1. Answer the following questions in about 150 words each: 10 \u00d7 5 = 50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (a) What are the implications of the post-structuralism perspective on the discrete aspects of Public Administrations, coming from its epistemological positions? Q. 2.<\/strong> (a) \u201cGovernance theory and the notion of governmentality have many points of convergence, but they run on parallel lines.\u201d Comment. 20 Q. 3<\/strong>. (a) According to McGregor, \u201cTrue professional help is not in playing God with the client, but in placing professional knowledge and skill at the client\u2019s disposal\u201d. In the light of the above, justify how theory Y is indicative and not prescriptive. 20 Q. 4.<\/strong> (a) \u201cNew Public Management and post-New Public Management reforms initiatives have affected the balance between managerial, political, administrative, legal, professional and social accountability.\u201d Analyze. 20 5. Answer the following question in about 150 words each: 10 \u00d7 5 = 50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (a) Critically examine the Riggsian concept of differentiation in the context of post-globalization era. Q.6.<\/strong> (a) \u201cThe fact that we call something performance auditing means that we imply salient features which can distinguish it from other forms of inquiry.\u201d Discuss with reference to the main measures or indicators of performance measurement. 20 Q.7.<\/strong> (a) \u201cThe technical and multidisciplinary nature of e-government has created an interdependent relationship within government between policymakers, programme administrators and technical specialists.\u201d Analyze in the context of generalist-specialist relationship. 20 Q. 8.<\/strong> (a) Identify the main elements of Program Budgeting, Output Budgeting and \u2018New\u2019 Performance Budgeting. What do they have in common with PPBS? 20 Section \u2013 A :: 1. Answer the following questions in about 150 words each: 10 \u00d7 5 = 50 (a) What are the implications of the post-structuralism perspective on the discrete aspects of Public Administrations, coming from its epistemological positions?(b) \u201cAdaptive, problem-solving, temporary systems of diverse specialists, linked together by coordinating executives in an organic… Continue reading UPSC Mains 2014: Public Administration Paper -1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49945","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
(b) \u201cAdaptive, problem-solving, temporary systems of diverse specialists, linked together by coordinating executives in an organic flux \u2013 this is the original form that will gradually replace bureaucracy.\u201d Discuss, in the light of this statement, the \u2018end of bureaucracy\u2019 thesis and its strengths and limitations.
(c) \u201cKarl Marx\u2019s interpretation of bureaucracy was rooted in the history of the nature of the State.\u201d Evaluate.
(d) \u201cThe conceptual division between administrative and constitutional law is quite porous, and that along many dimensions, administrative law can be considered more constitutional in character than the constitutions.\u201d How would you justify the statement?
(e) Is Peter Drucker justified in saying, \u201cManagement principles should not tell us what to do, but only tell us what not to do\u201d? Comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) \u201cTaylor\u2019s ideas need modification in the context of post-industrial economies in contemporary era.\u201d Justify with reasons. 15
(c) How does the Strategic Contingencies Theory of organizational design deal with problem arising from sub-unit centrality and non-substitutability? 15 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) \u201cThe notion of informal organization is a residual of cafeteria concept of diverse and sprawling contents.\u201d How does Gouldner establish the need for understanding the interdigitations between the \u2018formal\u2019 and \u2018informal\u2019 organization? 15
(c) \u201cThe Right of Informal of not all about citizens\u2019 empowerment, it essentially redefines the concept of accountability.\u201d Discuss. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) \u201cDelegation to independent agencies has taken place in an interdependent process driven by emulation.\u201d Discuss in the context of independent regulatory agencies in the modern regulatory State. 15
(c) \u201cVoluntary organizations have become tools of sensitization of governmental agencies.\u201d Comment. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n:: Section – B ::<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
(b) \u201cThe term Development Administration can be used only in a broad sense to mark the variety of approaches and points of view.\u201d Discuss.
(c) \u201cThe bottom line for governance is outcomes rather than the outputs of government.\u201d Analyze in the context of e-government and e-governance.
(d) \u201cPolicies determine politics as governments constrain.\u201d Attempt a critique of this statement.
(e) \u201cInstead of reforms to budgetary process, Wildavsky process to redefine the role of political institutional and rules by which politics leads to agreement on budget.\u201d Explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) \u201cThe Output Studies Approach to public policy analysis overstresses the rational techniques and allocative dimension of public policy.\u201d Analyze the statement. 15
(c) \u201cThe field of MIS is not necessarily and extension of computer science, but of management of organization theory.\u201d Elucidate. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) \u201cSelf-Help Groups have not only empowered women, but have also brought about attitudinal change among all stakeholders towards women development.\u201d Discuss. 15
(c) \u201cMany Asian and African countries have inherited the colonial idea of civil services as a privileged elite. Hence, the social status of the civil services is an important aspect of the bureaucracy\u2019s unsuitability for change.\u201d Comment. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) According to Y. Door, \u201cThe Science of Muddling through is essentially a reinforcement of pro-inertia and anti-innovation ideas in policy-making\u201d. Comment. 15
(c) \u201cBritish philosophy of administration is based on a unification of science of administration with ethics.\u201d Analyze. 15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"