INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Paper Code: 
CPAD101
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

CO 1. Create awareness about the evolution and growth of the discipline.

CO 2. Develop an understanding of basic principles and approaches of Public Administration.

CO 3. Develop theoretical clarity of basic concepts and dynamics (both ecological and others) relating to Public Organizations.

CO 4. To study emerging concepts for improving governance

CO 5. Understand public administration theories and concepts from different perspectives

Class Lectures students-teacher interactions, group discussion, quiz, seminar and assignments

Self-learning assignments, question preparation

Critical analysis

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentations
 

 

18.00
Unit I: 
  • Public Administration: Meaning, Nature, Scope and Significance and its Relationship with Political Science, Management, Law and Economics and Psychology
  • Public and Private Administration :Convergence and Divergence
  • Evolution of Public Administration, Minnow brook Conferences (I, II & III)

 

18.00
Unit II: 

Growth and Trends in Public Administration:

  • New Public Administration (NPA) Its relevance 
  • New Public Management (NPM)
  • Good governance: Concept and imperatives
  • E –governance, Citizen centric Administration
18.00
Unit III: 

Organization and its Principles:

  • Organization: Meaning and Purpose
  •  Bases of organization, Formal and Informal Organization Theory

      Principles of Organization:

  • Hierarchy and Division of work,
  • Unity of Command, Span of Control
  • Authority and Responsibility

 

18.00
Unit IV: 

Principles of Organization:

  • Centralization, Decentralization and Delegation
  • Co-ordination,
  • Supervision and control
  • Morale and Motivation (Theories by Maslow and Herzberg
18.00
Unit V: 

Chief Executive, Leadership and Accountability:

  • Chief Executive :Functions and Types.
  • Line, Staff, and Auxiliary Agencies
  • Decision Making (with special reference to Simon’s model),
  • Communication, Leadership, Accountability

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Avasthi, A and Maheshwari, S R (2013) Public Administration. Lakshmi Narain Agarwal: Agra.
  • Basu, Rumki (2008) Public Administration: Concepts and Theories. Sterling Publishers: New Delhi.
  • Bhagwan, Vishnoo; Bhushan, Vidhya and Mohla, Vandana (2010) Public Administration. S. Chand: Jalandhar.
  • Bhambri, C. P. (2010) Public Administration Theory and Practice(21stEdition). Educational Publishers: Meerut
  • Chakrabarty, Bidyut and Chand, Prakash (2012) Public Administration in a Globalizing World:     Theories and Practices. Sage: New Delhi
  • Denhardt, Janet V and Denhardt, Robert B (2015) The New Public Service: Serving, Not Steering (4th Edition). Routledge: New York
  • Henry, Nicholas (2013). Public Administration and Public Affairs (13thEdition). Taylor and Francis: New York
  • Laxmikanth, M (2011) Public Administration. Tata McGraw: New Delhi
  • S. P. Naidu, (2019) Public Administration: Concepts And Theories, New Age International (P) Limited
  • Sharma, Sadana and Kaur, (2022), Public Administration in Theory and Practice, Kitab Mahal

Suggested Readings-

 

  • B.L. Fadia, K.L. Fadia (2006). Administration Theories and Concepts, Agra Sahitya Bhawan.
  • Bhattacharya, Mohit (2000) Public Administration. World Press: Calcutta
  • Drucker, Peter F (1993) Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices. Harper Collins: New York
  • Drucker, Peter F (2008) The Essential Drucker. Harper Collins: New York
  • Dunleavy, P (1992) Democracy, Bureaucracy and Public Choice. Harvester Wheat sheaf: Aldershot, UK
  • Fesler, James W (2007) Elements of Public Administration. Read Books: Worcestershire, UK
  • Goodnow, Frank J (2009) Politics and Administration: A Study in Government Originally published by MacMillan in 1900,Fifth Printing. Transaction Publishers: New Brunswick,           New Jersey
  • Ghuman, B.S. (2001) New Public Management: Theory and Practice, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. XLVII, No. 4, pp.769-779
  • Golembiewsky, R. T. (1977). Public Administration as a Developing Discipline –Part 2. Marcel Dekker: New York.
  • Hood, Christopher (1989) Public Administration and Public Policy: Intellectual Challenges for the 1990’s, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 48:3466-58
  • Koontz, H. and O’Donnell, Cyril (1986) Principles of Management (4thEdition). McGraw Hill education: Tokyo Marx, Fritz Morstein (ed.) (1946). Elements of Public Administration.
  • Prentice Hall: New York
References: 

e-Resources-

 

Journals-

  • The American Review of Public Administration
  • Administration & Society
  • Public Policy and Administration
  • Public Administration Review
  • Indian Journal of Public Administration
  • Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

 

Academic Session: 
2023-24
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