration IGNOU MA Public Administration Notes of Toppers (2011) 1. Neeraj Singh (AIR 11) 2. Om Kashera (AIR 17) 3. Kshitij Tyagi (AIR 148) Last 34 years Public Administration (Mains) UPSC Question Papers (1979 to 2012) Reports of 2nd ARC IGNOU Lectures on Public Administration (Youtube) UGC lectures on Public Administration (Youtube) Click ME Click ME Click ME Click ME Click ME Click Me Now here is the index and syllabus of BA and MA course + official syllabus of UPSC Public Administration Mains. Index of B.A. Public Administration BPAE-102 Indian

2 Administration Administrative System at the Advent of British Rule British Administration Reforms in British Administration to 1919 Administrative System under 1935 Act Continuity and Change in Indian Administration- Post 1947 Constitutional Framework Central Secretariat- Organisation and Functions Prime Minister s Office and Cabinet Secretariat Union Public Service Commission-Selection Commission Planning Process All India and Central Services Constitutional Profile of State Administration State Secretariat- Organisation and Functions Patterns of Relationship Between the Secretariat and Directorates State Services and Public Service Commission Field Administration District Collector Police Administration Municipal Administration Panckayati Raj Socio-Cultural Factors and Administration Redressal of Public Grievances Administrative Tribunals Judicial Administration Centre- State Administrative Relationship Decentralisation Debate Relationship Between Political and Permanent Executives Pressure Groups Generalists and Specialists Administrative Reforms EPA-01 Administrative Theory 1. Public Administration Meaning and Scope 2. Importance of Public Administration 3. Public Administration and other Social Sciences 4. Evolution of Public Administration 5. Comparative Public Administration 6. Development Administration 7. New Public Administration 8. Classical Approach-Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick 9. Scientific Management-F.W. Taylor 10. Human Relations Approach-Elton Mayo

3 11. System Approach-Chester Barnard 12. Behavioural Approach-Herbert Simon 13. Social Psychological Approach-Douglas McGregor and Abraham Maslow 14. Ecological Approach-Fred. W. Riggs 15. Meaning of Bureaucracy 16. Max Weber 17. Karl Marx 18. Representative Bureaucracy 19. Issues in Bureaucracy 20. Formal and Informal Organisations 21. Division of Work and Coordination 22. Hierarchy 23. Span of Control 24. Unity of Command 25. Centralisation and Decentralisation 26. Delegation 27. Supervision 28. Communication 29. Administrative Planning 30. Authority and Responsibility 31. Leadership 32. Chief Executive 33. Line Agencies 34. Staff and Auxiliary Agencies 35. Budgeting 36. Accountability 37. Citizen and Administration 38. Organisational Effectiveness 39. Administrative Theory-An Evaluation EPA-03 Development Administration 1. Development Administration Concept and Meaning 2. Scope and Significance 3. Evolution 4. Growth of Development Administration 5. Indias Socio-economjc Profile at Independence 6. Mixed Economy Model and hs Rationale and Significance 7. Role of Planning 8. Goals of Development 9. Planning Commission and National Development Council 10. State Planning Machinery 11. District Planning 12. Grass Roots Planning

4 13. Role of Bureaucracy 14. Colonial Heritage of Indian Bureaucracy 15. Social Background of Indian Bureaucracy 16. Neutral vs Committed Bureaucracy 17. Bureaucrats and Politicians and their Relationship 18. Enhancing Bureaucratic Capability 19. Concept of Democratic Decentralisation 20. Evolution and Role of Panchayati Raj 21. Emerging Patterns of Panchayati Raj 22. Problems and Prospects of Panchayati Raj 23. Role of Voluntary Agencies 24. Co-operatives and Development 25. Specialised Agencies for Development 26. Evolution and Expansion of Public Sector 27. Forms of Public Enterprise 28. Role of Development Corporations 29. Administrative Problems of Public Sector EPA-04 Personnel Administration 1. Concept, Nature and Scope of Personnel Administration 2. Functions and Significance of Personnel Administration 3. Public Services and their Role in Administrative System 4. Characteristics of Public Personnel Administration in India 5. Civil Service in the Context of Modern Bureaucracy 6. Bases of Bureaucracy 7. Development of Public Services in India 8. Classification of Services (Cadres) 9. Generalists and Specialists 10. Personnel-UPSC-SPSC-SSC 11. Central and State Training Institutes 12. Administrative Tribunals 13. Career Planning and Development 14. Personnel Policy 15. Recruitment (Reservation in Services) 16. Promotion 17. Training 18. Performance Appraisal 19. Salary Administration (Including Incentives & Other Benefits) 20. Conduct and Discipline 21. Administrative Ethics and Integrity in Civil Services 22. Employee Unions 23. Joint Consultative Machinery 24. Rights Of Public Servants

5 25. Motivation And Morale EPA-05 Financial Administration Nature and Scope of Financial Administration Objectives and Principles of Financial Administration Mixed Economy Centre-State Financial Relations-I Centre-State Financial Relations-II Fiscal Policy, Equity and Social Justice Government Budgeting Principles and Functions Indian Budgetary System Classification of Government Expenditure Public Expenditure- Theories and Growth Performance Budgeting Zero Base Budgeting Sources of Revenue Tax and Non-Tax Deficit Financing Public Debt Management and Role of Reserve Bank of India Financial Appraisal Economic and Social Appraisal Legislative Control System of Financial Committees Executive Control Accounting System in India Auditing System in India Role of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Financial Administration of Public Enterprises Financial Autonomy and Accountability of Public Enterprises Financial Administration of Urban Governments Financial Administration of Rural Governments EPA-06 Public Policy 1. Public Policy Meaning And Nature 2. Policy Cycle Constraints in Policy Making 3. Contextual Setting of Public Policy Making 4. Importance of Public Policy Study Modern Context 5. Emerging Discipline of Policy Sciences 6. Inter-Govermental Relations 7. Role of Political Executive 8. Role of Bureaucracy

6 9. Role of Legislature 10. Role of judiciary 11. Interaction Amongst Various Organs 12. Case Study of The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976-I 13. Case Study of The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976-II 14. Interest Groups and Policy-Making 15. Political Parties and Policy- Making 16. Mass Media 17. Socail Movements 18. International Agencies 19. Role of Governmental Agencies in Policy Implementation-I 20. Role of Government Agencies in Policy Implementation-II 21. Role of Non-governmental Agencies in Policy Implementation 22. Policy Implementation Problems 23. Land Reforms 24. Anti-poverty Programmes 25. Industrial Policy 26. Panchayati Raj (Rural Development) 27. Policy Impact and Evaluation 28. Policy Making Approaches and Models of Policy Analysis 29. Policy Analysis- An Overview Index of M.A. Public Administration MPA-011 State, Society and Public Administration 1. Nature of State 2. Relationship among State, Society and Public Administration 3. Changing Role of the State- Issues and Challenges 4. Liberal and Marxist Perspective of the State 5. Neo-liberal Perspective 6. Gandhian Perspective 7. Interface between Citizens and Administration 8. Democratic Peoples Struggle- Case Studies 9. Changing Norms of Social Equity, Participation, Flexibility and Autonomy 10. Social Participation- Issues of Gender, Weaker Sections and Environment 11. Changing Nature of Indian State 12. Role of Bureaucracy in Policy Formulation, Implementation and

7 Analysis 13. Contemporary Context of Indian Bureaucracy 14. Impact of Globalisation on Administration 15. Challenges to Traditional Bureaucratic Paradigm 16. Emerging Concepts- New Public Management, Reinventing Government and Business Process Reengineering 17. Concept of Good Governance 18. Governmental Institutions- Towards Reforms 19. Growing Role of Civil Society Organisations 20. Redefinition of Conflict Resolution 21. Ethical Concerns in Public Administration MPA-012 Administrative Theory Public Administration Meaning, Nature and Scope and Importance Nature and Typologies of Organisation Development and Growth of Administrative Theories Scientific Management Approach Administrative Management Approach Max Webers Theory of Bureaucracy Critique of Bureaucracy Human Relations Approach Views of Herbert A. Simon on Decisoin-Making in an Organisation Organisational Structure, Processes and Functioning Socio-Psychological Approach- Views of Chris Argyris Socio-Psychological Approach- Views of Abraham Maslow and Frederick Herzberg Socio-Psychological Approach- Views of Doughlas Mcgregor and Victor Vroom Open and Cooperative Systems Systems Approach- Views of David Easton and Chester Barnard Concept of Learning Organisation New Organisational Culture New Public Administration Perspective of Public Choice Pertinence of Critical Theory New Public Management Perspective State of Administrative Theory in 21st Century MPA-013 Public Systems

8 Management Public Systems Management- Concept, Nature, Scope and Characteristics Distinctiveness of Public Systems Management Public Systems Management- Constitutional Context Public Systems Management- Political Context Public Systems Management- Socio-economic Context New Technologies and Public Systems Management Concept of Governance- An Introduction Governance- Role of Bureaucracy and Political Executive Governance- Role of the Legislature and the Judiciary Inter-governmental Relations in the Process of Governance Financial Management Materials-Logistics Management Strategic Management Key Management Tools Management Information System Work Measurement Selective Market Techniques Future Designing Techniques Accountability Responsiveness in Public System Management Transparency and Right to Information Networking and Inter-institutional Coordination in Governance Reforms and Change Management Empowerment Continuity and Change in Public Systems Management MPA-014 Human Resource Management 1. Human Resource Management- Meaning, Nature, Scope and Significance 2. Strategic Human Resource Management 3. Human Resource Planning and Strategy 4. Job Analysis and Job Design 5. Recruitment, Selection, Appointment and Promotion 6. Performance Appraisal 7. Remuneration and Salary System 8. Rewards and Incentive Management 9. Employee Benefits 10. Training and Development 11. Redeployment and Reskilling 12. Learning and Development

9 13. Management Development 14. Employee Capacity Building Strategies 15. Total Quality Management 16. Employee Health and Safety 17. Human Resource Management and Employment Involvement 18. Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations 19. Discipline and Grievances 20. Assessing Human Resource Management Effectiveness 21. Human Resource Audit 22. Managing Change at the Work Place 23. Stress Management MPA-015 Public Policy and Analysis 1. Understanding Public Policy 2. The Policy Cycle 3. Models of Public Policy 4. Importance of Public Policy- Contemporary Context 5. Policy Sciences 6. Role of Inter-Governmental Relations in Policy-Making 7. Role of Planning Commission and National Development Council in Policy Formulation 8. Role of Cabinet Secretariat and Prime Ministers Office in Policy- Making 9. Role of Civil Society Organisations in Policy-Making 10. Role of International Agencies in Policy-Making 11. Constraints in Public Policy Formulation 12. Public Policy- Implementation System and Models 13. Role of Various Agencies in Policy Implementation 14. Policy Implementation Problems 15. Monitoring of Public Policy-I 16. Monitoring of Public Policy-II 17. Understanding Policy Evaluation 18. Ascertaining Policy Impact 19. Policy Analysis 20. Policy Analysis- Methods and Techniques-I 21. Policy Analysis- Methods and Techniques-II 22. Policy Analysis- Optimisation Studies 23. Disinvestment Policy- A Case Study of India 24. Telecom Policy- A Case Study of India

10 MPA-016 Decentralisation and Local Governance Concept, Evolution and Significance of Democratic Decentralisation Contextual Dimensions of Democratic Decentralisation-1- Political, Constitutional and Administrative Contextual Dimensions of Democratic Decentralisation-2- Social, Economic and Geographical Understanding Decentralisation in Contemporary Settings Components of Decentralised Development I- Empowerment Components of Decentralised Development II- Socioeconomic and Politico-administrative Components of Decentralised Development III Equal Distribution of Benefits of Development Partnership Among Different Levels of Government I- Union and State Governments Partnership Among Different Levels of Government II- Local Authorities and Special Purpose Agencies Partnership Between Local Government and Non-State Agencies-Actors Impact of Decentralised Development Evolution of Local Governance (Before 73rd & 74th) Amendment Features Of 73rd and 74th constitutional Amendment Organisational Structure of Rural Local Bodies Organisational Structure of Urban Local Bodies Intra-Local Government Relationship-I Rural Intra-Local Government Relationship- II- Urban Development Planning- Nature and Scope Micro Level Plans- Formulation and Implementation Structural Reforms- Resources, Finances, Powers and Functions Capacity Building of Grassroots Functionaries Sustainable Development and Challenges to Decentralised Governance Decentralisation- The Road Ahead MPA-017 Electronic Governance 1. E-Governance- Concept and Significance 2. Information and Communication Technology- Concept and Components 3. ICTs- Roles and Applications 4. Role of ICT in Administration 5. Administrative Organisation Culture- Towards ICT Based Reforms 6. Role of ICT in Rural Development 7. Panchayati Raj Institutions- Improving Self- Governance Through ICT 8. E-Learning- Role of ICT in Education and Training

11 9. E-Commerce 10. Delivery of Citizen Services- Role of ICT 11. ICT in Indian Railways 12. Saukaryam- ICT Project in Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Andhra Pradesh 13. E-Seva- ICT Project in Self-Help in Andhra Pradesh 14. Information Policy- Right to Information Act ICT Implementation in Governance- Issues and Challenges MPA-018 Disaster Management Meaning and Classification of Disasters Disaster Management Cycle Disaster Management Recent Trends Disaster Preparedness- Indian Context Disaster Prevention Vulnerability Analysis and Risk Assessment Resource Analysis and Mobilisation Disaster Mitigation Community Based Disaster Management Search, Rescue and Evacuation Temporary Shelter, Warehousing And Stockpiling Distribution of Relief Material Emergency Operation Centers Damage Assessment Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Disasters and Development First Responders Disaster Manager Disaster Management Strategies MPS-003 India Democracy and Development (It is a common course offered under IGNOU s MA Socio and MA PubAD programs, and provides lot of useful fodder material for General studies and both optionals.) 1. National Movement 2. Development Models 3. Constitution And Social Transformation 4. Diversity 5. Inequality

12 6. Political Economy 7. Economy-Structure And Growth 8. Legislature 9. Bureaucracy, Police, Army 10. Judiciary 11. Federalism 12. Self Government 13. Political Parties 14. Workers And Peasents 15. Media 16. Interest Groups 17. Caste, Regligion, Language 18. Civil Society 19. Human Development 20. Gender 21. Regional Imbalances 22. Migration 23. Environment 24. Economic Reforms 25. Religious Politics 26. Ethnicity 27. Democracy And Development-Assessment Syllabus PubAd Paper 1 (Theory) Introduction: 1. Meaning, scope and significance of Public Administration 2. Wilson s vision of Public Administration 3. Evolution of the discipline and its present status 4. New Public Administration 5. Public Choice approach 6. Challenges of liberalization, Privatisation, Globalisation 7. Good Governance: concept and application 8. New Public Management. Administrative Thought: 1. Scientific Management and Scientific Management movement 2. Classical Theory 3. Weber s bureaucratic model its critique and post-weberian Developments 4. Dynamic Administration (Mary Parker Follett) 5. Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others) 6. Functions of the Executive (C.I. Barnard) 7. Simon s decision-making theory

13 Participative Management (R. Likert, C. Argyris, D. McGregor). Administrative Behaviour: 1. Process and techniques of decision-making 2. Communication 3. Morale 4. Motivation Theories content, process and contemporary 5. Theories of Leadership: Traditional and Modern. Organisations: 1. Theories systems, contingency 2. Structure and forms: Ministries and Departments, Corporations, Companies, 3. Boards and Commissions 4. Ad hoc and advisory bodies 5. Headquarters and Field relationships 6. Regulatory 7. Authorities 8. Public Private Partnerships. Accountability and control: 1. Concepts of accountability and control 2. Legislative, Executive and Judicial control over administration 3. Citizen and Administration 4. Role of media, interest groups, voluntary organizations 5. Civil society 6. Citizen s Charters 7. Right to Information 8. Social audit. Administrative Law: 1. Meaning, scope and significance 2. Dicey on Administrative law 3. Delegated legislation 4. Administrative Tribunals. Comparative Public Administration: (CPA) 1. Historical and sociological factors affecting administrative systems 2. Administration and politics in different countries 3. Current status of Comparative Public Administration 4. Ecology and administration 5. Riggsian models and their critique. Development Dynamics: (DA) 1. Concept of development 2. Changing profile of development administration 3. Antidevelopment thesis 4. Bureaucracy and development 5. Strong state versus the market debate 6. Impact of liberalisation on administration in developing countries 7. Women and development the self-help group movement.

14 9. Personnel Administration: 1. Importance of human resource development 2. Recruitment, training, career advancement, position 3. classification, discipline, performance appraisal, promotion, pay and service conditions 4. employer-employee relations, grievance redressal mechanism 5. Code of conduct 6. Administrative ethics. 10. Public Policy: 1. Models of policy-making and their critique 2. Processes of conceptualisation, planning, implementation, 3. monitoring, evaluation and review and their limitations 4. State theories and public policy formulation. 11. Techniques of Administrative Improvement: 1. Organisation and methods, Work study and work management 2. e-governance and information technology 3. Management aid tools like network analysis, MIS, PERT, CPM. 12. Financial Administration: 1. Monetary and fiscal policies 2. Public borrowings and public debt Budgets types and forms 3. Budgetary process 4. Financial accountability 5. Accounts and audit. Syllabus PubAd Paper 2 (Indian Administration) Evolution of Indian Administration: 1. Kautilya s Arthashastra 2. Mughal administration 3. Legacy of British rule in politics and administration. 4. Indianization of public services 5. revenue administration 6. district administration 7. Local self-government. Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: 1. Salient features and value premises 2. Constitutionalism 3. Political culture 4. Bureaucracy and democracy 5. Bureaucracy and development. Public Sector Undertakings: 1. Public sector in modern India 2. Forms of Public Sector Undertakings

15 Problems of autonomy, accountability and control 4. Impact of liberalization and privatization. Union Government and Administration: 1. structure, functions, work processes (and Recent trends) of 1. Executive 2. Parliament 3. Judiciary 2. Intragovernmental relations 3. Cabinet Secretariat 4. Prime Minister s Office (PMO) 5. Central Secretariat 6. Ministries and Departments 7. Boards Commissions 8. Attached offices 9. Field organizations. Plans and Priorities: 1. Machinery of planning 2. Role, composition and functions of the 1. Planning Commission 2. National Development Council 3. Indicative planning 4. Process of plan formulation at Union and State levels 5. Constitutional Amendments (1992) and decentralized planning for economic development and social justice. State Government and Administration: 1. Union-State relations 1. administrative 2. legislative 3. financial relations 2. Role of the Finance Commission 3. Governor 4. Chief Minister 5. Council of Ministers 6. Chief Secretary 7. State Secretariat 8. Directorates. District Administration since Independence: 1. Changing role of the Collector 2. Unionstate-local relations 3. Imperatives of development management 4. law and order administration 5. District administration 6. democratic decentralization. Civil Services: 1. Constitutional position 2. Structure, recruitment, training and capacity-building 3. Good governance initiatives 4. Code of conduct and discipline

16 Staff associations 6. Political rights 7. Grievance redressal mechanism 8. Civil service neutrality 9. Civil service activism. Financial Management: 1. Budget as a political instrument 2. Parliamentary control of public expenditure 3. Role of finance ministry in monetary and fiscal area 4. Accounting techniques 5. Audit 6. Role of Controller General of Accounts 7. Role of Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Administrative Reforms since Independence: 1. Major concerns 2. Important Committees and Commissions 3. Reforms in financial management and human resource development 4. Problems of implementation. Rural Development: 1. Institutions and agencies since independence 2. Rural development programmes: foci and strategies 3. Decentralization and Panchayati Raj 4. 73rd Constitutional amendment. Urban Local Government: 1. Municipal governance: main features, structures, finance and problem areas 2. 74th Constitutional Amendment 3. Globallocal debate 4. New localism 5. Development dynamics, politics and administration with special reference to city management. Law and Order Administration: 1. British legacy 2. National Police Commission 3. Investigative agencies 4. Role of central and state agencies including paramilitary forces in maintenance of law and order and countering insurgency and terrorism 5. Criminalisation of politics and administration (lolz) 6. Police-public relations 7. Reforms in Police. Significant issues in Indian Administration: 1. Values in public service 2. Regulatory Commissions 3. National Human Rights Commission 4. Problems of administration in coalition regimes 5. Citizen-administration interface 6. Corruption and administration

17 7. Disaster management. Source: xaam

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