PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATIONALBEHAVIOUR

Paper Code: 
PAD 201
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The objectives of this course are -

  1. To understand the basis of Organization, its importance and its salient principles.
  2. To understand about the basic aspects of Organizational Behaviour.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

CO 16.Evaluate of basic principles and approaches of Administration.

CO 17. Theoretical clarity of basic concepts and dynamics relating to Public Organizations.

CO 18. Analyze and compare different models used to explain individual behaviour related to motivation and rewards.

CO 19.Analyze the processes used in developing effective communication and resolving conflicts.

CO 20. Analyze the various leadership styles and the role of leaders in a decision making process

 

Class Lectures

 students-teacher interactions, group discussion, quiz, seminar and assignment

 Self learning assignments, question preparation

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

  

 

 

8.00
  • Concept of Organization, Bases of Organization.
  • Formal and Informal Organization.
  • Forms of Public Organization(Role & Functions)- Ministries, Departments, Boards, Commissions, Committees, Councils, Ad-hoc and Advisory Bodies, Regulatory Bodies

 

8.00

Principles of Administration:

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

 

 

8.00

·      Centralization and Decentralization

·      Co-ordination

·      Supervision

·      Line , Staff and Auxillary Agencies

Chief Executive (Types of Political Executives : Parliamentary, Presidential, Collegiate)

10.00
  • Organizational Behaviour- Meaning, features; Individual Behaviour, Group Dynamics,
  • Organizational Culture- Basic Elements

 

11.00

Organizational Behaviour

  • Decision Making (Simon’s View)
  • Communication
  • Leadership , Leadership styles, Theories - Trait, Behavioural and Situational
  • Morale and Motivation  -Maslow & Herzberg
Essential Readings: 

Essential Readings:

  • Vishnu Bhagwan, (2005). Vidya Bhusahan, Public Administration, S. Chand & Sons Publications.
  • M.P. Sharma, Sadana, Public Administration in Theory and Practice, Kitab Mahal Publications.
  • Avasthi, Maheshwari, (2005). Public Administration, Laxmi Naryan Agawal.
  • S.L. Goel, (2004). Public Administration Theory and Practice, Deep and Deep Publications.
  • D.R. Sachdeva and Meena Sogani, Public Administration – Concept and Application, New Delhi Associated Publishing House.
  • B.L. Fadia, K.L. Fadia , (2006). Administrative Theories and Concepts, Sahitya Bhawan Publications.
  • 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
  • Drucker, Peter F (1993) Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices. Harper Collins: New York
  • Drucker, Peter F (2008) The Essential Drucker. Harper Collins: New York

 

References: 

Suggested Readings: 

  • Mohit Bhattacharya, Public Administration : Structure Process and Behaviour
  • Rumki Basu, Introduction to Public Administration.
  • White, Ralph K. and Lippitt, Ronald, Autocracy and Democracy: An Experimental Inquiry Hardcover – September, 1972, London, Greenwood Press- New Edition, September 1972.
  • Bennis, Warren, On Becoming a Leader, Perseus, 2003.2. Boje, D., The Isles Leadership: The Voyage of the Behaviorists in The Leadership Box, Northern Michigan State University, 2000.  
  • Katz,Daniel and Kahn, Robert L, The Social Psychology of Organizations, New York, Wiley,1966
  • Frensch, P. A., & Funke, J. (eds.), Complex Problem  Solving: The European Perspective, Hillsdale, NJ, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995.
  • Fred Luthans, (2005). Organizational Behaviour, Prentice Hall.
  • Stephen Robbins (2006). Organizational Behaviour, McGraw Hill Publication

 

Academic Session: 
2022-23
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