Public Administration - UPSC CSE Mains Optional

Public Administration - UPSC CSE Mains Optional

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PAPER-I  Administration Theory  1. Introduction :  Meaning, scope and significance of Public Administration, Wilson’s vision of Public  Administration, Evolution of the discipline and its present status. New Public Administration, Public Choice approach; Challenges of liberalization, Privatisation, Globalisation; Good Governance: concept and application; New Public Management.  2. Administrative Thought :  Scientific Management and Scientific Management movement; Classical Theory; Weber’s  bureaucratic model its critique and post-Weberian Developments; Dynamic Administration (Mary  Parker Follett); Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others); Functions of the Executive (C.I.  Barnard); Simon’s decision-making theory; Participative Management (R. Likert, C. Argyris, D.  McGregor.)  3. Administrative Behaviour :  Process and techniques of decision-making; Communication; Morale; Motivation Theories  content, process and contemporary; Theories of Leadership: Traditional and Mode…