Syllabus m. A. (Public administration) part-i (annual) (2011 & 2012 examinations) outlines of tests

Note: Each Paper will carry 100 marks and of 3 hours duration. Pass Marks 35 percent.

Effective teaching hours 105 for each paper.

Paper-I: Administrative Theory.

Paper-II: Comparative Personnel Administration.

Paper-III: Indian Administration

Paper-Iv: Anyone of the following options.

Option (i) Financial Administration.

Option (ii) Research Methods in Public Administration.
PAPER -1 ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER SETTER

The question paper will consist of five sections: A, B, C, D and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 15 marks each. Section E will consist of 10 short-answer type questions which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 40 marks in all. Each short answeer type question carries 4 marks. The candidates are required to give answer of each short answer type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines.

Candidates are required to attempt one question each from the sec­tions A, B, C and D of the question paper and the entire section E. The candidates are required to give answers of each short answer type question in 50 words i.e. 7-10 lines.

Meaning, Nature, Scope and Significance of Public Administration; Public and Private Administration; Relationship of Public Administration with other Social Sciences. Public Administration as an Art and Science; Approaches to the study of Public Administration. Evolution .of Public Administration as a discipline and its present status; New Public Administration; Public Choice Approach; New Public Management Perspective.

Theories of Organisation : Scientific Management (Taylor and his associates); Classical Theory; Bureaucratic Model (Weber); Human Relations Approach; " Behavioural Approach, The System Approach.

Principles of Organisation: Hierarchy, Unity of Command, Span of Control; Centralisation and Decentralisation; Authority and Responsibility; Delegation, Supervision, Co-ordination.

SECTION-C

Structure of Organisation: Chief Executive- Types, Role and Functions; Line, Staff and Auxiliary agencies, Forms of Organisation : Department, Company, Corporation, Boards and Commissions, Headquarters and Field relationship.

Administrative Behaviour: Leadership, Decision Making with special reference to Simon. Communication, Morale, Motivation (Maslow & Herzberg).

SECTION-D

Accountability and Control: Concept; Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control over Administration; Citizen and Administration.

Administration Law: Meaning and significance. Delegated Legislation, Administrative Tribunals: Meaning Advantages, Limitations and

Methods of ensuring effectiveness.

1. A. Awasthi and S.R. Maheshwari: Public Administration,

Laxmi Narain Aggarwal, Agra.

2. A.H. Maslow: Motivation and Personality. Harper and Row

New York, 1954.­

3. A.R. Tyagi : Public Administration (Principles and Practice),

Atma Ram & Sons, Delhi, Edition 2001,

4. Amarjit Singh Dhillon: Lok Parshasan De Mool Sidhant (Punjabi)

5. Amitai Etzioni : Modern Organisations, Prentice Hall of India

Pvt. Ltd., N. Delhi, 1964.

6. B.L. Fadia and Kuldeep Fadia : Public Administration Administration

Theories and Concepts, Sahitya Bhawan Publication, Agra, 2000.

7. D.R Prasad, V.S. Prasad and P. Satyanarayana( ed.) : Administrative

Thinkers, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., N. Delhi, 1991. .

8. David Osborne and Ted Gaebler: Reinvesting Government : How

the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector,

Prentice-hall of India, N. Delhi, 1992.

9. Dwight Waldo: Perspective on Public Administration, University

of Alabama Press, 1956. .

10. Dwight Waldo: The Administration State, The Ronal Press

Company, New York, 1948.

II. F.W. Taylor: Scientific Management, Harpers Brothers, New York, 1947.

12. Felix A, Nigro :Modern Public Administration, Harper and Row,

New York, 1965.

13. Frank Marini (ed) : Deep and Deep, New Delhi - 2002 Toward a

14. Fred Luthans : Organisation Behaviour, International Student

Edition, Mcgraw-Hill, Kogakusha, 1 td., Tokyo, 1977.

15. Frederick Herzberg: Work and the Nature of Man, The World

Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1966.

16. Fritz, J. Roetl1lisberger and William J. Diskson : Management

17. H. George Frederickson : New Public Administration, University

of Alabama Press, Alabama, 1990.

18.. Herbert A. Simon: Administrative Behaviour, The Free Press,

New York, 1957, 2nd Edition.

19. K.K. Puri : Elements of Public Administration, (Punjabi).

20. L.D. White: Introduction td the Study of Public Administration,

MacMillan, New York, 1955. .

21. Luther Gulick & L. Urwick (ed.): Papers on the Science of

. Administration. Institute of Public Admn. New York, 1937.

22. M.P. Sharma and B.L. Sadana: Public Administration, Kitab

Mahal, Allahabad, 1993.

23. Max Weber: The Theory of Social and Economic Organisation,

The Free Press, New York, 1964.

24.Mohit Bhattacharya: Public Administration-Structure, Process and Behaviour.

25. Mohit Bhattacharya: New Horizons of Public Administration.

Jawahar Publisher & Distributors, N. Delhi, 2001.

26. Mohit Bhattacharya: Restructuring Public Administration Essays in Rehabilitation, Jawahar Publishers and Distributors New Delhi, 1999.

New Delhi, 1999.

27. Nicholas Henry: Public Administration and Public Affairs.

Sixth Edition, Prentice-Hall of India, 2001.

28. R.B. Jain: Public Administration in India: 21st Century

Challenges for Good Governance, Deep and Deep

Publications, New Delhi, 2001.

29. Rumki Basu : Public Administration: Concept and Theories,

. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1990.
30. S.L. Goel : Advanced Administrative Theory, Deep and Deep,

New Delhi-2002.

31. S.L. Goel : Public Administration, Theory & Practice, Deep

and Deep, New Delhi 2002.

32. T.N. Chaturvedi (Ed.) : Towards Good Governance, IIPA,

New Delhi, 1999

33. Tom Christensen & Per Laegreid (Ed.) New Public Management ;

The Transformation of ldeas and Practice ., Ashgate Publishing

Company, Burlington (USA), 2001.

34. W. A. Robson: Justice and Administration law, Stevens

Sons, London, 1951.
PAPER-ll COMPARATIVE PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETIER

The question paper will consist of five sections: A, B, C, D and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 15 marks each. Section E win consist of 10 short-answer type questions which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 40 marks in all. Each short answer type question carries 4 marks. The candidates are required to give answer of each short answer type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines.

Candidates are' required to attempt one question each from the sections A, B, C and D of the question paper and the entire section E. The candidates are required to give answer of each short answer type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines.

Main features of the Constitutions of India. U.K., U.S.A. and Japan: Administrative Reforms Commission, Fulton Committee, Reforms in U.S.A. and Japan.

impact of globalisation, Privatisation and Free Economy on Civil Services.
SECI10N -B

Civil Services Reforms Personnel Systems in India. U.K., USA and Japan with reference to Classification and Structure of Civil Services; Recruitment; Training of Civil Services.

Personnel System in India, U.K., U.S.A. and Japan with reference to Promotion: Appraisal System; Condition of Services and Fringe Benefits.

International Civil Service - Civil Servants in U.N. and its agencies.

SECTION -D

Personnel Systems in India, U.K., U.S.A. and Japan with reference to Employer - Employee relationship; Conduct and Discipline ; Professional Standards; Political rights of the Civil servants.

l. Brother, D.N. : Wage and Salary Administration, 2nd Edition,

Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1962.

2. Daiv E. Klainger : Public Personnel Management. IPMA,

Prentice Hall Inc, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1686.

3. India: Administrative Reforms Commission: Report on.

Personnel Administration.

4. G.P.Pilania & Hoshiar SIngh: Administration and Social change

Jaipur: Printwell Publishers, Opp. LBS College, Tilak Nagar, 1985.

5. V.M. Sinha: PersonneI Adminitration, Jaipur RBSA Publishers, 1985.

6 Ghosh P. : Personnel Administration, New Delhi: Sudha

Publication, 1975.

7. O.Glenn Stahl: Public Personnel Administration, ,7th Ed., Oxford

IBH Publication Compo New Delhi, 1977.

8. Edwin. B. FIlipo : Principles of Personnel Management, 6th edition

McGraw Hill. Singapore, 1984.

9. Mourice, W. Cunning: Iheory and Practice of Personnel.

Management London: Heinemann, 1968.

10. S.R. Maheshwari: The Higher Civil ,Services in Japan, 1997.

The question paper will consist of five sections: A, B, C, D and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry. 15 marks each. Section E will consist of 10 short-answer type questions which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 40 marks in all. Each short answer type question carries 4 marks. The candidates are required to give answer of each short answer type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines.

Candidates are required to attempt one question each from the sections A, B, C and D of the question paper and the entire section E. The candidates are required to give answer of each short answer type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines.

Evolution of Indian Administration: Kautilya, Mughal Period, British Period. Constitutional Framework - Federation, Parliamentary Democracy; Political Executive at the Union Level- President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Cabinet Committees.

Structure of Central Administration - Cabinet Secretariat, Organisation of Central Secretariat, Machinery for Plan Formuation at the Central level. Recommendations of Second ARC.

State Administration - Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Minister Chief Secretary, State Secretariat, Planning at the State level.

SECTION-C,

Public Services, All India Service, Central Services, State Services, Recruitment, Central Personnel Agencies- Union Public Service Commission, Training, Promotion, Conduct and Discipline, Staff Council, Relationship between Permanent and 'Political Executive, Generalist Vs. Specialist Corruption in Administration.

District Administration- District Collector, Law and Order and Development functions. District Rural Development Agency- Role and Functions; People's Participation. Redressal of Citizens Grievances ­Lok Pal / Lok Ayukta District Planning Committee as under 73^rd government Act.

I. Ashoka Chand: Indian Administration, London. George Allen & Unwin, 1968.

2. A. Awasthi & : Crisis Administration in India, New Delhi, S.P. Rangargo Sterling, 1995.

3. Maheshwari, S. R. : (i) Indian Administration, 2nd Edition New Delhi, Orient Longman 1947.

(ii) The Evolution of Indian Administration, Agra, Lakshim Narain

Aggarwal.

(i) Report on the Machinery of Government and its procedures

(ii) Report on Personnel Administration.

(iii) Report on State Administration.

4. M. Kistaiah : Administrative Reforms in a Developing Society,

New Delhi, Steling 1996.

5. Appleby Paul H. : Public Administration in India, Report of

6. Gorawala, A.D. : Report on Public Administration, New Delhi,

Planning Commission, 1951.

7. J.C.Johari: The Constitution of India, A Plitico legal Study.Sterling, New Delhi, 1996.

8. J.C.Johari: Indian Government and Politics (2 Vols.) New Delhi,

Sterling, 1996.

9. Basu, D.D. : Introduction to the Constitutional of India, 1995.

10. Rumki Basu: Indian Administration and United. Nations, New Delhi, Sterling, 1996. . '

11. Khera, S.S. : District Administration in India, Bombay, Asia

Publishing House, 1964.

12. Singhvi, L.M. : Parliament and Administration in India, Delhi,

1972.

2002 New Delhi.

The question paper will consist of five sections: A, B, C, D and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 15 marks each. Section E will consist of 10 short .answer type questions which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 40 Marks in all. Each short answeer type question carries 4 marks. The candidates are required to give answer of each short answer type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines.

Candidates are required to attempt one question each from the sections A, B, C and D of the question paper and the entire section E.. The candidates are required to give answer of each short answer type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines.

Meaning, Scope & Significance of Financial Administration, Evolution of Federal Finance, Taxation System : Characteristics of Good Taxation system, Issues and Problems of Tax Administration, Resource Mobilisation and Utilisation.

Principles of Budgeting, Budgeting as an Instrument of Management and Economic Development. Budget: Formulation, Role of Standing Committees Enactment and Execution, Performance Budgeting, Zero Base Budgeting.

Financial Control Agencies: Tool of Legislative Control over Finance, Public Accounts Committee, Estimates Committee, Committee on Public Undertaking. Union Ministry of Finance: Organisation, Structure and Working, Auditing and Accounting: Comptroller and Auditor General.

Fiscal Federation: Centre-State Financial Relations, Finance

Commission: Composition, Functions and Role, Recommendations of Successive Finance Commissions. Planning Commission: Composition, Functions and Role, New Economic Policy.

BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Goel S.L.: Public Financial Administration Deep & Deep 2002

2. Tyagi B. P.: Public Finance, Meerut: Jai

3. Lall G S. : Financial Administration in India, New Delhi: 1976.

4. Thavaraj M.J.K. : Financial Administration in India, Delhi: Sultan Chand & Sons, 1996.

5. Sudharam Andley: Public Finance, Agra, Rattan Prakashan Mandir, 1979.

6. Datt Ruddar & Sundram K.P. : Indian Economy, New Delhi: S.Chand and Co. Pvt., 1997.

7. Khan M.& P.K.Jain: Finance Management, New Delhi, Tata McGraw Hill, 1982.

8.Srivastva R. N. : Management of Financial Institutions, Bombay: Himalaya Publishing House, 1988.

9. Bhambri C.P. : Public Administration in India, Bombay: Vikas

Publications House, 1973.

10. Goel S.L. : Public Financial Administration, New Delhi, Sterling

Publishers, 2002.

11. Wattal P. K. : Parliamentary Financial Control in India, Bombay,

Minera Book Depot, 1935. 12. Chanda A. K. : Aspects of Audit Control, Bombay, 1969. 13. Handa K. L. : Financial Administration in India, IIPA, New Delhi, 1988.

14. Peter A. Pyhrr : Zero-Base Budgeting, New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1973.

I5. Baisya K. N. : Financial Administration in India, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, 1986.

16. Gautam, Padam Nabh : Financial Administration in India, Vitt Prashshan, Haryana SahityaAcademy, Chandigarh, 1993.

17.Tiwana S.S. : "Centre-State Financial Relations in India: Recent Trends", ISDA Journal, Vol.3, Nos.3 & 4.

Thiruvananthapuram, July-September and October-December, 1993. "New Economic Policy: An Overview"

Indian Book Chronicle, VoL XIX, No. 12, Jaipur, 1994.

18. Janjua,S.S.: Centre-State Financial Relations in India and

Finance Commission, Delhi, Deep, Deep and Deep Publication,1999.

19. Sinha R. K.: Fiscal Federalism in India, Delhi, Sterling

Publishers Private Limited, 1987.

20. Sinha Ajit Kumar: New Economic Policy in India, Delhi,

Deep and Deep Publication, 1994.

PAPER-IV: OPTION (ii) : RESEARCH METHODS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER SETTER

The question paper will consist of five sections: A, B, C, D and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the re­spective sections of the syllabus and will carry 15 marks each. Sec­tion E will consist of 10 short-answer type question which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 40 marks in all. Each short answeer type question carries 4 marks. The candidates are required to give answer of each short answer type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines.

Candidates are required to attempt one question each from the

sections A, B,C and D of the question paper and the entire section E. The candidates are required to give answer of each short answer type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines.
SECTION-A

The meaning, nature and characteristics of Science, Difference between Natural Sciences and Social Sciences.

Social Research: Meaning, objectives, assumptions, types and utility.

Qualities of a good Researcher, Public Administration as a Science.

Scientific Method: Meaning, characteristics and various steps in scientific methods, value and use of scientific method in social sciences, limitations of scientific method.

SECTION-B

Objectivity: Difficulties in achieving objectivity in social research. Means of increasing objectivity in social research.

Hypothesis: Meaning and nature of hypothesis, characteristics of a good hypothesis, formulation of hypothesis, types of hypothesis, verification and testing of hypothesis, utility of hypothesis. Research Design: Meaning and preparation of research design in research. Sampling Design: Basis of sampling, types, how to select sample, advantages and disadvantages of sampling method.
SECTION-C

Methods of Social Research:

Experimental Method: Types of experiments, planning an experiment, merits and demerits of this method.

Statistical method: Significance of this method in social research, process of statistical research, limitations of this method.

Case study Method: Definition, assumptions, importance of this method, its relation with statistical method, limitations of this method.

Survey Method: Difference between social research and social survey, objectives of a social survey, planning a survey, objectives of a survey, merits and demerits of this method.

Methods of Collecting Data: Interview Method, Observation,

Questionnaire and Schedule.

Processing of data: Editing, classification and tabulation.

Processing of data: Mean, Mode, Median, Content Analysis.

Preparation of Research Report.

1. B.N. Ghosh: Scientific Methods and Social Research, New Delhi; Sterling Publishers Pvt .Ltd., 1987.

2. C.A. Moser: Survey Methods in Social Investigations London: Dunckworth & Co., 1970.

3. C.R. Kothari: Research Methodology - Methods and

Techniques, New Delhi: Wiley Eastern Ltd., 1985.

4. C. Selltiz et al : Research Methods in Social Relations, New

York: Holt, Reinhart and Winston Inc., 1965.

5. S.P. Bajpai : The Structure of Science, Problems in Method of

Social Survey and Research, Kanpur, Kitab Ghar, 1994.

6. Hans Raj : Theory and Practice in Social Research, New Delhi:

Surjeet Publications, 1992.

7. Janet Buttolph : Political Science Research Methods, Delhi

8. Johnson Richard A. Josiyn : Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 1987.

9. Louise H. Kider : Research Methods in Social Relations,Charles M. Judd, Vth Edition, New York: GBS Publishing

Japan Ltd., 1986.

10. M. H. Gopal : An Introduction to Research Procedure in Social Sciences, Delhi: Asia Publishing House, 1970.

11. M.R. Cohen & E. Nagel: An Intrdocution Logic and Scientific Method, London: Reutlege, 1957.

12. P. V. Young: Scientific Social Surveys and Research, New York : Prentice Hall, 1960. .

13. Piar Singh: Khoj Vivhar ate Sidhant, Patiala : Publication Bureau, Punjabi University. (Punjabi Medium).

14. V. Agnihotri: Techniques of Social Research, Delhi: M.N. Publishers, 1980.

15. W.J. Goode & P.K. Hatt: Methods in Social Research, New York: McGraw Hill, International Edition, 1981.
SYLLABUS M.A. (PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION) PART-II

(ANNUAL)

2011 & 2012 Examinations

OUTLINES OF TESTS

Each Paper will Carry 100 marks and is of 3 hours duration. Pass Marks 35 percent.

Paper-1 COMPARATIVE AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (COMPULSORY)

Paper-2 ADMINISTRATIVE THOUGHT (COMPULSORY)

Paper-3 And IV (Optional) Any two from the following options :

(i) Local Government and Administration with special reference to India.

(ii) Labour Policy and Administration with special reference to India.

(iii) Economic Policy and Administration of Public Enterprises with special reference to India.

(iv) Social Policy and Administration with special reference to India.

5. 
   Public Administration and Computer Application.
   

1. "The paper-setter will set a total of nine questions, two from each of the four sections and one short answer type question which will be compulsory and will cover the whole syllabus. The short answer type question will contain 10 short answer type questions and will be of 40 marks. Each short answer type question carries 4 marks. There will be no choice in the compulsory question. From the remaining eight questions, the candidates will attempt one question from each section. Each question will carry 15 marks. Thus the candidates will attempt five question in all including the compulsory question.

2. The question paper should be strictly in conformity with the syllabus.

3. Language of the 4uestion should be simple, precise and straight

forward. As far as possible, quotations are to be avoided.

4. Questions on insignificant aspects of a topic need not to be asked. Stress should be on the important aspects of the topics.

5. If a question consists of some parts, weightage of marks given to each part should be indicated on the question paper itself.