Questions-paper-I

PAPER- I- 2011
Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300

Instructions

The candidates should attempt question nos. 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining questions selecting at least one from each Section

The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question

Section- A
1. Answer all three questions in not more than 200 words each: 20*3=60 marks

(a) “Decision making is the ‘Optimum Rational Choice’ between alternative courses of action”. Discuss.

(b) “Effective management is a function of effective communication”. Comment.

(c) Simon’s concept of ‘Satisficing’ or ‘Good Enough’ is more pragmatic than Taylor’s ‘One Best Way ‘Approach. Comment

2. (a) “Herzberg’s Two- Factor Theory went beyond Maslow’s Theory of Motivation”. Are they universally applicable? 30 marks.

(b) “The Executive control over the administration is real, continuous and corrective as compared to legislative control which is general, periodical and informational”. Explain. 30 marks.

3. (a) “Leadership Theories concentrates on traits, behavior or situation”. With regard to the given statement discuss the traditional and modern theories of leadership. 30 marks.

(b) “Content and Process Theories of Motivation differ from each other”. Discuss with examples. 30 mark

4. With regard to accountability and control over administration, discuss the role of the following: 20*3= 60 marks.
(a) Media, Civil Society and Voluntary organization.

(b) Right to Information.

(c) Social Audit
Section- B

5. Answer all three questions in not more than 200 words each: 20*3= 60

(a) Discuss the vital differences between Weberian Bureaucracy and Riggsian ‘Sala’ model.

(b) “As long as the study of public administration is not comparative, ‘claims for a science of public administration’ sounds rather hollow”. Comment

(c) The ‘Development of Administration’ and the ‘Administration of Development’ are interrelated. Discuss.

6. Explain the following. 20*3= 60 marks

(a) Anti- development thesis.
(b) Women and development.
(c) Ecological approach to Public Administration.

7. (a) Riggsian approach and model may provide sophisticated tools to diagnose and describe administrative problems in transitional societies but it has also come under scathing attack. Discuss. 40 marks

(b) Discuss the current status of Comparative Public Administration. 20 marks

8. (a) Throw light on the concept of Civil Society and bring out its relationship with the State and market. 30 marks

(b) Chart the course of changing profile of the Development Administration from 1950s till date. 30 marks