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Administrative Theory and Management
Course Objective: This paper highlights the main sources of the Administrative tradition and its development in modern times. It attempts to assess the contribution of key administrative thinkers and explains their relevance to contemporary times.
Learning Objectives:
- Acquiring the knowledge of the elements, theories and principles of Public Administration as a discipline
- To comprehend the changing paradigms of Public Administration
- To acquaint with the theories, approaches, concepts and principles of Public Administration.
- To understand the administrative theories and concepts to make sense of administrative practices.
Public Administration as a Social Science, Development of the discipline of Public Administration, Contemporary Approaches to the study of Public Administration, Behavioural, Systems and Structural-Functional Approaches.
Concepts of Formal Organization: Unity of Command, Chief Executive, Division of Work, Hierarchy, Span of Control, Line and Staff with special reference to Gulick, Urwick and Mooney; Delegation
Scientific Management: Contributions of Taylor and Fayol, Organizational Analysis- Chester Barnard, Hawthrone Experiments; Concepts of Informal Organizations
Motivation, Morale with special reference to the contributions of Elton Mayo, Mc Gregor, Herzberg, Maslow; Administrative Behaviour – Decision Making with reference to Herbert Simon
Concept of Management and its Technique- Authority and Responsibility, Leadership, Supervision and Leadership Supervision and Control, Co-ordination, Communication, Public Relations, Centralization and Decentralization; Delegation, Participative Management, Group Dynamics, Modern Aids to Management Automation- Cybernetics, PERT, CPM
Books Recommended:
- Avasthi and Maheshwari: Public Administration, Laxmi Narain Aggarwal, Agra, 1988.
- Hoshiar Singh & Pardeep Sachdeva, Administrative Theory, Kitab Mahal, New Delhi,2005.
- M.P. Sharma and B.L.Sadana: Public Administration in Theory and Practice, Kitab Mahal, Allahabad, 1988.
- J.D. Straussman: Public Administration, Holt, Rinehart and Winslow, New York, 1985.
- Mohit Bhattacharya: Public Administration, Calcutta: World Press (2nd Ed.) 1991
- A.R. Tyagi, Public Administration - Principles and Practices, Delhi Atma Ram & Sons (6th ed.) 1992.
- S.L.Goel: Public Administration (Theory & Practice), New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications 2003.
- C.P.Bhambhari: Public Administration - Theory and Practice, Meerut, Jaiparkash Nath Publishers (ed.) 1992-93.
