Public Administration (100 Marks)
Public Administration (100 Marks)
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.
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.
SUGGESTED READINGS
1. Public Administration------by--------------Denhardt, R
16. Public Administration and Public Management: The Principle Agent Perspective------
------------------ Lane, Jan-Erik
20. Public Administration: with special reference to Pakistan-by ------- Sultan Khan