Public Administration

for Competitive Exams

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 SARFRAZ HUSSAIN ANSARI (CSP)
34th Common- PA&AS
Director Finance-PAEC
– MBA (IF) - UIBE Business School, Beijing
– Master of Public Administration (PF) - QAU Islamabad
– Fellow Pakistan Institute of Public Finance &
Accountancy
– SAP-FI Certified, Certified Performance Auditor

Visiting Faculty: School of Management Sciences-QAU

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Public Administration
Introduction
CSS Syllabus
Public Admin. as a Subject
Trends in CSS Papers
Past Papers of Public Admin.
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 Public Administration
• The subject deals with the state, society and
government…
• It outlines structures, functions and competing
forces that interplay in the conduct of business of
the state and government
• It prepares students for civil service
• It highlights role of LAW in the public setting
• Some modern concepts and dynamics are also
discussed.
• To study government is to study
the exercise of authority.
(Heywood, 1997)

• Government is closely related to

Governance Public
Managing Human & Administrative The Civil Service Administration:
Resources of the Reforms in of Pakistan Accountability &
Country Pakistan Control

Organization of
Reforming
federal, Provincial Public
Public Public
and Local Administration &
Management Skills Corporations &
Governments in Development
Privatization
Pakistan
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 Public Administration
Concepts; Classical & Public Public Policy
Approaches; and Contemporary Organization: B Planning,
Context: Theories and Implementation
A+ concepts:A+ What is and Evaluation:
• Definitions Organization? A
• Nature & Scope Classical School
Types of
Thoughts: • Strategic
• Politics Vs • Scientific
Organizations.
Planning and
Administration Management management
• Bureaucracy Vs • Bureaucratic Organization of
Democracy Administration Federal, Provincial • Planning
• Contemporary and Local Process;
• Public Administration Thoughts: Government in
& Business • Human Relations Pakistan. • Planning
Administration • Behavioral Machinery in
Approach Pakistan
Inter-
• NPM
• NPS Governmental
Relations.
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 Public Administration
Budgeting & Public
The Civil Service
Managing Human Financial Management
of Pakistan.A
Resources: Management:A+ Skills: A
B+
• Historical
• Budget
Background.
• Decision Making
System of Public • Budget Making • Conflict
• The Structure of
Employment Process. Management
Civil Service.
• Leadership &
• Functions of • Approaches to Motivation
• Management of
HRM Public Budgeting. • Change
Civil Service.
Management
• Challenges of • Government • Managing
• Civil Service
Adopting HRM in Auditing & Diversity
Reforms in
Public Sector in Accounting Systems • Stress
Pakistan
Pakistan management

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 Public Administration
• Public Public
Accountability: B+ Administration
and
• Institutional and Development:A
Structural Context
of Public
Accountability. • Development
Administration
• Administrative
Accountability.
• Privatization
• Parliamentary
Accountability and
Judicial Control over
Bureaucracy

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 Recommended Readings
• Public Administration: Understanding
Management, Politics and Law in the Public
Sector By David H Rosenblome
– (four relevant chapters’ photocopy available in
NOA Islamabad= 1, 4,5,12)
• Public Administration By Robert B Denhardt
– (four relevant chapters’ photocopy available in
NOA Islamabad=1, )
• Public Administration By Dr Liaqat Ali Niazi
 Advice
• Smart but quality readings
• Improve your vocabulary of Public Admin.
• Two hours reading daily for fifteen days
• Make detailed notes of only those questions
which are repeated in CSS past papers
• Make smart notes with heading and
subheading for ready reference.
• Questions