Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 29 – September – 2026

PUB AD PYQ VAULT | Day 54 | PYQ (2018)

The scope of the discipline of Public Administration is determined by what an administrative system does. Does it mean that the scope of this discipline is boundaryless? Explain.

Thinker of the Day | Mohit Bhattacharya

Work – New Horizons of Public Administration

Views

• Bhattacharya argued for a broader understanding of Public Administration that moves beyond narrow managerialism and conventional bureaucratic approaches.

• Administration must be understood in its social, political, economic and developmental context with attention to public interest, values and social change.

• Governance beyond Government – Collective problem-solving involves governmental and non-governmental institutions.

• Network Governance – Governance can operate through networks of agencies and organisations rather than a single government department.

• Good Governance should complement managerial efficiency.

• Public Administration in Transition – Administrative thought must respond to changing state society relationships and new forms of collective action.

Mohit Bhattacharya’s broader conception of governance shifts attention from government as a formal institution to governance as a network of multiple agencies and social organisations engaged in collective problem-solving.

Keyword of the Day | Garbage Can Model

It is a model of organisational decision making in which problems, solutions, participants and choice opportunities interact in unpredictable ways particularly in organisations characterised by ambiguity.

Proposed by Michael D. Cohen, James G. March and Johan P. Olsen say instance often seen that a government department adopts an already available digital solution when a new administrative problem arises even though the solution was not originally developed for that problem.