• ISBN13: 9788126916191
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: June 22, 2011
• Pages: 312
• Original Price: INR 375.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 310 grams

The book has been designed for the candidates appearing in UGC-NET/SLET in Public Administration and covers pertinent topics as per syllabus provided by the UGC. It will enable the aspirants of lectureship through this exam to answer essay writing, analytical/evaluative, definitional as well as text-based questions of Paper III as per the latest structure, on the subject. It will also be useful for those preparing for other competitive exams like IAS, IFS, IPS, PCS, etc. with Public Administration as an option as it contains sufficient material that deals with almost all possible questions on the subject for these exams. In spite of our best efforts to cover all possible questions, the paper may contain some questions which are not covered in this book and can be answered only if the candidate has a thorough knowledge of the topics covered in the syllabus. For a thorough and elaborate knowledge of the subject, candidates are advised to read the following books published by Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd., viz. (i) Public Administration, N. Jayapalan; (ii) Public Administration, Urmila Sharma and S.K. Sharma; (iii) Indian Administration, N. Jayapalan; (iv) Modern Governments, N. Jayapalan; (v) Good Governance Issues and Sustainable Development, Ed. R.N. Ghosh and others; (vi) Decentralisation, Panchayati Raj and District Planning, Baldev Singh; (vii) Excellence in Government, Mukesh Jain; (viii) Accountability of Urban Local Governments in India, C. Nagaraja Rao and G. Sai Prasad; and (ix) Gandhian Theory of Social Reconstruction, Parmeshwari Dayal.

Atlantic Research Division is engaged in preparing quality textbooks on various subjects for postgraduate and undergraduate students pursuing various courses, as well as for those appearing in UGC-NET/SLET and other competitive examinations like IAS, IFS, IRS, IPS, etc. The Directors of the Atlantic Research Division are: • K.R. Gupta, M.A. Ph.D., has been teaching postgraduate classes and guiding research for about two decades in the University of Jammu and Kurukshetra University. He has written over twenty books and contributed several papers in journals being published in India and abroad. • D.S. Paul, M.A. English, has the experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students at colleges and institutes. He has written and edited several books and contributed articles in journals of repute. He has set model question papers for various competitive examinations. • Rajesh Kumar Shah, M.A. (Hons.) General Studies, Ph.D. has been a Jawaharlal Nehru Research Scholar and Visiting Fellow at Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia. He has more than twelve years experience in research, writing, teaching, editing and guiding students. He has earlier served as Editor of one of India’s leading competition magazines.

• Preface
• Unit-I: Public Administration
• 1. Meaning, Nature and Scope
• 2. Public and Private Administration
• 3. New Public Administration
• 4. New Public Management
• Unit-II: Organization
• 5. Formal and Informal Organization
• 6. Principles of Organization
• 7. Hierarchy or Scalar Process
• 8. Span of Control
• 9. Unity of Command
• 10. Delegation
• 11. Decentralization
• 12. Coordination
• 13. Line and Staff Agencies
• Unit-III: Administrative Thinkers
• 14. Kautilya
• 15. Woodrow Wilson
• 16. Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick
• 17. Max Weber
• 18. Frederick Winslow Taylor
• 19. Henri Fayol
• 20. Mary Parker Follett
• 21. Elton Mayo
• 22. Chester Barnard
• 23. Herbert Simon
• 24. Douglas H. McGregor
• 25. Abraham Harold Maslow
• 26. Frederick Herzberg
• 27. Chris Argyris
• Unit-IV: Comparative Public Administration
• 28. Administrative Ecology of Fred Riggs
• 29. Administration, Institutions and Processes in UK, USA and India
• Unit-V: Development Administration
• 30. Meaning, Nature and Scope
• 31. Concept of Development Administration
• 32. Development Administration and Traditional Administration
• 33. Administration in Developed and Developing Countries
• 34. Bureaucracy and Development Administration
• Unit-VI: Indian Administration
• 35. Organization of the Union Government
• 36. Organization of the State Governments
• Unit-VII: Personnel Administration
• 37. Classification and Compensation of Services
• 38. Recruitment of Personnel
• 39. Union Public Service Commission
• 40. Training
• 41. Promotion
• 42. Discipline
• 43. Morale
• 44. Staff Associations
• Unit-VIII: Financial Administration
• 45. Budget: Meaning, Preparation and Enactment
• 46. Finance Ministry and Its Role
• 47. Audit and Accounts
• 48. Comptroller and Auditor General
• Unit-IX: Research Methodology
• 49. Research Methods in Social Sciences
• 50. Types of Qualitative Research
• 51. Sampling
• 52. Tools of Data Collection
• Unit-X: Local Administration
• 53. District Administration
• 54. Role of District Collector
• 55. Panchayati Raj
• 56. State-Local Relations
• Unit-XI: Social and Economic Administration
• 57. The Concept of Social Welfare, Social Justice and Social Change
• 58. The New Economic Policy: Concepts of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization
• 59. Role of Voluntary and Non-governmental Agencies in Socio-economic Development