Public Administration Concepts, Approaches and Context
Definitions; Role and Scope of Public Adm in Society; Issues in Public
Adm Theory and Practice: Democracy versus Bureaucracy, Politics versus
Adm, Efficiency versus Equity; Core Values of Public Adm: Rule of
Law, Efficiency, Equity and Fairness, Responsiveness; Traditional Public
Adm; New Public Management; New Public Service; Governance Approach
to Public Adm; Islamic Concept of Public Adm; Historical roots of
Public admin in Pakistan.
II. Public Adm: Classical and Contemporary Theories and
Concepts
Bureaucracy; Scientific Management; Human Relations Approach; Leadership,
Motivation, Network Governance; Strategic Management; Public Choice Theory;
Types of Organizational Structure; Organization of Federal, Provincial, and Local
Government in Pakistan; Adm 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 in Pakistan.
IV. Budgeting and Financial Management
Budget as a Policy Tool; The Budget as a Managerial Tool; Principles of Budgeting,
Audit and Accounting in Government; Line-Item Budgeting; Performance Budgeting;
Program Budgeting; Zero-Base Budgeting; Outcome-Based Budgeting. Planning and
Budgeting in Pakistan.
V. Managing Human Resources
Spoil system versus Merit System in Public Employment; Personnel versus Human
Resources Management; Close system versus Open System of Public Employment;
Functions of Human Resources Management; Implementation of HRM in Public
Sector: Key Issues and Challenges.
VI. Administrative Law
Meaning; Scope and Significance; Nature and Contents of Administrative Law,
Administrative Ethics, Delegation of Authority and Legislation, Administrative
Tribunals; Administrative Law in Pakistan.
VII. Public Management Skills
Planning; Decision Making, Conflict Management; Leading, Communication,
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 Adm; 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; Partnerships and Collaboration; 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; Concept and Approaches to Public
Accountability; Institutional Framework for Administrative Accountability; Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Control over Administration; Administrative Corruption; Role of
Civil Society in Good Governance; Media, Interest Groups and Civil Society
Organizations; The Situation in Pakistan.
XII. Public Administration and Development
Role of Public Adm in Development; Concept of Development
Administration; Difference Between Development Adm and Development
Management; Changing Role of Public Administration in Development, Issues and
Challenges of Public Administration in Pakistan.
Suggested Reading For Public Administration
| S.No. | Title | Author |
| 1. | Public Adm 7th Ed | Denhardt Robert |
| 2. | Public Adm:Understanding Management, Politics and Law 8th Ed | David Rosenbloom |
| 3. | Public Administration 2nd Ed | Caiden, Gerald E. |
| 4. | Public Administration for the twenty first century | Cooper Et Al, |
| 5. | Organization Theory for Public Administration | Harmon Michael & Mayer Richard |
| 6. | Public Administration and Public Affairs 12th Ed | Nicholas Henry |
| 7. | Classics of Public Administration 7th Ed | Shafritz Jay |
| 8. | Reinventing Government | Osbourne D |
| 9. | Evolution of Pakistan’s Administration System | Braibanti, Ralph |
| 10. | Human Development in South Asia | Mahbub-ul-Haq |
| 11. | Bureaucracy, basic books | Wilson, James Q |
| 12. | Bureaucracy in Pakistan | Kennedy, Charles H |
| 13. | Public Administration and Law | Julia Beckett |
| 14. | Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective 6th ed. | Ferrel Heady |
| 15. | Public Administration and Public Management: The Principle- Agent Perspective | Jan-Erik Lane |
| 16. | Governance: South Asian Perspectives | Hasnat Abdul Hye |
| 17. | Governance, economic policy and reform in Pakistan:Essay in political economy | Abdus Samad |
| 18. | Government and Administration in Pakistan | Jameelur Rehman Khan |
| 19. | Public Administration with special reference to Pakistan | Sultan Khan |
| 20. | Public Administration in Asia Vol. I & II | Srinivasan Kalyanaraman |
| 21. | Organizational Theory and the Public Sector | Per |
| 22. | Public Administration in South Asia: India, Bangladesh and Pakistan | Meghna Sabharwal, Evan M. Berman |
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