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Keyword of the Day | Mission Drift | Phillip Selznick Mission drift occurs when an organisation gradually moves away from its original objectives and begins pursuing activities that were not part of its core purpose. for e.g. A public sector organisation established for a developmental or social objective may gradually become focused predominantly on financial… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 26 – August – 2026

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Thinker of the Day | Richard A. Musgrave Work – The Theory of Public Finance (1959) Three Functions of Public Finance Allocation: Which level of government should provide which public service? Distribution: Which level should undertake redistribution to reduce inequality? Stabilisation: Which level should manage macroeconomic stability? Public services should ideally be provided by the… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 24 – August – 2026

Thinker of the Day | E.H. Valsan Work – Development Bureaucracy – A Tentative Model, Community Development Programmes and Rural Local Government Views Valsan focuses on the need for a bureaucracy that is not merely rule oriented but capable of actively supporting social and economic transformation. Valsan’s idea of positive formalism is particularly useful –… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 22 – August – 2026

Thinker of the Day | David Easton Works – A Framework for Political Analysis, A Systems Analysis of Political Life Views Easton conceptualised the political system as Environment → Inputs → Political System → Outputs → Feedback → New Inputs Inputs Demands and support enter the political system. Demands: employment, welfare, infrastructure, reservation. Support: voting,… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 20 – August – 2026

Thinker of the Day | Patrick Lagadec Work – Preventing Chaos in a Crisis Views Lagadec argues that major crises break normal organisational routines. Standard procedures may become inadequate when institutions face unprecedented situations. Modern disasters involve uncertainty, cascading effects and rapidly changing information. Administrators therefore need flexibility, anticipation and adaptive decision making. A disaster… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 19 – August – 2026

Thinker of the Day | A.H. Hanson Work – Planning & Administrative Implementation A British scholar of planning and public administration who made important observations on India’s planning process, implementation problems and public enterprises. His the Process of Planning specifically examined India’s Five-Year Plans. – Hanson questioned why India’s plans repeatedly faced crises despite capable… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 18 – August – 2026

Thinker of the Day | Mark H. Moore Work – Creating Public Value – Strategic Management in Government Views – Government should not simply deliver services efficiently it should create value for citizens and society. A policy succeeds when it creates meaningful public value has political/public legitimacy and support possesses the administrative capacity to implement… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 17 – August – 2026

Thinker of the Day | K. S. Verma Work – Indian Administration & Civil Services Views Verma’s work highlights the importance of a competent, professional and politically responsive civil service for effective governance. Indian civil services inherited several features of the colonial administrative system, but democratic governance requires their transformation from control-oriented administration to development-… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 15 – August – 2026