Category: Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief

HINKER OF THE DAY | MICHAEL SCRIVEN Work – Evaluation Thesaurus Views Evaluation is about judging merit and worth – Scriven moved evaluation beyond simply measuring whether predetermined objectives were achieved. The evaluator should not become overly attached to the programme’s stated objectives. The focus should be on its actual effects, including unintended consequences. Evaluation… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 7 – October – 2026

THINKER OF THE DAY | MARTIN LANDAU Work – Redundancy, Rationality and the Problem of Duplication and Overlap Views Redundancy is not necessarily waste – duplication and overlap usually criticised as inefficient, can actually strengthen organisational reliability. Failure is inevitable – Landau argues that no organisational component is completely reliable therefore, systems should be designed… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 5 – October – 2026

PUB AD PYQ VAULT | Day 57 | PYQ (2013) “Public administration in the neo-liberal era is governed less by instruments of internal accountability and more by those of external accountability.” Elaborate KEYWORD OF THE DAY | Administrative Capacity Administrative capacity means the ability or capability to manage organise and perform administrative functions effectively or… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 2 – October – 2026

PUB AD PYQ VAULT | Day 56 | PYQ (2017) Various components of Human Resource Management are inter-related. Discuss. Keyword of the Day | Span of Control The number of subordinates who report directly to a superior in an organisation. V. A. Graicunas analysed the relationships between a superior and subordinates. Thinker of the Day… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 1 – October – 2026

PUB AD PYQ VAULT | Day 55 | PYQ (2015) Discuss the concept of Zero-Based Budgeting and examine its experience in India. Keyword of the Day | Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) A budgeting technique in which every expenditure must be justified afresh for each budget period rather than automatically carrying forward the previous year’s allocations. Peter… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 30 – 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… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 29 – September – 2026

Thinker of the Day | M. P. Sharma Views Indian administration cannot be understood purely through Western organisational models; it operates within a specific constitutional, social and political environment. Post-independence administration acquired a major role in economic development, welfare and nation-building. Administration functions within the framework of rule of law, parliamentary government and constitutional accountability.… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 28 – September – 2026

Keyword of the Day | Adhyaksha System Adhyakshas were specialised superintendents responsible for specific departments under the Kautilyan administrative system. Thinker of the Day | R.P. Kangle Work – The Kautiliya Arthashastra Kangle studied the text critically and examined its political, economic, legal and administrative institutions. Views Arthashastra as a systematic treatise Kangle treated the… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 26 – September – 2026

Keyword of the Day | Esprit de Corps Esprit de corps means the spirit of unity, loyalty, morale and collective commitment within an organisation. Fayol included esprit de corps among his 14 principles of management, arguing that managers should promote harmony and unity among employees. Thinker of the Day | Philip Selznick Work – TVA… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 24 – September – 2026

Thinker of the Day | Arturo Escobar Work – Encountering Development – The Making and Unmaking of the Third World Views Escobar argued that “development” is not simply an economic process. It is also a discourse that defines what counts as poverty, progress, modernity and backwardness. The Western industrial model cannot automatically be applied to… Continue reading Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief – 23 – September – 2026