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[Download] Public Administration Mains: IGNOU BA/MA (Noregistration, fullsets), Toppers Notes (Neeraj, Om, Kshitij), Last 34years paper (1979-2012)

1. Prologue

2. Essential (Free) softwares and instructions

3. Download links

4. Index of B.A. Public Administration

1. BPAE-102 Indian Administration

2. EPA-01 Administrative Theory

3. EPA-03 Development Administration

4. EPA-04 Personnel Administration

5. EPA-05 Financial Administration

6. EPA-06 Public Policy

5. Index of M.A. Public Administration

1. MPA-011 State, Society and Public Administration

2. MPA-012 Administrative Theory

3. MPA-013 Public Systems Management

4. MPA-014 Human Resource Management

5. MPA-015 Public Policy and Analysis

6. MPA-016 Decentralisation and Local Governance

7. MPA-017 Electronic Governance

8. MPA-018 Disaster Management

9. MPS-003 India Democracy and Development

6. Syllabus PubAd Paper 1 (Theory)

7. Syllabus PubAd Paper 2 (Indian Administration)

Index of B.A. Public Administration

BPAE-102 Indian Administration

1. Administrative System at the Advent of British Rule

2. British Administration- 1757-1858

3. Reforms in British Administration- 1858 to 1919

4. Administrative System under 1935 Act

5. Continuity and Change in Indian Administration- Post 1947

6. Constitutional Framework

7. Central Secretariat- Organisation and Functions

8. Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Secretariat

9. Union Public Service Commission-Selection Commission

10. Planning Process

11. All India and Central Services

12. Constitutional Profile of State Administration

13. State Secretariat- Organisation and Functions

14. Patterns of Relationship Between the Secretariat and Directorates

15. State Services and Public Service Commission

16. Field Administration

17. District Collector

18. Police Administration

19. Municipal Administration

20. Panckayati Raj

21. Socio-Cultural Factors and Administration

22. Redressal of Public Grievances

23. Administrative Tribunals

24. Judicial Administration

25. Centre- State Administrative Relationship

26. Decentralisation Debate

27. Relationship Between Political and Permanent Executives

28. Pressure Groups

29. Generalists and Specialists

30. Administrative Reforms

EPA-01 Administrative Theory

1. Public Administration – Meaning and Scope

2. Importance of Public Administration

3. Public Administration and other Social Sciences

4. Evolution of Public Administration

5. Comparative Public Administration

6. Development Administration

7. New Public Administration

8. Classical Approach-Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick

9. Scientific Management-F.W. Taylor

10. Human Relations Approach-Elton Mayo

11. System Approach-Chester Barnard

12. Behavioural Approach-Herbert Simon

13. Social Psychological Approach-Douglas McGregor and Abraham Maslow

14. Ecological Approach-Fred. W. Riggs

15. Meaning of Bureaucracy

16. Max Weber

17. Karl Marx

18. Representative Bureaucracy

19. Issues in Bureaucracy

20. Formal and Informal Organisations

21. Division of Work and Coordination

22. Hierarchy

23. Span of Control

24. Unity of Command

25. Centralisation and Decentralisation

26. Delegation

27. Supervision

28. Communication

29. Administrative Planning

30. Authority and Responsibility

31. Leadership

32. Chief Executive

33. Line Agencies

34. Staff and Auxiliary Agencies

35. Budgeting

36. Accountability

37. Citizen and Administration

38. Organisational Effectiveness

39. Administrative Theory-An Evaluation

EPA-03 Development Administration

1. Development Administration – Concept and Meaning

2. Scope and Significance

3. Evolution

4. Growth of Development Administration

5. Indias Socio-economjc Profile at Independence

6. Mixed Economy Model and hs Rationale and Significance

7. Role of Planning

8. Goals of Development

9. Planning Commission and National Development Council

10. State Planning Machinery

11. District Planning

12. Grass Roots Planning

13. Role of Bureaucracy

14. Colonial Heritage of Indian Bureaucracy

15. Social Background of Indian Bureaucracy

16. Neutral vs Committed Bureaucracy

17. Bureaucrats and Politicians and their Relationship

18. Enhancing Bureaucratic Capability

19. Concept of Democratic Decentralisation

20. Evolution and Role of Panchayati Raj

21. Emerging Patterns of Panchayati Raj

22. Problems and Prospects of Panchayati Raj

23. Role of Voluntary Agencies

24. Co-operatives and Development

25. Specialised Agencies for Development

26. Evolution and Expansion of Public Sector

27. Forms of Public Enterprise

28. Role of Development Corporations

29. Administrative Problems of Public Sector

EPA-04 Personnel Administration

1. Concept, Nature and Scope of Personnel Administration

2. Functions and Significance of Personnel Administration

3. Public Services and their Role in Administrative System

4. Characteristics of Public Personnel Administration in India

5. Civil Service in the Context of Modern Bureaucracy

6. Bases of Bureaucracy

7. Development of Public Services in India

8. Classification of Services (Cadres)

9. Generalists and Specialists

10. Personnel-UPSC-SPSC-SSC

11. Central and State Training Institutes

12. Administrative Tribunals

13. Career Planning and Development

14. Personnel Policy

15. Recruitment (Reservation in Services)

16. Promotion

17. Training

18. Performance Appraisal

19. Salary Administration (Including Incentives & Other Benefits)

20. Conduct and Discipline

21. Administrative Ethics and Integrity in Civil Services

22. Employee Unions

23. Joint Consultative Machinery

24. Rights Of Public Servants

25. Motivation And Morale

EPA-05 Financial Administration

1. Nature and Scope of Financial Administration

2. Objectives and Principles of Financial Administration

3. Mixed Economy

4. Centre-State Financial Relations-I

5. Centre-State Financial Relations-II

6. Fiscal Policy, Equity and Social Justice

7. Government Budgeting – Principles and Functions

8. Indian Budgetary System

9. Classification of Government Expenditure

10. Public Expenditure- Theories and Growth

11. Performance Budgeting

12. Zero Base Budgeting

13. Sources of Revenue – Tax and Non-Tax

14. Deficit Financing

15. Public Debt Management and Role of Reserve Bank of India

16. Financial Appraisal

17. Economic and Social Appraisal

18. Legislative Control

19. System of Financial Committees

20. Executive Control

21. Accounting System in India

22. Auditing System in India

23. Role of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)

24. Financial Administration of Public Enterprises

25. Financial Autonomy and Accountability of Public Enterprises

26. Financial Administration of Urban Governments

27. Financial Administration of Rural Governments

EPA-06 Public Policy

1. Public Policy – Meaning And Nature

2. Policy Cycle – Constraints in Policy Making

3. Contextual Setting of Public Policy Making

4. Importance of Public Policy Study – Modern Context

5. Emerging Discipline of Policy Sciences

6. Inter-Govermental Relations

7. Role of Political Executive

8. Role of Bureaucracy

9. Role of Legislature

10. Role of judiciary

11. Interaction Amongst Various Organs

12. Case Study of The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976-I

13. Case Study of The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976-II

14. Interest Groups and Policy-Making

15. Political Parties and Policy- Making

16. Mass Media

17. Socail Movements

18. International Agencies

19. Role of Governmental Agencies in Policy Implementation-I

20. Role of Government Agencies in Policy Implementation-II

21. Role of Non-governmental Agencies in Policy Implementation

22. Policy Implementation Problems

23. Land Reforms

24. Anti-poverty Programmes

25. Industrial Policy

26. Panchayati Raj (Rural Development)

27. Policy Impact and Evaluation

28. Policy Making Approaches and Models of Policy Analysis

29. Policy Analysis- An Overview

Index of M.A. Public Administration

MPA-011 State, Society and Public Administration

1. Nature of State

2. Relationship among State, Society and Public Administration

3. Changing Role of the State- Issues and Challenges

4. Liberal and Marxist Perspective of the State

5. Neo-liberal Perspective

6. Gandhian Perspective

7. Interface between Citizens and Administration

8. Democratic Peoples Struggle- Case Studies

9. Changing Norms of Social Equity, Participation, Flexibility and Autonomy

10. Social Participation- Issues of Gender, Weaker Sections and Environment

11. Changing Nature of Indian State

12. Role of Bureaucracy in Policy Formulation, Implementation and Analysis

13. Contemporary Context of Indian Bureaucracy

14. Impact of Globalisation on Administration

15. Challenges to Traditional Bureaucratic Paradigm

16. Emerging Concepts- New Public Management, Reinventing Government and Business ProcessReengineering

17. Concept of Good Governance

18. Governmental Institutions- Towards Reforms

19. Growing Role of Civil Society Organisations

20. Redefinition of Conflict Resolution

21. Ethical Concerns in Public Administration

MPA-012 Administrative Theory

1. Public Administration – Meaning, Nature and Scope and Importance

2. Nature and Typologies of Organisation

3. Development and Growth of Administrative Theories

4. Scientific Management Approach

5. Administrative Management Approach

6. Max Webers Theory of Bureaucracy

7. Critique of Bureaucracy

8. Human Relations Approach

9. Views of Herbert A. Simon on Decisoin-Making in an Organisation

10. Organisational Structure, Processes and Functioning

11. Socio-Psychological Approach- Views of Chris Argyris

12. Socio-Psychological Approach- Views of Abraham Maslow and Frederick Herzberg

13. Socio-Psychological Approach- Views of Doughlas Mcgregor and Victor Vroom

14. Open and Cooperative Systems

15. Systems Approach- Views of David Easton and Chester Barnard

16. Concept of Learning Organisation

17. New Organisational Culture

18. New Public Administration

19. Perspective of Public Choice

20. Pertinence of Critical Theory

21. New Public Management Perspective

22. State of Administrative Theory in 21st Century

MPA-013 Public Systems Management

1. Public Systems Management- Concept, Nature, Scope and Characteristics

2. Distinctiveness of Public Systems Management

3. Public Systems Management- Constitutional Context

4. Public Systems Management- Political Context

5. Public Systems Management- Socio-economic Context

6. New Technologies and Public Systems Management

7. Concept of Governance- An Introduction

8. Governance- Role of Bureaucracy and Political Executive

9. Governance- Role of the Legislature and the Judiciary

10. Inter-governmental Relations in the Process of Governance

11. Financial Management

12. Materials-Logistics Management

13. Strategic Management

14. Key Management Tools

15. Management Information System

16. Work Measurement

17. Selective Market Techniques

18. Future Designing Techniques

19. Accountability

20. Responsiveness in Public System Management

21. Transparency and Right to Information

22. Networking and Inter-institutional Coordination in Governance

23. Reforms and Change Management

24. Empowerment

25. Continuity and Change in Public Systems Management

MPA-014 Human Resource Management

1. Human Resource Management- Meaning, Nature, Scope and Significance

2. Strategic Human Resource Management

3. Human Resource Planning and Strategy

4. Job Analysis and Job Design

5. Recruitment, Selection, Appointment and Promotion

6. Performance Appraisal

7. Remuneration and Salary System

8. Rewards and Incentive Management

9. Employee Benefits

10. Training and Development

11. Redeployment and Reskilling

12. Learning and Development

13. Management Development

14. Employee Capacity Building Strategies

15. Total Quality Management

16. Employee Health and Safety

17. Human Resource Management and Employment Involvement

18. Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations

19. Discipline and Grievances

20. Assessing Human Resource Management Effectiveness

21. Human Resource Audit

22. Managing Change at the Work Place

23. Stress Management

MPA-015 Public Policy and Analysis

1. Understanding Public Policy

2. The Policy Cycle

3. Models of Public Policy

4. Importance of Public Policy- Contemporary Context

5. Policy Sciences

6. Role of Inter-Governmental Relations in Policy-Making

7. Role of Planning Commission and National Development Council in Policy Formulation

8. Role of Cabinet Secretariat and Prime Ministers Office in Policy-Making

9. Role of Civil Society Organisations in Policy-Making

10. Role of International Agencies in Policy-Making

11. Constraints in Public Policy Formulation

12. Public Policy- Implementation System and Models

13. Role of Various Agencies in Policy Implementation

14. Policy Implementation Problems

15. Monitoring of Public Policy-I

16. Monitoring of Public Policy-II

17. Understanding Policy Evaluation

18. Ascertaining Policy Impact

19. Policy Analysis

20. Policy Analysis- Methods and Techniques-I

21. Policy Analysis- Methods and Techniques-II

22. Policy Analysis- Optimisation Studies

23. Disinvestment Policy- A Case Study of India

24. Telecom Policy- A Case Study of India

MPA-016 Decentralisation and Local Governance

1. Concept, Evolution and Significance of Democratic Decentralisation

2. Contextual Dimensions of Democratic Decentralisation-1- Political, Constitutional and Administrative

3. Contextual Dimensions of Democratic Decentralisation-2- Social, Economic and Geographical

4. Understanding Decentralisation in Contemporary Settings

5. Components of Decentralised Development – I- Empowerment

6. Components of Decentralised Development – II- Socioeconomic and Politico-administrative

7. Components of Decentralised Development – III Equal Distribution of Benefits of Development

8. Partnership Among Different Levels of Government – I- Union and State Governments

9. Partnership Among Different Levels of Government – II- Local Authorities and Special Purpose Agencies

10. Partnership Between Local Government and Non-State Agencies-Actors

11. Impact of Decentralised Development

12. Evolution of Local Governance (Before 73rd & 74th) Amendment

13. Features Of 73rd and 74th constitutional Amendment

14. Organisational Structure of Rural Local Bodies

15. Organisational Structure of Urban Local Bodies

16. Intra-Local Government Relationship-I– Rural

17. Intra-Local Government Relationship- II- Urban

18. Development Planning- Nature and Scope

19. Micro Level Plans- Formulation and Implementation

20. Structural Reforms- Resources, Finances, Powers and Functions

21. Capacity Building of Grassroots Functionaries

22. Sustainable Development and Challenges to Decentralised Governance

23. Decentralisation- The Road Ahead

MPA-017 Electronic Governance

1. E-Governance- Concept and Significance

2. Information and Communication Technology- Concept and Components

3. ICTs- Roles and Applications

4. Role of ICT in Administration

5. Administrative Organisation Culture- Towards ICT Based Reforms

6. Role of ICT in Rural Development

7. Panchayati Raj Institutions- Improving Self- Governance Through ICT

8. E-Learning- Role of ICT in Education and Training

9. E-Commerce

10. Delivery of Citizen Services- Role of ICT

11. ICT in Indian Railways

12. Saukaryam- ICT Project in Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Andhra Pradesh

13. E-Seva- ICT Project in Self-Help in Andhra Pradesh

14. Information Policy- Right to Information Act 2005

15. ICT Implementation in Governance- Issues and Challenges

MPA-018 Disaster Management

1. Meaning and Classification of Disasters

2. Disaster Management Cycle

3. Disaster Management – Recent Trends

4. Disaster Preparedness- Indian Context

5. Disaster Prevention

6. Vulnerability Analysis and Risk Assessment

7. Resource Analysis and Mobilisation

8. Disaster Mitigation

9. Community Based Disaster Management

10. Search, Rescue and Evacuation

11. Temporary Shelter, Warehousing And Stockpiling

12. Distribution of Relief Material

13. Emergency Operation Centers

14. Damage Assessment

15. Rehabilitation and Reconstruction

16. Disasters and Development

17. First Responders

18. Disaster Manager

19. Disaster Management Strategies

MPS-003 India Democracy and Development

(It is a common course offered under IGNOU’s MA Socio and MA PubAD programs, and provides lot of useful foddermaterial for General studies and both optionals.)

1. National Movement

2. Development Models

3. Constitution And Social Transformation

4. Diversity

5. Inequality

6. Political Economy

7. Economy-Structure And Growth

8. Legislature

9. Bureaucracy, Police, Army

10. Judiciary

11. Federalism

12. Self Government

13. Political Parties

14. Workers And Peasents

15. Media

16. Interest Groups

17. Caste, Regligion, Language

18. Civil Society

19. Human Development

20. Gender

21. Regional Imbalances

22. Migration

23. Environment

24. Economic Reforms

25. Religious Politics

26. Ethnicity

27. Democracy And Development-Assessment

Syllabus PubAd Paper 1 (Theory)1. Introduction:

1. Meaning, scope and significance of Public Administration

2. Wilson’s vision of Public Administration

3. Evolution of the discipline and its present status

4. New Public Administration

5. Public Choice approach

6. Challenges of liberalization, Privatisation, Globalisation

7. Good Governance: concept and application

8. New Public Management.

2. Administrative Thought:

1. Scientific Management and Scientific Management movement

2. Classical Theory

3. Weber’s bureaucratic model – its critique and post-Weberian Developments

4. Dynamic Administration (Mary Parker Follett)

5. Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others)

6. Functions of the Executive (C.I. Barnard)

7. Simon’s decision-making theory

8. Participative Management (R. Likert, C. Argyris, D. McGregor).

3. Administrative Behaviour:

1. Process and techniques of decision-making

2. Communication

3. Morale

4. Motivation Theories – content, process and contemporary

5. Theories of Leadership: Traditional and Modern.

4. Organisations:

1. Theories – systems, contingency

2. Structure and forms: Ministries and Departments, Corporations, Companies,

3. Boards and Commissions

4. Ad hoc and advisory bodies

5. Headquarters and Field relationships

6. Regulatory

7. Authorities

8. Public – Private Partnerships.

5. Accountability and control:

1. Concepts of accountability and control

2. Legislative, Executive and Judicial control over administration

3. Citizen and Administration

4. Role of media, interest groups, voluntary organizations

5. Civil society

6. Citizen’s Charters

7. Right to Information

8. Social audit.

6. Administrative Law:

1. Meaning, scope and significance

2. Dicey on Administrative law

3. Delegated legislation

4. Administrative Tribunals.

7. Comparative Public Administration: (CPA)

1. Historical and sociological factors affecting administrative systems

2. Administration and politics in different countries

3. Current status of Comparative Public Administration

4. Ecology and administration

5. Riggsian models and their critique.

8. Development Dynamics: (DA)

1. Concept of development

2. Changing profile of development administration

3. ‘Antidevelopment thesis’

4. Bureaucracy and development

5. Strong state versus the market debate

6. Impact of liberalisation on administration in developing countries

7. Women and development – the self-help group movement.

9. Personnel Administration:

1. Importance of human resource development

2. Recruitment, training, career advancement, position

3. classification, discipline, performance appraisal, promotion, pay and service conditions

4. employer-employee relations, grievance redressal mechanism

5. Code of conduct

6. Administrative ethics.

10. Public Policy:

1. Models of policy-making and their critique

2. Processes of conceptualisation, planning, implementation,

3. monitoring, evaluation and review and their limitations

4. State theories and public policy formulation.

11. Techniques of Administrative Improvement:

1. Organisation and methods, Work study and work management

2. e-governance and information technology

3. Management aid tools like network analysis, MIS, PERT, CPM.

12. Financial Administration:

1. Monetary and fiscal policies

2. Public borrowings and public debt Budgets – types and forms

3. Budgetary process

4. Financial accountability

5. Accounts and audit.

Syllabus PubAd Paper 2 (Indian Administration)

1. Evolution of Indian Administration:

1. Kautilya’s Arthashastra

2. Mughal administration

3. Legacy of British rule in politics and administration.

4. Indianization of public services

5. revenue administration

6. district administration

7. Local self-government.

2. Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government:

1. Salient features and value premises

2. Constitutionalism

3. Political culture

4. Bureaucracy and democracy

5. Bureaucracy and development.

3. Public Sector Undertakings:

1. Public sector in modern India

2. Forms of Public Sector Undertakings

3. Problems of autonomy, accountability and control

4. Impact of liberalization and privatization.

4. Union Government and Administration:

1. structure, functions, work processes (and Recent trends) of

1. Executive

2. Parliament

3. Judiciary

2. Intragovernmental relations

3. Cabinet Secretariat

4. Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)

5. Central Secretariat

6. Ministries and Departments

7. Boards Commissions

8. Attached offices

9. Field organizations.

5. Plans and Priorities:

1. Machinery of planning

2. Role, composition and functions of the

1. Planning Commission

2. National Development Council

3. ‘Indicative’ planning

4. Process of plan formulation at Union and State levels

5. Constitutional Amendments (1992) and decentralized planning for economic development and socialjustice.

6. State Government and Administration:

1. Union-State relations

1. administrative

2. legislative

3. financial relations

2. Role of the Finance Commission

3. Governor

4. Chief Minister

5. Council of Ministers

6. Chief Secretary

7. State Secretariat

8. Directorates.

7. District Administration since Independence:

1. Changing role of the Collector

2. Unionstate-local relations

3. Imperatives of development management

4. law and order administration

5. District administration

6. democratic decentralization.

8. Civil Services:

1. Constitutional position

2. Structure, recruitment, training and capacity-building

3. Good governance initiatives

4. Code of conduct and discipline

5. Staff associations

6. Political rights

7. Grievance redressal mechanism

8. Civil service neutrality

9. Civil service activism.

9. Financial Management:

1. Budget as a political instrument

2. Parliamentary control of public expenditure

3. Role of finance ministry in monetary and fiscal area

4. Accounting techniques

5. Audit

6. Role of Controller General of Accounts

7. Role of Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

10. Administrative Reforms since Independence:

1. Major concerns

2. Important Committees and Commissions

3. Reforms in financial management and human resource development

4. Problems of implementation.

11. Rural Development:

1. Institutions and agencies since independence

2. Rural development programmes: foci and strategies

3. Decentralization and Panchayati Raj

4. 73rd Constitutional amendment.

12. Urban Local Government:

1. Municipal governance: main features, structures, finance and problem areas

2. 74th Constitutional Amendment

3. Globallocal debate

4. New localism

5. Development dynamics, politics and administration with special reference to city management.

13. Law and Order Administration:

1. British legacy

2. National Police Commission

3. Investigative agencies

4. Role of central and state agencies including paramilitary forces in maintenance of law and order andcountering insurgency and terrorism

5. Criminalisation of politics and administration (lolz)

6. Police-public relations

7. Reforms in Police.

14. Significant issues in Indian Administration:

1. Values in public service

2. Regulatory Commissions

3. National Human Rights Commission

4. Problems of administration in coalition regimes

5. Citizen-administration interface

6. Corruption and administration

7. Disaster management.

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