Changing Profile of Development Administration
The era of 1960s is considered as an era of “state led development”. It was in this era that the concept of “development administration” emerged. Earlier public administration was criticized for its...
View ArticleAnti-Development Thesis Or Counter-Development Thesis
This is also called Counterdevelopment Thesis (CDT). The origin of this thesis lies in the frustration of the failure of “trickle down” theory of 1960s and 1970s regarding economic development. This...
View ArticleImpact of Liberalization on Administration in Developing Countries
Liberalisation means relaxation of government controls in the spheres of economic and social policy. It has come to be equated with commitment to market orientation of the economy, deregulation,...
View ArticleSignificance of Public Policy in Public Administration
Policy can be defined as planned action of an entity whether individual, or a public or private institution to achieve a specific objective within the context of an environment. Policy formulation is...
View ArticleImplementation of Public Policy
The success of government in achieving the developmental goals can be measured only by the implementation of public policies. Policy implementation is one of the most important features which reflects...
View ArticleMonitoring of Public Policy
The concept of public policy, various models to formulate them, various implementation techniques and the problems associated with them have been studied in the previous chapters. In this chapter...
View ArticleNetwork Analysis - PERT AND CPM
Network Analysis offers the various techniques for project management. These techniques are the extensions of the traditionally used Gantt charts which are also used for the same purpose. They help to...
View ArticleMODELS OF POLICY MAKING AND THEIR CRITIQUE
In public policy, models constitute frameworks through which the problems faced and processes involved in the making of public policies are analysed. Some of the models proposed by the social...
View ArticleQuit India Movement
The failure of the Cripps Mission pushed the country into anger and lost hopes. The fuel that fed this fire was supplied not only by the hypocrisy of the British government, but also by a host of other...
View ArticleConceptualisation and Planning of Public Policy
Policy is mainly the progressing course of action without action it is mere a wish. The policy making process does not end when a policy is approved or launched. It is a continuous process. Anderson...
View ArticleTOWARDS PARTITION AND INDEPENDENCE
(a) Direct Action Day (August 16, 1946)The Muslim League now took a course of action which had no parallel in the recorded history of India. The Direction Action Day, fixed for August 16, was an...
View ArticleZERO BASED BUDGETING
Zero Based Budgeting was developed by Peter A. Phyrr in the Multinational T-x Texas Instruments. Later on, it was Jimmy Carter who adopted it for the first time in Government. This technique of...
View ArticleRise of Muslim Communalism and Partition of India
Centuries before the British rule in India, the Hindus and Muslims had lived together without any bitterness and the century’s long cordial interactions and inter-relations between the two communities...
View ArticleINDIAN INDEPENDENCE ACT
The Indian Independence Act passed by the British Parliament in July 1947 provided the legal provision for the transfer of power. Its provisions were : Setting up of ‘two independent Dominions... to be...
View ArticleReorganisation of States
The British rulers in India had formed the provinces from time to time on ground of expediency. After the merger of states, a number of new administrative units were created. Therefore, there was an...
View ArticleMary Parker Follet
Mary Parker Follet occupies a prominent place in the community of thinkers on administrative thoughts though she is less known in comparison to other thinkers. She initiated studies on industrial...
View ArticleA Click for Cleaner & Safer India
India is one of the fastest developing countries in the world with a population of 1.2 Billion (as per census 2011), still we lack behind in lots of things which are often ignored by the people like...
View ArticleThe power of voice to clean India
Have you ever seen hollywood movies? I am sure you would have loved the background views of new york city, paris and other places shown in them and would love to vist them.if you get a chance. Do you...
View ArticleWe Walk... #Together
Having a true companion in your life is a Blessing, which I pray everyone to get but not all people are that lucky. Please spend a lot of time in finding their true love, some are able to find it......
View ArticleTake Risks - Move Ahead - #StartANewLife
In this world everything keeps on changing... Day changes to night, winters changes to summers, hot changes to cold and what not. People who don't love change always live in fear... Fear of taking...
View ArticleHope, small steps and the Goal
Everyone have their own problems in life, everyone have their own goals to achieve. Everybody is tensed with the ongoing situations, everybody wants to do something more to make their loved ones...
View ArticleRice, Noodles and Seafood – #FarMoreSingapore
Singapore is one small country with variety of food cuisine. On my stay last month I got the chance to stay in one of the best places to visit for a foodie like me – Singapore, where people eat more...
View ArticlePOLITICS - ADMINISTRATION DICHOTOMY
Earlier scholars took the view that Public Administration deals only with Implementation of policies and not with policy formation. The argued that since policy formulations was a political exercise,...
View ArticleDifference Between Administration And Management
Traditionally, there have been two bases of distinction between the terms administration and management: 1) The classical distinction, where the term 'administration' is used for the government and...
View ArticleNeed of Differentiating Public Administration from Political Science
Basically, to establish Public Administration as a separate discipline, Woodrow Wilson and many other scholars in later 19th century started giving argument that the background and the role of Public...
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