Tag: Politics

The purpose of this course is to provide a basic foundational knowledge of public administration and management. The course intends aiming to familiarize the students with the concepts, theories and emerging trends of public administration and management. It also aims at encouraging the students to apply the methods used by the administrator/managers in the changed context.

Course Contents

Unit 1: Introduction to Public Administration (LH 16)

• Evolution, concept and scope of public administration
• Politics and administration: Politics – administration dichotomy, representative government and bureaucracy, bureaucratizing democracy
• Public administration as a multi-disciplinary approaches: political, managerial and legal approaches to public administration
• Principles of public administration
• New public administration
• New public management (NPM)
• Governance
• Postmodern in public administration

Unit 2: Management and Organization Theory (LH 10)

• The origins of public management
• Organization Theory: Classical approaches (scientific management, organization and management; and bureaucratic theory), neo-classical approach (human relations and behavioral approach, structural organization theory) and system theory
• Techniques in public administration (decision making cycle and process, coordination in organization)

Unit 3: Intergovernmental Relations (LH 8)

• The evolution of federalism
• The structure of intergovernmental relations and management
• Dynamism federalism

Unit 4: Machinery of Government (LH 6)

• Concept of machinery of government
• Federal, sub-national (state) and local government machinery

Unit 5: Administration in Comparative Perspective (LH 8)

• Political culture and public administration
• Personnel practice in comparative perspective
• Budget practice in comparative perspective
• Policy making in comparative perspective

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