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OAS Public Administration Optional Syllabus

Paper-I

Administrative Theory

Section-A

1. Basic Concepts : Meaning, Scope and Significance of Public Administration;

Public and Private Administration; Evolution of the discipline; New Public

Administration; Public Choice Approach; State versus Market; New Public

Management Perspective; Good Governance.

2. Principles and Theories of Organisation : Hierarchy, Unity of Command, Spa

of Control, Authority and Responsibility, Coordination, Supervision,

Centralisation and Decentralisation, Delegation; Classical Theory, Scientific

Management Theory, Bureaucratic Theory, Human Relations Theory,

Behavioural Approach, Systems Approach.

3. Structure of Public Organisations : Chief Executives – types, functions; Forms

of Public Organisations – Ministries and Departments, Corporations, Companies,

Boards, Commissions; Headquarters and Field Relationship; Line and Staff.

4. Administrative Behaviour : Leadership, Policy Formulation, Decision Making,

Communication, Motivation, Morale.

5. Accountability and Control: Concepts; Legislative, Executive and Judicial

Control; Citizen and Administration; Civil Society, People’s Participation, Right

to Information; Corruption in Administration, Machinery for redressal of

Citizens’ grievances, Citizens’ Charter.

Section – B

6. Administrative Law and Administrative Reforms : Delegated Legislation;

Administrative Adjudication; Administrative Reforms – Process, Techniques, O

& M, Work study, Work management, Information Technology.;

7. Comparative Public Administration and Development Administration :

Comparative Public Administration – Meaning, Nature, Scope; Models –

Bureaucratic and Ecological; Development Administration – Meaning, Nature

and Scope; Bureaucracy and Development; Development Administration and

Administrative Development.

8. Public Policy: Relevance of Public Policy; Process of Policy Formulation; Policy

Implementation; Evaluation.

9. Personnel Administration : Objectives; Recruitment, Training, Position

Classification, Performance Appraisal, Promotion, Pay and Service Conditions,

Employer-employee relations, Grievance redressal mechanisms, Integrity; Code

of Conduct.

10. Financial Administration: Budget – Concepts, Forms, Formulation, Execution;

Performance Budgeting; Accounts; Audit.

Paper – II

Section – A

1. Evolution of Indian Administration : Ancient Period, Medieval Period, Modern

Period up to 1947.

2. Constitutional Framework : Preamble, Salient Features of Indian Constitution,

Federalism, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy.

3. Central Administration in India : President; Prime Minister, Council of

Ministers; Central Secretariat; Cabinet Secretariat; Prime Minister’s Office;

Ministries and Departments, Advisory Bodies, Boards and Commissions, Field

Organisations, Planning Commission, Finance Commission, Election

Commission.

4. State Administration with special reference to Odisha: Governor, Chief

Minister, Secretariat, Chief Secretary, Directorate, District Administration, Block

Administration.

5. Local Government : Evolution; 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments; Rural

and Urban Local Governments in Odisha – Structures, Functions, Finances,

Problems and Prospects; Major Rural and Urban Development Programmes and

their management.

Section – B

6. Public Services : All India Services – Constitutional Provision, Role, Functions;

Central Services – Nature, Functions; Recruitment, Training, Promotion, Union

Public Service Commission; State Services; Odisha Public Service Commission.

7. Control of Public Expenditure: Parliamentary Control, Estimates Committee,

Public Accounts Committee, Committee on Public Undertakings, Comptroller and

Auditor General of India, Ministry of Finance.

8. Machinery of Planning : Planning Commission – Composition, Functions, Role;

National Development Council; Planning Process – National Planning, State

Planning, District Planning.

9. Welfare Administration : Human Rights – National Human Rights Commission;

Odisha Human Rights Commission; Machinery for Welfare administration at the

National and State levels, Central Social Welfare Board and State Social Welfare

Boards, Special organizations for the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and

Scheduled Tribes, Welfare Programmes for Women and Children.

10. Major Issues in Indian Administration: Centre-State Relations; Political and

Permanent Executive Relations; Administrative Culture and Ethics; Corruption in

Indian Administration – Lok Pal and Lok Ayuktas; Environmental Issues –

Disaster Management; Criminalisation of Politics and Administration; New

Economic Policy and Public Undertakings; IT and Indian Administration.

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