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Annexure 1

Course Structure

M.A. (Public Administration)

Paper Code Course Title Weightage Credits Core/Elective/Inter

disciplinary/Skill

Enhancement First Semester End-

Semester

(70%)

Sessional

(30%)

MPA-101 Contemporary Political Theory 70% 30% 6 Core

MPA-102 Public Administration and

Governance

70% 30% 6 Core

MPA-103 Administrative Thinkers 70% 30% 6 Core

MPA(CBCS)-

104 Basics of Public

Administration

70% 30% 4 Core

MPA-105 Dissertation- Work 2

Second Semester

Third Semester

MPA-301 Comparative Public Administration 70% 30% 6 Core

MPA-302 Development Administration in India 70% 30% 6 Core

MPA-303 Organisational Behaviour 70% 30% 6 Core

Optional Paper

(Select any one of the following)

MPAO-301 Environmental Administration 70% 30% 6 Elective

MPAO-302 Political Economy

(With reference to India)

70% 30% 6 Elective

MPAO-303 Public Health Administration 70% 30% 6 Elective

MPAO-304 E-Governance 70% 30% 6 Skill

Enhancement

Fourth Semester

MPA-401 Indian Administration 70% 30% 6 Core

MPA-402 Urban and Rural Local Government 70% 30% 6 Core Optional Paper

(Select any two of the following)

MPAO-401 Social Welfare Administration 70% 30% 6 Elective

MPAO-402 Disaster Management 70% 30% 6 CBCS

MPAO-403 Office Management and Administrative

Improvement

70% 30% 6 Skill

Enhancement

MPAO-404 Research Methodology 70% 30% 6 Elective

MPA-201 Personnel Administration and HRD 70% 30% 6 Core

MPA-202 Public Policy 70% 30% 6 Core

MPA-203 Financial Administration 70% 30% 6 Core

MPA(CBCS)-

204

Indian Governance and

Administrative Reforms

70% 30% 4 Core

MPA-205 Viva-Voce 2

Syllabus of Respective Courses

Previous Year

First Semester

MPA-101: Contemporary Political Theory

Course Code MPA-101

Course Title Contemporary Political Theory

Course Credit 06

Course Hours 65 Hours

Type of Paper Core

Course Objectives:

This course intends to acquaint the student with contemporary political concepts, approaches

along with changing dynamics of democracy which are essential for understanding of new

political theory.

Pedagogy: Lectures, Demonstrations, Paper/Assignment, Presentations, Book Reviews & Seminars

Course Content

Unit-1:

• Approaches to Political Theory

• Liberty, Equality and Rights

• Democracy and Justice

Unit-II:

• Contemporary Liberal Theory

• Contemporary Marxist Theory

• Feminism, Post – modernism, Multi-Culturalism

Unit-III

• State, Civil Society and Citizenship

• Class, Gender, Caste and community

• Power, Hegemony and Exploitation

Unit-IV

• Gandhi on State

• Marx on State

• Liberalist View on State

Suggested Readings:

Bikhu Parekh, Rethinking Multiculturalism, Palgrave, 2006

Gurpreet Mahajan, The Multicultural Pathy, Sage, 2002

David Harvey, The condition of post modernity, Basil , Blackwell, 1989

David Lyon, Post Modernity, Viva Books, 2002

Will Kimlicka, Political Philosophy, especially on multiculturalism 2003

David Held, Models of democracy, Polity Press 2007

Amartya Sen, Idea of Justice Penguin 2009

Manfred B. Steger Globalisation Oxford 2009

Andrew Heywood (2015) : Political Theory-An Introduction Palgrave Macmillan, New York

O.P. Gauba : An Introduction to Political Theory (English & Hindi)

Pant, Gupta, Jain : Rajniti Shastrake Adhar (Hindi)

Rajeev Bhargava and Ashok Acharya : Political Theory-An Introduction, Pearson Longman New Delhi

Amal Ray and Mohit Bhattacharya, Political Theory, World Press ,Calcutta 1994.

M.P. Jain, Political Theory, Authors Guild, Delhi, 1989.

O. Bakshi, Crisis in Political Theory, Oxford University Press New Delhi1992.

J. C. Charlesworth, (ed.), Contemporary Political Analysis, Free Press New York, 1967.

O.P.Gauba, ‘An Introduction to Political Theory’, MacMillan Publishers, New Delhi, 2009 S. I. Benn & R. S. Peters,

‘Social Principles and the Democratic State’,S. Chand and Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 1979

B. Barry, Democracy, Power and Justice: Essay in Political Theory, Clarendon

Press,Oxford, 1989.

David Easton, The Political System: An Inquiry into the State of Political Science,

Wiley,New York, 1953.

H. Eulau, The Behavioural Persuasion in Politics, Random House ,New York, 1964.

D. Held, Political Theory Today, Polity Press, Cambridge 1991.

O.P. Gauba, An Introduction to Political Theory, Macmillan, New Delhi, 2003.

Sushil Kumar,(ed), New Globalism and The state, Research Progress, New Delhi,1999

MPA-102: Public Administration and Governance

Course Code MPA-102

Course Title Public Administration and Governance

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Core

Course Objectives:

This course intends to familiarize students with the basic concepts of Public Administration and Governance. It

also aims to acquaint students with the contemporary discourse, approaches, issues and concerns along with

changing dynamics of public administration.


Course Content

Unit: I

• Public Administration- Meaning, Nature and Scope

• Evolution of Public Administration

• Principles of Organization: Hierarchy, Span of Control, Unity of command, Authority, Power,

Responsibility, Delegation, Supervision, Line, Staff and Auxiliary Agencies.

Unit: II

• Classical Approach : Scientific Management : Taylor, Fayol, Gulick and Urwick

• Bureaucratic Approach : Weber

• Human Relations Theory

Unit: III

• Behavioral Approach

• Decision Making Approach

• Ecological Approach

Unit: IV

• NPA, Public Choice and NPM

• Good Governance

• Denhardtian Model (New Public Service)

Suggested Readings:

Avasthi&Maheshwari (2012), Public Administration, Lakshminarayan Agarwal, Agra

Arguden, Yilmaz (2011), Keys to Governance: Strategic Leadership for Quality of Life, Macmillan,

Hampshire.

Arndt Christiane and Charles Oman (2006), Uses and Abuses of Governance Indicators, OECD, Paris.

Bhattacharya, Mohit (2013), New Horizons of Public Administration, Jawahar Publishers, New Delhi.

Baker R J S (1972), Administrative Theory and Public Administration, Huthinson, London

Barnard, Chester(1969), The Functions of Executive, Cambridge, Harvard University Press

Donald Menzel and Harvey White (eds) (2011). The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges

and Opportunities, New York, M. E. Sharpe.

Drucker, Peter (2012), Management Challenges for the 21st Century, Harper business.

Frank Marini, (1971). Towards a New Public Administration: The Minnowbrook Perspective, Chandler

Publications, University of Columbia.

Henry Fayol,(1957). General and Industrial Management, Issac Pitman, London

Henry, Nicholas (2006), Public Administration and Public Affairs, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.

Jan-Erik Lane,(2000) New Public Management: An Introduction, Routledge, London.

Janet V. Denhardt and Robert B. Denhard (2007), The New Public Service, Serving, Not Steering,

M.E.Sharpe, New York

Luther Gulick&LyndallUrwick (eds.)(1937), Papers on Science of Administration, New York Institution

of Public Administration, New York.

Ahmad M.R., Management Orientation in Contemporary Public Administration: An

Analysis,ShodhDrishti : An International Refereed Research Journal,Vol.7, No.3, April-June,2016,

Pp.149-156.

Ahmad, M.R., Public Administration in the Era of Globlisation : From Government to Governance, and

From Managerialism to Public Service Management, POLITICS; A UPJP Journal of Social

Sciences,Vol.VIII, No. 10& 11, July-December2015 and January- June 2016, Pp.1-16.

Ravindra Prasad, D. Prasad, VSPrasad, Satyanarayana P, and Y.Pardhasaradhi, (eds.,)( 2013),

Administrative Thinkers, Sterling, New Delhi.

Donald Menzel (eds) (2011). The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunity.

New York: M. E. Sharpe.

Frank J. Goodnow, Politics and Administration: A Study in Government, Transaction Publishers, New

York, 2003

O’Leary, Rosemary etal. (2010), The Future of Public Administration around the World: The

Minnowbrook Perspective, George Town university Press, DC

Rhetoric and Reality of New Public Management: Indian Experience, International Journal of

Multidisciplinary Approach and Studies, Volume: 1, No: 4, July-August 2014, Pp. 361-369.

Martin Albrow (1970), Bureaucracy, MacMillan, London, 1970

UN, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Development Administration: Current Approaches and

Trends in Public Administration for Development, New York, UN, 1975.

Wilson, Woodrow, "The Study of Administration," Political Science Quarterly 2 (June 1887)

Waldo, Dwight (1968), The Study of Public Administration, Random house, New York

MPA-103: Administrative Thinkers

Course Code MPA-103

Course Title Administrative Thinkers

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Core

Course Objectives:

To acquaint the students with the administrative thinkers life and their works along with contributions

and thought to Public Administration. Special focus would be on Indian Administrative thinkers.


Course Content

Unit: I

• Henry Fayol

• Fredrick Taylor

• Luther Gullick and Lyndall Urwick

Unit: II

• Chester Bernard

• Herbert Simon

• F. W. Riggs

Unit: III

• Chris Argyris

• Douglas McGregor

• R. Likert

• Y. Dror

Unit: IV

• Kautilya

• JawaharLal Nehru

• Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Suggested Readings:




and Opportunity. New York: M. E. Sharpe.

Henry Fayol,(1957). General and Industrial Management, Issac Pitman, London.

Henry Nicholas (2007), Public Administration and Public Affairs, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi

Jay M. Shafritz (ed) (1998), International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, Westview

Press

Luther Gulick& Lyndall Urwick (eds.)(1937), Papers on Science of Administration, New York Institution


LyndallUrwick& E F L Brech (1955), The Making of Scientific Management, Issac Pitman, London

LyndallUrwick (1947), The Elements of Administration,Issac Pitman & Sons, London

Martin Albro, Bureaucracy (1970), MacMillan, London

Prasad, Ravindra. D (et al) eds (2013). Administrative Thinkers , Sterling Publishers, New Delhi.


White, Jay D. and Guy B. Adams (1994), Research in Public Administration: Reflections on theory and

Practice, Sage.

Argyris, Chris (1957), Personality and Organization, Harper, New York

Donald Menzel et.al (eds) (2011). The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunity.

M. E. Sharpe.


Fox, Richard C (2005), Critical Social Theory in Public Administration, PHI, New Delhi

George Frederickson (2008), The Public Administration Primer, Westview Press.

Herbert A. Simon (1965), Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-making Process in

Administrative Organizations, Free Press, New York.



Likert, Rensis (1976), New Patterns of Management, McGraw-Hill, New York

Luthans, Fred, (2005) Organizational Behaviour, McGraw- Hill, New York

Maslow, Abraham (1954), Motivation and Personality, Harper & Row, NY

McGregor, Douglas( 1960), The Human Side of Enterprise, McGraw- Hill, New York

Miller, H and Fox.CJ (2007), Post Modern Public Administration, ME Sharp, New York

Ostrom, Elinor (2003), Governing the Commons- The Evolution of Institutions for collective Action,

Cambridge

Ostrom, Vincent (1973) The Intellectual Crisis in American Public Administration. University of Alabama

Press: Alabama.

Prasad, Ravindra D (et al) eds. Administrative Thinkers (2013), Sterling Publishers, New Delhi


MPA (CBCS) 104: Basics of Public Administration

Course Code MPA(CBCS) 104

Course Title Basics of Public Administration Course Credit 4 Course Hours 40-48 hours Type of Paper CBCS

Course Objectives:

Course intends to familiarize students with the basic concepts of Public Administration. It also aims to acquaint

students with the contemporary dynamics of public administration

Unit –I

• Public Administration- Meaning, Nature and Scope

• Evolution of Public Administration

• Changing dynamics of Public Administration

Unit-II

• Principles of Organization: Hierarchy, Span of Control,

• Unity of command, Authority, Power, Responsibility,

• Delegation, Supervision, Line, Staff and Auxiliary Agencies.

Unit-III

• Administrative Theories: Scientific Management,

• Bureaucratic Theory

• Human Relations Theory

• Behavioral Theory

Unit-IV

• New Public Administration,

• New Public Management

• Good Governance

Note: MPA (CBCS) has 4 credit only. Therefore, remaining 2 credits will be earned by dissertation

work.

Suggested Readings:

Avasthi&Maheshwari (2012), Public Administration, Lakshminarayan Agarwal, Agra

Arguden, Yilmaz (2011), Keys to Governance: Strategic Leadership for Quality of Life, Macmillan,

Hampshire.

Arndt Christiane and Charles Oman (2006), Uses and Abuses of Governance Indicators, OECD, Paris.

Bhattacharya, Mohit (2013), New Horizons of Public Administration, Jawahar Publishers, New Delhi.




and Opportunities, New York, M. E. Sharpe.


Frank Marini, (1971). Towards a New Public Administration: The Minnowbrook Perspective, Chandler

Publications, University of Columbia.

Henry Fayol,(1957). General and Industrial Management, Issac Pitman, London

Henry, Nicholas (2006), Public Administration and Public Affairs, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.

Jan-Erik Lane,(2000) New Public Management: An Introduction, Routledge, London.



Luther Gulick&LyndallUrwick (eds.)(1937), Papers on Science of Administration, New York Institution


Ahmad M.R., Management Orientation in Contemporary Public Administration: An

Analysis,ShodhDrishti : An International Refereed Research Journal,Vol.7, No.3, April-June,2016,

Pp.149-156.

Ahmad, M.R., Public Administration in the Era of Globlisation : From Government to Governance, and

From Managerialism to Public Service Management, POLITICS; A UPJP Journal of Social

Sciences,Vol.VIII, No. 10& 11, July-December2015 and January- June 2016, Pp.1-16.

Ravindra Prasad, D. Prasad, VSPrasad, Satyanarayana P, and Y.Pardhasaradhi, (eds.,)( 2013),

Administrative Thinkers, Sterling, New Delhi.

Donald Menzel (eds) (2011). The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunity.

New York: M. E. Sharpe.

Frank J. Goodnow, Politics and Administration: A Study in Government, Transaction Publishers, New

York, 2003

Second Semester

MPA-201: Personnel Administration and HRD

Course Code MPA-201

Course Title Personnel Administration and HRD

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Core

Course Objectives:

This course intends to familiarise the students with Bureaucracy, various aspects of Personnel

Administration such as; Classification of Services, Recruitment, Training and Promotion and Employer

- Employee Relationship, Grievance Redressal Mechanism.


Course Content

Unit: I

• Personnel Administration - Meaning, Scope and Significance

• Human Resource Development: Concept, Elements and its Application in Government

• Manpower Planning and Human Resource Development :Strategies

Unit: II

• Classification of Services - Position and Rank Classification

• Recruitment: Concept and Methods.

• Training and Promotion, Retirement Benefits

Unit: III

• Performance Appraisal

• Employer – Employee Relationship

• Grievance Redressal and Discipline

Unit: IV:

• Job Design and Analysis.

• Total Quality Management

• Participation in Organization

Suggested Readings:

Agarwal R.D. (ed.), Dynamics of Personnel Management in India: A Book of Readings, New Delhi, Tata-

McGraw Hill, Latest Edition.

AswathappaK.,Human Resource Personnel Management, Text and Cases,New Delhi, Tata Macgraw Hill,

2002.

Bach Stephen and Keith Sisson, Personnel Management: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice,

Third Edition, 2000.

Bhattächarya S.K., Achieving Managerial Excellence: Insights from Indian Organizations, Delhi,

Macmillan, 1989.

Dey Bata K., Bureaucracy, Development and Public Management in India, New Delhi, Uppal, 1978.

Dwivedi O.P. and R.B. Jain, Administrative State, New Delhi, Gitanjali Publishing House, 1985.

Flippo Edwin B., Principles of Personnel Management, New York, Tata McGraw hill, Latest Edition.

Gadbari S.S. and M.R.Kolhatkar (eds.), Innovations in Public Administration, New Delhi, Allied, 2000.

Goel S.L. Public Personnel Administration, New Delhi, Sterling, 1989.

Ahmad M. R. Civil Services Training and Reforms in India,Serials Publications, New Delhi, 2007

Reinventing Higher Civil Services: Necessities of Administrative Reforms in India

International Journal of Multidisciplinary Approach and Studies, IVolume: 3, No: 4, July - August 2016,

Pp.119-131,

Mehta Prayag, A Psychological Strategy for Alternative Human Development: India's Performance Since

Independence, New Delhi, Sage, 1998.

Metacalfe Les and Sue Richards, Improving Public Management,London, Sage, 1987.

Rao V.S.P. Human Resource Management, Text and Cases, New Delhi, Excel Books, 2000.

Schein E.H. The Art of Managing Human Resource,New York, OUP, Latest Edition.

Singh Sahib Bhayana and Surinder Singh, Public Personnel and FinancialAdministration, Jalandhar, New

Academics, 1990.

Velma S.1' and S.K. Sharma, Managing Public Personnel Systems: A Comparative Perspective, New

Delhi, Indian Institute of Public Administration, 1980.

MPA-202: Public Policy

Course Code MPA-202

Course Title Public Policy

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Core

Course Objectives:

This course attempts to develop an understanding about public policy, the emerging policy concerns and their

global dimensions. Policy analysis will be understood as a tool of research and evaluation with the help of

assignment work.

Pedagogy: Class Room Teaching, field experience, Research Paper/Assignment, Presentations, Book Reviews

&Seminars.

Course Content

Unit: I

• Public Policy- Meaning Nature and Relevance

• Policy Cycle- Constraints and Difficulties

• Models of Public Policy

Unit: II

• Policy Formulation: Structure and Process, Role of Various Agencies,

• Inter-Governmental Relations

• Constraints in Policy Formulation

Unit: III

• Policy Implementation : System and Models, Role of Various Agencies,

• Monitoring of Public Policy: Importance and Approaches,

• Constraints and Remedial Measures.

Unit: IV

• Policy Evaluation and Impact: Understanding Policy Evaluation Ascertaining Policy Impact

• Evaluation techniques: Social Cost Benefit Analysis, Input - Output Analysis,

• Sectoral Policies in India: Health, Education, Agriculture, Telecom and Environment.

Suggested Readings:

Anderson J.E., (2006) Public Policy-Making: An Introduction, Boston,Houghton

Bardach, Eugene (1977), The Implementation Game: What Happens After a Bill Becomes a Law,

Cambridge, MA: MIT

Bergerson, Peter J. (ed.), (1991), Teaching Public Policy: Theory, Research and Practice, Westport, RI:

Greenwood Press

Birkland Thomas A., (2005), An Introduction to The Policy Process: Theories, Concepts, And Models of

Public Policy Making, Armonk; M.E. Sharpe

Brewer, Gary D., and Peter de Leon (1983), The Foundations of Policy Analysis, Homewood, IL.: The

Dorsey Press.

Dahl, Robert and Charles Lindblom, (1976), Politics, Economics and Welfare, New York, Harper.

Dror.Y, (1989), Public Policy making Re-examined, 2nd ed., San Francisco, Chandler.

Dye Thomas (2008), Understanding Public Policy, Singapore, Pearson Education

Hill Michael, (2005), The Public Policy Process, Harlow, UK; Pearson Education, 5th Edition.

Howlett, Michael, and M. Ramesh, (1995), Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems,

OUP, Toronto.

Jones, C.O., (1970), An Introduction to the Study of Public Policy, Belmont, Prentice -Hall.

Lerner, D. and H.D.Lasswell (eds.), (1951), The Policy Sciences, Stanford, Stanford University Press.

Lindblom, C.E., and E.J., Woodhouse, (1993), The Policy making Process, 3rd ed., New Jersey., Prentice

- Hall.

McCool, Daniel C. (ed.), (1995), Public Policy Theories, Models, and Concepts: An Anthology, NJ:

Prentice-Hall.

Moran Mitchel and Robert Goodin, (2006), The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy, Oxford University

Press, New York.

Nachmias, David, (1979), Public Policy Evaluation: Approaches and Methods, New York: St. Martin's

Press.

Jay M. Shafritz (ed) (1998), International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, Westview

Press

MPA-203: Financial Administration

Course Code MPA-203

Course Title Financial Administration

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Core

Course Objectives:

This course attempts to develop an understanding about Financial Administration in India. Under this, students

will be taught about budget, revenue, expenditure, deficit, inflation, and parliamentary control etc which help

them to understand the issues, concerns and nuances of public financial management in India.

Pedagogy: Class Room Teaching, Research Paper/Assignment, Presentations, Book Reviews &Seminars.

Course Content

Unit: I

• Financial Administration , Nature, Scope and Significance

• Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy and Inflation

• Public Expenditure, Resource Mobilization

Unit: II

• Budgetary Process

• Types of Budgets: Line Item Budget, Performance Budget, Zero –Based Budget

• Centre-State Financial Relations

Unit: III

• Public Finance - Public Revenue, Public Expenditure, Public Debt

• Fiscal Deficit and Deficit Financing;

• Role of RBI in Financial Management

Unit: IV

• Parliamentary Financial Control: Legislative Committees, Role of CAG

• Functions & Role of World Bank & IMF (with special reference to India).

• Finance Commission: Composition, Functions and Role.

Suggested Readings:

Brigham Eugene F. (2011), Financial Management: Theory and Practice, Cengage Learning India.

CABRI/OECD (2008) Survey of budget practices and procedures. OECD.

Campos E & Pradhan S (1995) budgetary institutions and expenditure outcomes. Washington DC:

World Bank.

Carlos ,Santiso(2009) The Political Economy of Government Auditing, Taylor and Francis

Chen Greg G et. al (Eds) (2008), Budget Tools: Financial Methods in the Public Sector, CQ Press.

Government of India, Second Administrative Reforms Commission, Fourteenth Report,

Strengthening Financial Management, Systems, April 2009.

L.K.Jha (1986), Economic Administration in India – Retrospect’s and Prospect, New Delhi: IIPA

Lee Robert D. Jr., et al (Eds) (2007), Public Budgeting Systems, Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Mahajan Sanjeev Kumar and AnupamaPuri Mahajan (2014), Financial Administration in India,

PHI Learning, Delhi

Mikesell,John ( 2010), Fiscal Administration, Cengage Learning.

Pritchard W (2010) Taxation and state building: Towards a governance focused tax reform

agenda. IDS Working Paper

R.K. Lekhi and Jogindersingh(2013), Public Finance, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.

Rabin Jack, W. Bartley Hildreth, Gerald J. Miller (2006) Handbook of Public Financial

Management, Taylor & Francis Group.

Sharma M.K. (2006), Financial Administration, Anmol Publications, New Delhi.

Steppan J. Beiley (1995), Public Sector Economics: Theory, Policy and Practice, London

Wang Xiaohu (2010), Financial Management in the Public Sector: Tools, Applications, and

Cases, M. E. Sharpe.

World Bank (2007) Strengthening World Bank group engagement on governance and

anticorruption. Washington DC

MPA (CBCS) 204: Indian Governance and Administrative Reforms

Course Code MPA(CBCS) 204

Course Title Indian Governance and Administrative Reforms

Course credit 4 Course Hours 40-48 hours Type of Paper CBCS

Course Objectives:

The paper attempts to make the students understand the system of Indian Administration and Governance.

Students will be made to learn and understand current issues and problems confronting the administration

in India in the context of the changing nature and initiatives for administrative reforms made by various

commission and committee.

Unit: I

• Historical Legacy of Indian Administration

• Administrative Structure at Union Level

• Administrative Structure at State Level

Unit: II

• Role of District Collector and District Level Agencies

• Civil Services: Structure and Recruitment

• Changing nature of Union and State Administrative Relationship

Unit: III

• Challenges to Indian Administration in the context of Globalization

• Problems of Administration in Coalition Regimes

• Ethics in Administration

Unit: IV

• Citizen- Administration interface

• Police- Public Relation; Reforms in Police

• Important Committees and Commissions for Administrative Reforms since Independence

Note: MPA (CBCS) has 4 credit only. Therefore, remaining 2 credits will be earned by Viva-Voce.

Essential readings;

• Avasthi and Avasthi, “Indian Administration”, Laxmi Narain Aggarwal, Agra

• Maheswari, S.R, “Indian Administration”, Orient Blackswan.

• Maheswari, S.R. “ The Public Service of India: Current Good Practices and New Developments in India”,

Common Wealth Secretariat.

• Ramesh K. Arora and Rajni Goyal, “Indian Public Administration”, Vishwa Parkashan, New Delhi.

• Nath, Surendra, “Report of the Group Constituted to review the system of Performance Appraisal, Promotion,

Empanelment and Placement for the IAS and other group A services”, Department of Administrative Reforms,

Government of India.

• 2nd Administrative reforms Commission, 2005-10, GOI.

• 1ST Administrative Commission Report, 1967-70, GOI.

• Hota, P.C, “Report on Civil Service Reforms”, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India.

• Tummala K. Krishna , “Public Administration in India”, Allied Publications, New Delhi.

Third Semester

MPA-301: Comparative Public Administration

Course Code MPA-301

Course Title Comparative Public Administration

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Core

Course Objectives:

This course attempts to develop a better understanding of theoretical as well as practical aspect of comparative

public administration. In this, students will be made to learn the concepts, approaches, and administrative system

working in different national setting.


Course Content

Unit: I

• Comparative Public Administration: Concept, Nature, Scope

• Approaches of CPA: Structural-Functional and Behavioural

• Contribution of F W Riggs and Ferrel Heady

Unit: II

• Political Culture and Bureaucracy

• The politics of bureaucracy

Unit: III

• Administrative Systems of USA

• Administrative Systems of UK

• Administrative Systems of France

•

Unit: IV

• Administrative Systems of China

• Administrative Systems of Malaysia

• Administrative Systems of Bangladesh

Suggested Readings:

Ali Farazmand, (2001) Handbook of Comparative and Development Public Administration,

Marcel Dekker, NY.

Esman, Milton J. (1970). CAG and the study of public administration. In F. W. Riggs (Ed.), The

frontiers of development administration (pp.41-71). Durham, North Carolina: Duke University

Press.

Heady, F (1996). Public administration: A comparative perspective (5th ed.). New York: Marcel

Dekker.

PaiPanandikar, V.A. (1964). Development administration: An approach. Indian Journal of Public

Administration, 10(1), 34-44.

Riggs, F. W. (1970). The ecology of administration. Bloomington: Indiana University.

Riggs, F.W. (1956). Public administration: A neglected factor in economic development. Annals

of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, No.305, Agrarian Socities in

Transition (May 1956), 70-80.

Raza, Ahmed, (2014) Does Turkish Model of Democracy Lack Empirical Validity in the Arab

World? A Comparative Analysis, Mewar University, JIR, Volume. 2 No.1, January-March, 2014,

40-45

Swerdlow, I. (1963). (Ed.) Development administration: concepts and problems. Syracuse, New

York: Syracuse University Press.

W.E. Weidner (Ed.)(1970), Development administration in Asia, Durham, North Carolina: Duke

University Press.

Waldo, D. (1963). Comparative public administration prologue, performance and problems.

Indian Journal of Political Science, 24(3), 177-216.

Weidner, W. E. (1970a). (Ed.), Development administration in Asia, Durham, North Carolina:

Duke University Press

MPA-302:Development Administration in India

Course Objectives:

This course attempts to develop a better understanding about development administration. Under this, students

will be taught about the concept, debates, machinery of planning, role of civil society, people’s participation and

so on. They will also be imparted knowledge about the issues, concern, and challenges of development

administration along with changing dynamics between bureaucracy and political development.


Course Content

Unit: I

• Development Administration: Concept, Meaning, Characteristics, Dimensions and

Scope

• Debates between Development Administration and Traditional Administration,

• Bureaucracy and Political Development

Unit: II

• Democratic Decentralization

• Machinery for Development Planning at the Centre, State and Local Level.

• Role of Civil Society, People’s Participation in Development Administration

Unit: III

• Changing Role of Bureaucracy in the Context of Liberalisation and Globalisation.

• Administrative Reforms

• Globalization and Public Administration

Unit: IV

• International Aid and Technical Assistance Programmes: World Bank, IBRD, WTO and IMF.

• Right to Development; Right to Education, Right to Health, Right to Food and MG-NREGA.

• Issues and Challenges in Development Administration

Suggested Readings:

Course Code MPA-302

Course Title Development Administration in India

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Core

Ali Farazmand, (2001) Handbook of Comparative and Development Public Administration, Marcel

Dekker, NY.

Heady, F (1996). Public administration: A comparative perspective (5th ed.). New York: Marcel Dekker.

Heaphey, J. (1968). Comparative public administration: Comments on current characteristics. Public

Administration Review, 28(3), 242-249.

Montgomery, J. (1966). Approaches to development politics, administration and change, New York:

McGraw Hill.

Raphaeli, N. (1967). Readings in comparative public administration, Boston, Massachusetts: Allyn and

Bacon.

Riggs, F. W. (1970). The ecology of administration. Bloomington: Indiana University.

Singh, P.K., A Survey of Indian Development Policy: Need for Governance,Interdisciplinary Journal of

Contemporary Research, Assam University, Silchar.2015,

Riggs, F.W. (1956). Public administration: A neglected factor in economic development. Annals of the

American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, No.305, Agrarian Socities in Transition (May 1956),

70-80.

Raza, Ahmed, “Impact of e-governance on democratic decentralization in India, KILA Journal of Local

Governance, Vol. 2 (1) January-June 2015, 91-101

Swerdlow, I. (1963). (Ed.) Development administration: concepts and problems. Syracuse, New York:

Syracuse University Press.

W.E. Weidner (Ed.)(1970), Development administration in Asia, Durham, North Carolina: Duke

University Press.

Waldo, D. (1963). Comparative public administration prologue, performance and problems. Indian Journal

of Political Science, 24(3), 177-216.

MPA-303: Organizational Behaviour

Course Objectives:

This course attempts to develop a better understanding about human behavior at organisation which enable them

to understand complexities, conflict, group dynamics along with organizational change and development.


Course Content

Unit: I

• Organizational Behaviour - Meaning, Concept and Scope

• Genesis, Needs and Goals of Organizational Behaviour

• Management by Objectives: Concept; Rationale; Steps.

Unit: II

• Decision Making: Concept; Types and Process.

• Leadership: Concept; Theories – Trait; Situational; Behavioural

• Motivation: Concept; Theories – Content theories and Process Theories

Unit: III

• Personality: Meaning, determinants of personality, Theories on Personality.

• Group Dynamics: Concept, Types and Dynamics of Group Formation, Group Information and

Team Building

• Organizational Conflict: – Meaning features, importance and Conflict Management.

Unit: IV

• Organizational Change: Concept; Process; Resistance to change.

• Organizational Effectiveness: – Concept, approaches to Organizational effectiveness,

• Organizational Development: Definition, Characteristics and Objectives. Organizational

Development Process

Course Code MPA-303

Course Title Organizational Behaviour

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Core

Suggested Readings:

Hersey and Blaunchard : Management of Organizational Behaviour

Luthas, Fred : Organizational Behaviour

LM Prasad : Principles and Practice of Management

Peter. F. Drucker : Practice of Management

Parekh Udai : Human Resource Development

V.S.P Rao : Management Concepts

H. Koontz &Cyrill O’ Donnell : Management

David C. McClelland, The Achievement Motive, New York: Appleton-Century-Crafts, 1953.

J.K. Hazy, J.A Goldstein, and B.B. Liechtenstein (eds), Complex Systems Leadership Theory:

NewPerspectives from Complexity Science on Social and Organizational Effectiveness, Mansfield, MA:

ISCE Publishing, 2007.

Abraham H. Maslow, Motivation and Personality, New york: Harper and Row, 1954

Fred E. Fiedler, A Theory of Leadership of Effectiveness, New York: McGraw Hill, 1967

Optional Paper

(Select any one of the following)

MPAO-301: Environmental Administration

(With special reference to India)

Course Code MPAO-301

Course Title Environmental Administration

(With special reference to India)

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Elective

Course Objectives:

It intends to familiarize the student with environmental concerns in India and mechanism to deal with it

and various international treaty and negotiation that promote environmental conservation and protection.


Course Content

Unit: I

• Environment, Ecology and Sustainable Development

• Environmental Governance: Stockholm (1972) to the present.

• Economic Liberalisation and Impact on Environment: Developed vs. Developing Countries.

Unit: II

• Planning and Environment

• National Environment Policy: Institutional Arrangements.

• Judicial Remedies and New Regulatory Techniques

Unit: III

• Forest Sector- Wildlife and Pollution

• The Problems of Large Multipurpose Projects and Hazardous Substances

• Urban Environmental Problems

Unit: IV

• Environmental Movements in India: Impact on Public Policy.

• The Role of Civil Society & NGO's.

• Globalization and Liberalization: Impact on Environment.

Suggested Readings:

Hoshiar Singh (ed.): Environment Policy and Administration, Jaipur, Printwell

Publishers, 1992. Shyam Divan &AnninRosenerang: Environmental Law and Policy in India, Oxford

University Press, New Delhi, 2001.

Shekhar Singh (ed.): Environmental Policy in India, New Delhi, IIPA 1984.

India, NCEP: Draft Report of the State of the Environment, Delhi, December 1981.

O.P.Dwivedi, India: Pollution Control Policy and Programmes, International Review of Administrative

Sciences, vol. XLIII, Nos. 2, 1977.

S.C. Bhatia (ed.): Papers in Environmental Education, Indian University Association forContinuing

Education, 1981.

A.K. Sharma and A. Sharma (ed.): Impact of the Development of Science andTechnology on Environment,

Indian Science Congress Association, 1981.

DeshBandhu: Environmental Management, Indian Environmental Society, 1981.

UNESCO: "Environmental Education in Asia and the Pacific" Bulletin of the UNESCORegional Office

for Education in Asia and the Pacific 1981.

H.N.Tiwari: Environmental Law, Allahabad Law Agency, Faridabad, 2001.

V.N. Srivastava & B.P. Rai, Environment and Ecology, Vasundra Publications,Gurakhpur, 1998

Report of the Committee for Recommending Legislative Measures and Administrative

Machinery for Ensuring Environmental Protection, Department of Science and Technology, 1980

MPAO-302: Political Economy

(With reference to India)


Course Title Political Economy (With reference to India)

Course Credit 06



Course Objectives:

This course endeavors to acquaint the students about the significance of Historical Processes, Structural Forces

and Institutions in shaping economic outcomes.


Course Content

Unit I

• Political Economy-Meaning and Nature

• Liberal and Marxist approaches

• Neo-Liberalism

Unit II

• Economic Reforms in India

• Social Implications

• Regional Variations

Unit III

• Agricultural Policies

• Industrial Policy

• Public Policies of Poverty Alleviation

Unit IV

• State vs Market: New Economic Policies

• Fiscal Federalism in India

• Issues of Equity, Discrimination and Human Rights in India

Suggested Readings:

Bell, S., and Hindmoor, A. (2009) Rethinking Governance: The Centrality of the State in Modern Society,

Cambridge: Cambridge University

Bell, Stephen and Andrew Hindmoor. (2009) Rethinking Governance: The Centrality of the State in

Modern Society. Cambridge: CUP.

Bevir, Mark (2009), Key Concepts in Governance, Sage, London.

Bevir, Mark, ed. (2010) The Sage Handbook of Governance. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Bovaird, Tony and ElkeLöffler, eds. (2009) Public Management and Governance Second Edition. London:

Routledge.

Farazmand, Ali and Jack Pinkowski, eds. (2006) Handbook of Globalization, Governance, and Public

Administration. London: CRC/Taylor & Francis.

Hajer, Maarten, and Hendrik Wagenaar (2003) “Introduction.” In Deliberative Policy Analysis:

Understanding Governance in the Network Society, ed. Maarten A. Hajer and Hendrik Wagenaar.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Kjaer, A (2004) Governance. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.

Kooiman, Jan ed. (1993) Modern Governance: New Government-Society Interactions. London: Sage.

Kooiman, Jan. (2003) Governing as Governance. London: Sage.

Ahmad M.R.Re-conceptualisation of Accountability: From Government to Governance,International

Journal of Multidisciplinary Approach and Studies, Volume: 3, No: 5, Sep - Oct 2016, Pp.1-11.

Ahmad M.R, Good Governance and Its Working in India: An Evaluation, International journal of Arts,

Humanities and Management Studies,Volume: 2, No: 8, Aug 2016, Pp. 75-86.

Ahmad M.R., Citizen Charter in India: A Tool for Effective and Responsive Administration,Anukriti: An

International Refereed Research Journal,Vol. 6, No. 5, July-September, 2016, Pp. 41-48.

Morrison, Donald (1945) “Public Administration and the Art of Governance.” Public Administration

Review 5:1: 83-87. Andrews, Matt. (2010) “Good Government Means Different Things in Different

Countries.” Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions 23:1:7–35.

Osborne, Stephen P., ed. The New Public Governance? Emerging Perspectives on the Theory and Practice

of Public Governance. London: Routledge.

Bagchi, Sarthik (2018) Political Economy of Contemporary India, Contemporary South Asia: Routledge

Ghate, Chetan (2018) Book Review for: The Political Economy of India’s Growth Episodes: Bepress

Bhambri, CP (2017); The Indian State since Independence: 70 Years, Delhi: Shipra Publications

Pai, Sudha and Sajjan Kumar (2018); Everyday Communalism: Riots in Contemporary Uttar Pradesh, New

Delhi: Oxford university Press

MPAO-303: Public Health Administration


Course Title Public Health Administration

Course Credit 06



Course Objectives:

This course attempts to develop an understanding about the functioning of health administration along with

various health mission and issues and challenges in dealing them.

.


Course Content

Unit I

• Public Health- Meaning and Nature

• Health Administration- Nature, Scope and Significance

• Public Health in Global Perspective

Unit II

• Organization of Health Administration at Union, State and Local Government Levels

• Administration of Primary Health Care

• Personnel and Financial Management

Unit III

• The Planning Process

• Government programmes for Health Care – NRHM, NUHM, and JSY (JananiSurakshaYojna)

• Programmes for Women and Child Development

Unit IV

• Role of NGOs and other voluntary agencies

• WHO and UNICEF

• National Health Policy in India

Suggested Readings:

G. Ramesh Waram: Medical and Health Administration in Rural India, New Delhi: Ashish Publishing

House, 1989.

The Central Health Education, Health Today, Director-General of Health Services, New Delhi, 1971.

S. L. Goel: Health Care Administration - levels and Aspects. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers 1980.

S. L. Goel: Health Care Administration: Ecology Principles and Modem Trends, New Delhi: Sterling

Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 1980.

S.L. Goel: Public Health Administration : New Delhi : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd 1984.

N.V. Ram Raghu: Health Administration and Policy Development, Hyderabad: Ramkrishna Printers and

Publishers, 1971.

Ahmad, M.R., Right To Information : An Important Tool of Good Governance in India,ShodhDrishti :

An International Refereed Research Journal,Vol. 7, No. 5, July-September, 2016,Pp. 37-44.

G.Broker: Health in Independent India (Latest Edition).

J.K. Owen Madan: Concepts of Hospital Administration (Latest Edition).

Brown and Fraling: The Doctor-Patient Relationship (Latest Edition).

C.A. Robinson: Hospital Administration (Latest Edition)

M.T.MacEachiru: Hospital Organisation and Management (Latest Edition).

A. Cart Wright: Human Relations and Hospital (Latest ed.)

MPAO-304: E-Governance


Course Title E-Governance

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Core

Course Objectives:

It endeavors to help students, understand and study the nature, concept, positive and negative impact of E-

Governance. Role of E-Governance in development and how it make government easy to reach every household

and benefit them with their welfare schemes.


Course Content

Unit: I

• E – Governance: Concept, Stages, Models,

• Legal and Policy Framework and Significance.

• Information and Communication Technology: Concept and Components.

Unit: II

• Role of ICT in Administration.

• Administrative Organization Culture: Towards ICT Based Reforms.

• Role of ICT in Urban Development.

Unit: III

• Panchayati Raj Institutions: Improving Self-Governance through ICT.

• E – Learning:Role of ICT in Education and Training. E – Commerce.

• Role of ICT in Delivery of Citizen Services. ICT in Indian Railway.

Unit: IV

• Information Policy. Right to Information Act, 2005

• ICT E- Seva Project: Implementation in Governance; Issues, Challenges and Suggestions

• E – Governance in Uttar Pradesh

Suggested Readings:

Anthony, Elias Tsougranis, (2001) ‘Measuring Informatization: A Longitudinal Cross-national

Exploration’, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, New York

Bellamy, C and Taylor JA, (1998)Governing in the Information Age, Buckingham and Philadelphia, PA:

Open University Press

Bhatnagar S.C, (2004), E-Government : From Vision to Implementation, Sage, New Delhi

Bhatnagar SC,(2003) E-Government: Transparency and Corruption – Does E-Government Help?,

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Report for CHOGM

Gosling, P, (1997),Government in the Digital Age, London, Bowerdean

Heeks, Richard (1998), Information Systems for Public Management: Information Technology and Public

Sector Corruption, Working Paper No. 4, Manchester: IDPM – University of Manchester

Kooiman, J, (ed.) (1993), Modern Governance: New Government – Society Interactions, London: Sage

Publications

Layne, K and Lee J (2001), Developing Fully Functional e-Government: A Four Stage Model, Government

Information Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. ER2

Pardhasaradhi, Y.,(2009) E-Governance and Indian Society, Kanishka, New Delhi

Satyanarayana. J(2006), E-Government, New Delhi, PHI

MPA-401: Indian Administration

Course Code MPA-401

Course Title Indian Administration

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Core

Course Objectives:

It intends to familiarize the student with background of Indian administration their structure at Union and

state level, controlling authority of administration and changing nature of administration in post

liberalized world.


Course Content

Unit: I

• Historical Legacy of Indian Administration

• Administrative Structure at Union Level

• Administrative Structure at State Level

Unit: II

• Role of District Collector and District Level Agencies

• Civil Services: Structure and Recruitment

• Public Sector Undertakings in India (Changing Role)

Unit: III

• Union and State Agencies in maintenance of Law and Order

• Control over Administration: Legislative, Executive and Judicial

• Changing nature of Union and State administrative Relationship in the context of emerging

pattern of Indian Federalism

Unit: IV

• Organization and Functions of NitiAyog

• Second Administrative Reforms in India

• Challenges to Indian Administration in the context of Globalization

Suggested Readings:

Avasthi and Avasthi (2002), Indian Administration, LaxmiNarain Aggarwal, Agra.

Basu, D.D. (2000), Introduction to the Constitution of India, Wadhwa and Company, New Delhi.

Fadia and Fadia, Indian Administration (2012), SahityaBhavan Publications, Agra.

Granville Austin (1999), The Indian Constitution – Corner Stone of a Nation, OUP, New Delhi.

Maheswari, S.R. (2001), Indian Administration, Orient Blackswan, Hyderabad

Maheswari, S.R. (2004) The Public Service of India: Current Good Practices and New Developments in

India, Common Wealth Secretariat.

Pylee, M.V (2009), An Introduction to the Constitution of India, Vikas, New Delhi

Ramesh K. Arora and RajniGoyal (2002), Indian Public Administration, VishwaParkashan, New Delhi.

Sarkar Jadunath (2009), The Mughal Administration, Six Lectures, BiblioLife,

Sathe, S.P. (2002), Judicial Activism in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Sibranjan Chatterjee (1997), Restructuring Centre-State Relations: The Sarkaria Commission and Beyond,

Minerva Associates, Calcutta.

Subash C. Kashyap (1989), Indian Polity: Retrospect and Prospect, Allahabad University Alumni

Association, National Public House

Subash C. Kashyap (1994), Our Constitution: An Introduction to India's Constitution and Constitutional

Law, National Book Trust, New Delhi.

Subash C. Kashyap (1997), Coalition Government and Politics in India, Uppal Publishing House, New

Delhi.

Subash C. Kashyap (2010), Indian Constitution: Conflicts and Controversies, Vitasta,

Tummala K. Krishna (1996), Public Administration in India, Allied Publications, New Delhi

MPA-402: Urban and Rural Local Government

Course Objectives:

To acquaint the students with the evolution of urban and rural governance, constitutional provisions and its

working along with issues and challenges related to urban and rural governance.


Course Content

Unit: I

• Democratic Decentralization in India (73rd and 74th Amendments)

• Emergence and Evolution of Local Governance in India

• Emergence and Evolution of Urban Governance in India

Unit: II: Rural Local Government: Structure and Functions

• Village level : Gram Sabhaand Gram Panchayat: Composition, Functions, Finances and Role

• Block Level: PanchayatSamiti : Composition, Finances, Functions and Role

• District Level: ZilaPanchayat : Composition, Finances, Functions and Role

Unit:III:Urban Local Government: Structure and Functions

• Municipal Corporation: Structure and Role

• Municipal Council: Composition and Functions

• Nagar Panchayat: Structure and Functions

Unit: IV:Rural and Urban Governance: Themes and Issues

• Personnel Administration: Recruitment and Training.

• State-Local Relationship: Administrative and Financial.

• State Election. Commission: Composition, Functions and Role.

Course Code MPA-402

Course Title Urban and Rural Local Government

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Core

Suggested Readings:

Hoshiar Singh: Administration of Rural Development in India, New Delhi, Sterling Publishers, 1995.

S.R. Maheswari: Local Government in India, New Delhi: Origin Longman, 1984.

Bhatnagar: Rural Development in India, New Delhi: Light and Life Publishers, 1978.

Hoshiar Singh: Rural Development in India, Jaipur: Printwell Publishers, 1985.

S.R. Maheswari: Rural Development in India, A Public Policy Approach, New Delhi: SagePublications,

1985.

S.N. Mishra: New Horizons in Rural Development Administration, New Delhi: MittalPublications, 1989.

B.S. Khanna: Rural Development in India, New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications, 1982.

Mohinder Singh: Rural Development in India – Current Perspectives, New Delhi: IntellectualPublishing

House, 1992.

A.S. Malik: Concept and Strategy of Rural Industrial Development, New Delhi: M.D.Publications, 1995.

Raza, Ahmed, Public Policy Making and Citizen Participation in India, Third Concept- An International

Journal of Ideas, Volume 29, Issue 325, April 2014, 36-42

Surat Singh and Mohinder Singh (Eds.): Rural Development Administration in 21st Century: A Multi-

Dimensional Study, New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications, 2006.

India Today 2019. “Good News: Meet 2 entrepreneurs who converted discarded buses into toilets for

women in Pune”.

Kundu, Amitabh and PC Mohanan 2017. “Internal Migration in India: A Very Moving Story”. The

Economic Times. Economictimes.indiatimes.com. April 11, 2017.

Sharma, Krishnavtar 2017. “India has 139 Internal Migrants. They Must Not be Forgotten”.

Weforum.org. October 1, 2017.

Swaminathan, Ramanathan 2018. Journal of International and Global Studies; “Energy as the New

Value System for Redesigning Daily Life”.

Swaminathan, Ramanathan 2018. Journal of International and Global Studies; “Quantum Urbanism in

action: To Protect Earth, Rethink Waste

Taylor, Alan 2018. “Devastating Monsoon in Kerala, in India”.

The Guardian 2018. “We Have !2 Years To Limit Climate Change Catastrophe, Warns UN”.

Optional Paper

(Select any two of the following)

MPAO-401: Social Welfare Administration

Course Objectives:

This course attempts to develop a better understanding about the concept of social welfare, approaches, and

institutions along with policies and programmes of social welfare in India.


Course Content

Unit: I

• Concept of Welfare State

• Concept of Social Welfare Administration; Significance,

• Approaches of Social Welfare Administration;

Unit: II

• Social Change and Social Justice

• Challenges to the Welfare Administration in India

• Social Welfare Policies and Programmes for SC/ST, OBCs, Women, Child, Disabled and Aged

at Central & State level;

Unit: III

• Social Welfare Administration at Union Level:

• Social Welfare Administration at State Level:

• Composition and Functions of National Commission for SC/ST, Women, Other Backward

Classes and Minorities

Unit: IV

• International Agencies for Social Welfare:

• Functions and Role of NGOs, Civil Society and Self Help-Group for Social Welfare.

• Social Welfare Administration in New Economic order.


Course Title Social Welfare Administration

Course Credit 06



Suggested Readings:

Friedlander, Walter A &Apte, Robert Z Introduction to Social Welfare (New Delhi:Prentice Hall, 5th ed.

2006)

Madan, G.R. Indian Social Problems, (Vol. II: SocialWork) (New Delhi: Allied Publishers Ltd., 2006)

Robson, William A. Welfare State and Welfare Society: Illusionand Reality (London: Allen and Unwin,

2nded. 1976)

Sankhdher, M.M. Welfare State (New Delhi: Deep & Deep,1995)

Gangrade, K.D. Social Legislation in India (Delhi: ConceptPublishing House, Reprint 2011)

J. Fand, Bulsara&R.M.Verma Perspectives in Social Welfare in India (New

Delhi: S. Chand & Co., 2006)

D. Paul Chowdhary Social Welfare Administration (Delhi: AtmaRam and Sons, 1976)

Sachdeva. D.R. Social Welfare Administration (AllahabadKitabMahal, 2009)

Roy, Kalpana Women and Child Development (New Delhi:Commonwealth Publishers, 2000)

Singh, P.K., SamajikSarokarBanamGair-SarkariSangthan: EkVimarsh, MRI Publishers (Private) Ltd.,

New Delhi, 2016.

Government of India, Planning Commission Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17) (New Delhi: Planning

Commission)

Government of India, Research, Reference India 2010 – A Reference Manual (Newand Training Division.

Delhi: Publications Divisions).

Government of India Encyclopedia of Social Welfare in India (NewDelhi: Ministry of Information

andBroadcasting, 1987) 4 Vols.

MPAO-402: Disaster Management

Course Objectives:

This course attempts to develop a better understanding of disaster management, stages and machinery along

with role of ICT, NGO, and inter-state cooperation in effective management of disaster.


Course Content

Unit: I

• Meaning and Classification of Disasters

• Natural Disasters: Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, Floods, Cyclones, Climate Change

• Man-made Disasters: Soil degradation, Desertification, Deforestation

Unit: II

• Disaster Mitigation

• Disaster Preparedness

• Organisational Framework for Disaster Administration in India at the Union, State and Local

levels (including Nodal Agency, National Disaster Management Authority, State Authority)

Unit: III

• Disaster Risk Reduction – Sustainable Development

• Relief and Rehabilitation

• Disaster Management Training

Unit: IV

• Role of Information and Communication Technology Systems in Disaster Management

• Interstate and International Cooperation for Disaster Management

• Role of NGOs and Army in Disaster Management


Course Title Disaster Management

Course Credit 06



Suggested Readings:

Asian Development Bank. Disaster Mitigation in Asia and the Pacific(Manila: ADB, 1991)

Goel, S.L Encyclopedia of Disaster Management (NewDelhi: Deep and Deep, 2006)

Govt. of India/UNDP Disaster Risk Management Programme (2002-07): Community Based Disaster

Preparednessand Risk Reduction through Participation ofCommittees and Local Self Governments

www.ndmindia.nic.in/EQProjects/goiundp2.0.pdf

Monappa, K.C. Disaster Preparedness (AkshayPublicAgencies: New Delhi, 2004)

Sahni, P. and Ariyabandu, M.M., Malagoda, M. Disaster Risk Reduction in South Asia, (New Delhi:

Prentice Hall, 2003)

Sharma, V.K. Disaster Management (New Delhi: IIPA, 2009).

Anderson, James E. Public Policy Making: An Introduction,3rd(Boston:HoughtonMifflin5th ed., 2008)

Narayan, B. Disaster Management (A.P.H. PublishinCorporation: New Delhi, 2009)

Princen T.Y. Environmental NGO’s in World Politics,(London: Routledge, 1994)

Satendra and Sharma,V.K. Sustainable Rural Development for DisasterManagement, (New Delhi:

Concept, 2004)

Schnneider, Saundra K Flirting With Disaster: Public Management inCrisis Situations (Armonk, NY: M.E.

Sharpe, l995)

Wamsley, Gary L. and Escalating in a Quagmire: Changing Dynamics

Aaron D. Schroeder of the Emergency Management System, PublicAdministration Review, Vol. 56,

No.3,(May/June 1996): 235-244

MPAO-403: Office Management and Administrative Improvement


Course Title Office Management and Administrative Improvement

Course Credit 06



Course Objectives:

This course attempts to develop an understanding about office procedure & manuals, O&M, PERT along with

use of MIS in office management.

Pedagogy: Class Room Teaching, Research Paper/Assignment, Presentations, Book Reviews &

Seminars.

Course Content

Unit: I

• Office Procedure and Office Manuals: Forms Designing and Control

• Office Communication

• Record Management: Classification, Indexing and Preservation of Records

Unit: II

• O&M approach

• Work Study and Work Management

• Operational Research and Use of ICT

Unit: III

• Programme Evaluation and Review Techniques (PERT) and Critical Path Method (CPM)

• Programme Evaluation and Performance Measurement: New Indicators and Methods

• MBO and Its application

Unit: IV

• Organisational Development and Change

• Total Quality Management

• Re-engineering, Benchmarking and Empowerment

Suggested Readings:

A.N. Aggarwal: Indian Economy, Delhi: Wiley Eastern Ltd. 1987.

A. Ghosh: Indian Economy - its Nature and Problems, Calcutta: The World Press Pvt.

Dutt and Sundharam: Indian Economy, Delhi: S. Chand & Co., 2004.

B.L. Mathur: Economic Policy and Administration (Hindi), Jaipur: RBSA Publishers,

SMSHighway 1990.

Hoshiar Singh &Mohinder Singh - Public Administration In India - Theory and Practice,

NewDelhi: Sterling Pulbishers, 1990.

Mohinder Singh (ed.): Some Aspects of Public Enterprises in India - a Plea for Reforoms,

NewDelhi: Uppal Publishing House, 1993.

V.V. Ramanadhan (ed.), Public Enterprises and Developing World, London: Groom Helm, 1984.

A.H. Hansen: Public Enterprises and Econmic Development, London: Routledge and

Kegan,1972.

LaxmiNarain: Principles and Practice of Public Enterprises Management, New Delhi:

S.Chand&Co.S.C. Kuchhal: The Industrial Economy of India. Agra: Chitanya Pub. House, 1987.

Prahlad Kumar Basu: Public Enterprises: Policy Performance and Professionalism, New

Delhi,Allied 1982

MPAO-404: Research Methodology


Course Title Research Methodology

Course Credit 06


Type of Paper Core

Course Objectives:

The objectives of this paper are (i) to acquaint the students with the advances in the field of Research

Methodology; and (ii) develop research methodological skills for undertaking research in social sciences in

general and in a discipline in particular.


Course Content

Unit: I

• Meaning, Nature and Objectives of Social Research

• Objectivity in Social Research,

• Research Design: Meaning Types and Its Formulation

• Hypothesis, Meaning, Importance, Source and Types, Qualities of Workable Hypothesis,

Difficulties in Formulation of Hypothesis.

Unit:II

• Sampling: Meaning, Merits and Demerits, Types and Procedure of Selecting a Representative

Sample

• Data Collection: Sources of Data Collection, Primary and Secondary

• Techniques of Data Collection, Observation, Interview, Questionnaire and Schedule, Content

Analysis.

Unit: III

• Processing and Analysis of Data: Editing and Coding of Data; Classification and Tabulation of

Data,

• Measures of Central tendency- Mean, Mode and Median; Mean Deviation and Standard

Deviation,

• Co-relation; Chi Square Test.

Unit: IV

• Report Writing

• Project Formulation: Social Welfare: Women, Child, Aged, Weaker Sections, Poor,

Handicapped, Unemployment, Problems of Local Government, Rural and Urban Poverty.

Suggested Readings:

Brent Edward E., Jr. Ronal E. Anderson( 1990), Computer Applications in the Social Sciences, McGraw-

Hill.

Bryman, Alan (2004), Social Research Methods. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Burton,Dawn (Eds.) (2000)Research Training for Social Scientists, Sage Publications, New Delhi,.

Chawla Deepak and NeenaSondhi (2011), Research Methodology- Concepts and Cases, Vikas Publishing,

New Delhi.

Garson G. David(1999), IT and Computer Applications in Public Administration, Idea Group Inc.

Gerber Eller (2013), Public Administration Research Methods- Tools for Evaluation and Evidence based

practices, Routledge, NY.

Goode William J. and Paul K. Hatt (2006), Methods in Social Research, McGraw Hill Book Company,

USA.

Gupta S.P. (2011), Statistical Methods, Sultan Chand and Sons, New Delhi.

Kothari, C.R. and Gaurav Garg (2014), Research Methodology- Methods and Techniques, New Age, New

Delhi.

Locke, L. F., et.al (2007), Proposals that Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals.

New Delhi: Sage.

Loseke, Donileen R. (2013), Methodological Thinking. New Delhi: Sage.

McNabb David E (2013). Research Methods in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management:

Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches, M.E. Sharpe.

Miller Gerald J., Kaifeng Yang(2007) Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, CRC

Press.

Mishra S.K., J.C. Binwal(1991), Computer in Social Science Research, Har- Anand, New Delhi.

White Jay (Eds.)(1994), Research in Public Administration: Reflection on Theory and Practice, Sage

London.

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