INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Paper Code: 
CPAD101
Credits: 
06
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to develop an understanding of the growth and trends of the discipline and principles of Administration and Organisational behavior in general.

Course Outcomes: 
   

Course

Learning outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course

Title

24CPAD101

Introduction to Public Administration
  1. Analyse the evolution and growth of the discipline and its study in interdisciplinary perspective
  2. To critically evaluate the recent trends in Public Administration
  3. Develop an understanding and to crically anlayse basic principles and approaches of Public Administration.
  4. To study Organisational dynamics and create understanding of various theories and models related to it
  5. To apply various aspects  and skills necessary for managing Organisation
  6. Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching:

Class Lectures students-teacher interactions, group, Case study method

Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, presentation and quizzes, field visits, guest lecturers  

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

 

18.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

18 hrs

Public Administration: Introduction and interaction

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

 

 

18.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II

Unit II                                                                                                                         18 hrs

Approaches, Growth and Trends in Public Administration:

·       Approaches to the study of Public Administration

·       New Public Administration

·       New Public Management  

Good governance: Concept and imperatives

18.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III

Unit IV                                                                                                                       18 hrs

Principles of Organization:

  • Centralization and Decentralization,
  • Co-ordination,
  • Supervision,
  • Morale and Motivation (Theories by Maslow and Herzberg)  

 

 

18.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

Principles of Organization:

  • Centralization and Decentralization,
  • Co-ordination,
  • Supervision,
  • Morale and Motivation (Theories by Maslow and Herzberg)  

 

 

18.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V

Unit V                                                                                                                         18 hrs

Chief Executive and organizational Dynamics

  • Chief Executive: Meaning, Types,
  • Functions, and Role;
  • 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

 

References: 
  • 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

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: 
2024-25
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