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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
(POST RELATED)
Subject Code: 381
Total Marks-200
Part-I
Marks: 100
(Administrative Organization: Theories and Behaviour)
1. Meaning, nature & scope of Public Administration
2. Impact of Science & Technology, Industrialization, Urbanization on Public Administration.
3. Organization Theories, Classical, Neoclassical & Modern.
4. Principles of organization, Hierarchy, Span of control, Unity of command, Departmentalization,
Line and staff, integration VS Disintegration, Centralization VS Decentralization.
5. Policy Formulation & Decision Making.
6. Paradigm of Public Administration. Politics-Administration Dichotomy.
7. New Public Administration. Issues and Challenges.
8. Contribution of Elton Mayo C.I Barnard, Herbert Semon, Henry Fayol and Marry Parker Follet
on Public Administration.
9. Max Weberian Ideal Type of bureaucracy, Criticism labelled again Max Weberian bureaucracy,
Reutilization of bureaucracy.
10. Theories of Motivation, Role of Motivation on Productivity, Morale & Efficiency.
11. Theories of Leadership. Role of Leadership in Organizational Effectiveness.
12. Co-ordination, Delegation, Communication & Supervision.