About the Book :
Public administration includes primarily the organization, personnel practices and procedures essential to the effective performance of civilian functions entrusted to the executive branch of government. It is the composite of all the laws, regulations, practices, relationships, codes and customs that prevail at any time in any jurisdiction for the fulfilment or execution of public policy.Public administration is far wider in scope and all pervasive in modern life. In democracies, particularly in India, the system, theories and organization of Public Administration require constant adjustment and readjustment in a changing situation. Public administration is essentially an instrument that has to step aside to allow the impulses of growth of the people to blossom forth to build self-reliant communities.The present book has been divided into five parts covering every possible aspect related to public administration. Comprehensive and up-to-date, this book emphasizes a value based approach to the study and practice of public administration.The language of the book has been kept deliberately simple so as to make it easily accessible to the average readers. Latest works, articles, papers and reports published by both private and government departments have been referred to which make the book highly informative and authentic. Students of Public Administration both at undergraduation and graduation levels will find it useful. Even for the teachers of the subject, it is an ideal reference book.
PART I - INTRODUCTORY1. Importance of Public Administration2. Meaning and Scope of Public Administration3. Nature and Role of Public Administration4. Methodology5. Relationship to Other Sciences6. Comparative Public Administration7. International Public Administration8. Development Administration9. Basic Principles of Public AdministrationPART II - ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION10. Principles and Problems of Organization11. Organisational Form of Public Enterprises12. Legislature as the Board of Directors13. Top Management in Public Enterprises : Board of Directors14. Chief Executive as the General Manager15. Units of Organisation : Line and Staff Agencies16. Line Agencies Department17. Ministries and Departments in the Government of India18. Independent Regulatory Commission (IRC)19. Administration of State Enterprises20. Government Control of Public EnterprisesPART III - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION21. Civil Services in India22. Civil Services in U.S.A. and U.K.23. Classification and Compensation24. Recruitment of Personnel25. Personnel Systems of Civil Service : Bureaucracy26. Reform of Bureaucracy in India27. Public Service Commissions in India28. Training in Civil Service29. Promotion in Civil Service30. Conduct and Discipline in Public Administration31. Retirement in Public Services32. Morale in Public Services33. Ombudsman : The Machinery for Redressal of Public Grievances34. Employees AssociationsPART IV - FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION35. Public Finance and Budget36. Financial Administration in U.S.A. and Britain37. Accounting and Auditing of Public Finance38. Parliamentary Control Over Finance39. Financial Relations between the Centre and the States40. Planning and Planning Commission in IndiaPART V - LEVELS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION41. Decentralization and Local Self-Government42. Union-State Relations in India43. Public Administration in Indian States44. Panchayati Raj in India45. Administrative Improvement46. Administrative Reforms47. Delegation and Delegated Legislation48. Public Administration and Law-Judiciary49. Public Relations
About the Author :
Urmila Sharma is a recipient of four gold medals for her outstanding performance in M.A. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from Lucknow University and also received UGC Research Fellowship. She has worked as a lecturer in P.G. Department of Political Science at R.G. College, Meerut. She has been continuously engaged with research and writing work. Many of her books on political science, both in English and Hindi, have received overwhelming response. In this respect, her work Humanism in Contemporary Indian Political Thought deserves particular mention.