Foundations of Public Administration syllabus

Foundations of Public Administration

• 1 Introduction to Public Administration (12 LHs)

  • Meaning of Public Administration
  • Nature and Scope of Public Administration
  • Significance of Public Administration
  • Public and Private Administration
  • Evolution of Public Administration as an Academic Discipline
• 2 Changing Nature of Public Administration (10 LHs)

  • Period of Dichotomy
  • Development of Independent Discipline
  • Behavioural Challenges
  • Crisis of Identity
  • New Public Administration
  • Rigg's Comparative Public Administration
• 3 Administrative Theories (12 LHs)

  • Classical Theory: Scientific Management; Bureaucratic Theory; Management School Theory; Human Relations and Decision-making
  • Behavioral Theory: Ecological Theory; System Theory; Contingency; Participative
• 4 Bureaucracy and Public Administration (8 LHs)

  • Max Weber's contribution to Administration
  • Theory of Bureaucracy
  • Model of Bureaucracy
  • Principles of Bureaucracy
• 5 Simon's Decision Making (6 LHs)

  • Administrative Behaviour and Decision Making
  • Rationality in Decision Making and Administrative Behaviour