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Public Administration (100 Marks)

The document outlines the syllabus for a public administration course covering 12 units: 1) concepts and approaches of public administration, 2) public organization theories, 3) public policy planning and evaluation, 4) budgeting and financial management, 5) managing human resources, 6) administrative law, 7) public management skills, 8) the civil service of Pakistan, 9) provincial and local government organization, 10) governance and administrative reforms, 11) accountability and control in public administration, and 12) the role of public administration in development. It also provides a reading list of 23 relevant textbooks and papers.

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Public Administration (100 Marks)

The document outlines the syllabus for a public administration course covering 12 units: 1) concepts and approaches of public administration, 2) public organization theories, 3) public policy planning and evaluation, 4) budgeting and financial management, 5) managing human resources, 6) administrative law, 7) public management skills, 8) the civil service of Pakistan, 9) provincial and local government organization, 10) governance and administrative reforms, 11) accountability and control in public administration, and 12) the role of public administration in development. It also provides a reading list of 23 relevant textbooks and papers.

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (100 MARKS)

I. Public Administration: Concepts, Approaches and Context Definitions; Role and Scope of
Public Administration in Society; Issues in Public Administration Theory and Practice –
Democracy verses Bureaucracy, Politics versus Administration, Efficiency versus Equity; Core
Values of Public Administration – Rule ofLaw, Efficiency, Equity and Fairness, Responsiveness;
Traditional Public Administration; New Public Management; New Public Service; Governance
Approach to Public Administration; Islamic Concept of Public Administration; Historical roots
of Public administration in Pakistan.

II. Public Organization: Classical and Contemporary Theories and Concepts Bureaucracy;
Scientific Management; The Human Relations; Leadership, Motivation, Network; Governance;
Strategic Management; Public Choice; Administrative Culture; Types of Organizational
Structure; Organization of Federal, Provincial, and Local Government in Pakistan;
Administrative Culture of Pakistan; Inter-governmental Relations at Federal and Provincial level
in Pakistan.

III. Public Policy Planning, Implementation and Evaluation Strategic Planning and
Management; Planning Process; Policy Analysis; Policy Implementation; Program Evaluation;
Planning Machinery; Role of Donors and International Institutions in Public Policy and
Management; Policy making and implementation of Federal Government of Pakistan.

IV. Budgeting and Financial Management :- The Budget as a Policy Tool; The Budget as a
Managerial Tool; Principles of Budgeting, Auditing and Accounting in Government; The Line-
Item Budget; The Performance Budget; Program Budgeting; Zero-Base Budgeting; Outcome-
Based Budgeting. Planning and Budgeting in Pakistan.

V. Managing Human Resources :-Spoil versus Merit System in Public Employment; Personnel
versus Human Resources Management; Close versus Open System of Public Employment;
Functions of Human Resources Management; Challenges of Adopting HRM in Public Sector.

VI. Administrative Law : Meaning, Scope and Significance; Nature and Contents of
Administrative Law, Administrative Ethics, Delegation of authority and Legislation,
Administrative Tribunals;
Administrative Law- Pakistan.

VII. Public Management Skills :- Communication; Decision Making, Conflict Management;


Leading, Administrative Buffering; Managing Change; Managing Diversity; Stress
Management; Delegation; Public Service Motivation; Creativity and Problem Solving; Issues of
Public Management.

VIII. The Civil Service of Pakistan:- Historical Background of Civil Service, The Structure of
civil Service; History of Civil Service Reform; Management of Civil Service; Institutional and
Cultural Context of Civil Service; Role of Civil Service in Good Governance, Gender and Civil
Service.
IX. Organization of Provincial and Local Government :- Governance Structure of Provincial
Administration; Organization of Provincial Secretariat; Organization and Functions of Provincial
Authorities and Agencies and their Relationship with Government Departments; Post-devolution
Local Governance; Organization and Functions of District Government and Administration;
Organization and Structure of City District Government; Issues and Challenges of Local
Governance.

X. Governance and Administrative Reforms :- Theories of Administrative Reforms; Types of


Administrative Reforms, Privatization, Regulation, De-regulation, Decentralization, Business
Re-engineering, Quality Assurance; Administrative Reform in Pakistan.

XI. Public Administration: Accountability & Control:- Bureaucratic Responsiveness;


Representative Bureaucracy; Citizens Engagement in Public Service; Accountability & Control,
The Concept and Approaches to Public Accountability of Public Service; Institutional
Framework for Administrative Accountability; Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control over
Administration, Administrative Corruption; Role of Civil Society in Good Governance, Media,
Interest Groups, Civil Society Organizations; The Situation in Pakistan.

XII. Public Administration and Development :- Role of Public Administration in


Development; Concept of Development Administration; Difference Between Development
Administration and Development Management; Changing Role of Public Administration in
Development, Issues and Challenges in Public Administration- The Pakistan Situation.

SUGGESTED READINGS
1. Public Administration------by--------------Denhardt, R

2. Public Administration – Understanding Management, Politics and Law in the Public


Sector------------David H. Rosenbloom

3. Public Administration----------by------------------------------- Caiden, Gerald. E,

4. Public Administration for the Twenty-First Century----by------------ Cooper et al,

5. Organization Theory for Public Administration--by- Harmon, Michael M. & Mayer.


Richard T

6. Public Administration and Public Affairs--------by-------- Nicholas Henry,

7. Classics of Public Administration-------------by-------------------- Shafritz, J. and Hyde,

8. Public Administration Dictionary--------by-------------------- Candler, R. & Plano, J


9. Reinventing Government-----------by---------------------- Osbourne, D. and Gaebler, I.

10. Bureaucracy, Basic Books-----------by-------------------------- Wilson, J. Q.,

11. Evolution of Pakistan’s Administration System----by-------Braibanti, Ralph

12. Human Development in South Asia: The Crises of Governance-by-


Khadija Mahbub-ul-Haque

13. Bureaucracy in Pakistan----------by-----------------------Kennedy, Charles H.,

14. Public Administration and Law-----------------Beckett, Julia & Koenig Heidi O.

15. Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective-----by--------Heady, Ferrel

16. Public Administration and Public Management: The Principle Agent Perspective------
------------------ Lane, Jan-Erik

17. Governance: South Asian Perspective----by------------------- Hasnat Abdul Hye

18. Governance, Economic Policy and Reform in Pakistan--by------------Abdus Samad

19. Government and Administration in Pakistan----by-------- Jameelur Rehman Khan

20. Public Administration: with special reference to Pakistan-by ------- Sultan Khan

21. Public Administration in India-----by----------------------------- Hoshiar Singh

22. Public Administration in Asia Vol. I & II-----by-------Kalyanaraman Srinivasan

23. Organizational Theory and the Public Sector--by--------------------------------------------


---Christensen, T., Laegreid, P., Roness, P. and Rovik, K

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