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Principles of Public Administration and Organizational Behaviour [1]

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

Course Objectives:

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):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

PAD 201

Principles of Public Administration and Organizational Behaviour

CO 13.Learning of basic principles and approaches of Administration.

CO 14. Theoretical clarity of basic concepts and dynamics relating to Public Organizations.

CO 15. Analyze and compare different models used to explain individual behaviour related to motivation and rewards.

CO 16.Identify the processes used in developing effective communication and resolving conflicts.

CO 17. Identify the various leadership styles and the role of leaders in a decision making process.

Approach in teaching:

Discussion, Demonstration, Action Research, Project, Field Trip

Learning activities for the students:Field activities, Simulation, Presentation, Giving tasks

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

 

 

 

7.00

Concept of Organization. Bases of Organization. Formal and Informal Organization

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 and Staff
 Chief Executive (Types of Political Executives : Parliamentary, Presidential, Collegiate)
12.00
Forms of Public Organization(Role & Functions)
 Ministries
 Departments
 Boards
 Commissions
 Committees
 Councils
 Ad-hoc and Advisory Bodies
 Regulatory Bodies
 
Forms of Public Sector Enterprises:
 Departmental Undertakings
 Public / Statutory Corporation
 Government Company
10.00
Organizational Behaviour
 Decision Making (Simon’s View)
 Communication
 Leadership , Leadership styles, Theories - Trait, Behavioural and Situational
 Morale and Motivation -Maslow & Herzberg
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
 Dunleavy, P (1992) Democracy, Bureaucracy and Public Choice. Harvester Wheatsheaf: Aldershot, UK
 Fesler, James W (2007) Elements of Public Administration. Read Books: Worcestershire, UK
 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
 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
 Henry, Nicholas(2013). Public Administration and Public Affairs (13thEdition). Taylor and Francis: New York
 Hood, Christopher (1989) Public Administration and Public Policy: Intellectual Challenges for the 1990’s, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 48:3466-58
 Hood, Christopher and Dixon, Ruth (2015) A Government That Worked Better and Cost Less?: Evaluating three Decades of Reform and Change in UK Central Government. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
 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
 Laxmikanth, M (2011) Public Administration. Tata McGraw: New Delhi
 Marini, F (1971) Towards a New Public Administration. Chandler: Scranton, PA

 

References: 
 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: 
2020-21 [2]

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