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Contents
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION : AN INTRODUCTION
1. Public Administration : Meaning and Scope
2. Importance of Public Administration
3. Role of Public Administration in Developed and Developing Societies
4. Public Administration and Private Administration
5. Public-private Partnership (PPP)
6. Approaches to The Study of Public Administration
7. Philosophy, Science and Art of Public Administration
8. Evolution of The Discipline of Public Administration
9. Wilson’s Vision of Public Administration
10. Comparative Public Administration : Reference to The Riggsian Models
11. Concept of Development and Post-development Theory or Anti-development Thesis
12. Development Administration : Fred W. Riggs
13. Bureaucracy and Development
14. New Public Administration
15. Public Administration and Policy-making
16. Public Choice Approach
17. New Public Management [NPM] Perspective
18. State vs. Market Debate
19. Ecology of Public Administration
20. Administrative Culture
21. Good Governance : Concept and Application
22. Entrepreneurial Government
23. Information Technology and Public Administration : E-Governance and Digital India Programme
24. Challenges of Globalisation, Liberalisation and Privatisation : Impact on Public Administration .
25. Organisation : Formal and Informal Organisations
26. Organisation Theory : Approaches or Paradigms
27. Principles of Organisation
28. Hierarchy
29. Span of Control
30. Unity of Command
31. Co-ordination
32. Chief Executive
33. Line and Staff
34. The Department
35. The Public Corporation
36. The Independent Regulatory Commission
37. The Government Company
MANAGEMENT
38. Management and its Tasks : Context of Participative Management
39. Scientific Management : Frederick W. Taylor
40. Theories of Leadership
41. The Concept of Authority and Responsibility
42. Delegation of Authority
43. Centralisation and Decentralisation in Administration
44. Supervision
45. Decision-Making Theory : Herbert Simon
46. Motivation : Maslow, Mcgregor & Herzberg
47. Communication in Administration
48. Control
49. Human Relations in Management : Elton Mayo
PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
50. The Concept of Bureaucracy : Max Weber
51. The Concept of Civil Service
52. Evolution of Civil Services
53. Personnel Administration : Recruitment
54. Personnel Administration : Training
55. Personnel Administration : Promotion
56. All India Services : Nature, Role and Rationale
57. All India Services : IAS, IPS & IFS
58. Relationship Between Specialist and Generalist Administrators
59. Issues of Anonymity and Neutrality vs. Commitment
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
60. Financial Administration : Elements of Budget
61. Budgetary Process in India
62. Zero-Based Budgeting
63. Performance Budgeting [Reference to Planning- Programming Budgeting System (PPBS)]
64. Control Over Public Expenditure : Estimates Committee and Public Accounts Committee
65. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India
66. Accounts and Audit
CITIZEN AND ADMINISTRATION
67. Integrity in Administration : Ethics and Values in Public Service
68. The Institution of Ombudsman
69. The Lokpal and Lokayuktas
70. Control Over Administration : Legislative, Judicial, Executive and Popular Control
ASPECTS OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATION
71. Administrative Reforms : Insights from Indian Experience
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