PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

3. Public Administration Q&A

31. "Public administration may have lost a sense ofits specific assignment and become a hodgepodge
of theoretical ramblings ,lacking both force and direction"(alberto ramos) comment.
32. "The perplexity about administrative science deepens when some consider the efforts of theory
building a sterile exercise in the manipulation of abstract and empty concepts."(nicos mouzelis).
comment.

E
33. "Wilson facilitated the expansion of an ethical sense of public duty beyond the conceptual
confines of the civil services and into the entire intellectual terrain of public
administration"(Nicholas henry) evaluate.
OR
34. "Despite their dissimilarities ,the writings of Fayol and Taylor are essentially
complementary"(urwick). comment.
35. "Devoid of max weber's sweep for social science generalizations or Fredrick taylor's passion for
SC

empiricism ,Henri Fayol tries to generate a theory of management that has rudiments of both".
comment.
36. "Taylorism succeeded Taylor ,as scientific management was a primitive tool to industrial
polyarchy" comment
37. "All administration means domination"(weber). comment.
GS

38. "Instrumental values become terminal values,rules become important than the game".in the
light of the above statement evaluate the reasons for "over-weberianism"in developing countries.
39. "Weber's concept of bureaucracy makes implicit assumptions about human motivations ,which
are not necessarily valid in non-western environments."(Robert presthus) comment.
40. "The concept of career service carries overtones of protectionism as well as professionalism".
critically evaluate.
41. "Adminstators are considered as moral agents and administration is a moral act"(Ordway tead),in
the context of the above statement evaluate whether features of weberian bureaucracy are
compatible with the idea of moral and ethical governance.
42. "Time must become a central strategic and moral concern in public management"(gulick)
43. "Most of the conceptual constraints in the organization theory have a steady bias"(Alfred diamant)
44. "Leadership goes to the person who can grasp the essentials of an experience and "can see it
as a whole "and "to whom the total inter-relatedness is most clear."(follet) comment.
45. "Follet's idealism is showing". comment.

Public Administration [1]

31. "Public administration may have lost a sense ofits specific assignment and become a hodgepodge
of theoretical ramblings ,lacking both force and direction"(alberto ramos) comment.

E
OR
SC
GS

[ 2 ] Public Administration
32. "The perplexity about administrative science deepens when some consider the efforts of theory
building a sterile exercise in the manipulation of abstract and empty concepts."(nicos mouzelis).
comment.

E
OR
SC
GS

Public Administration [3]

33. "Wilson facilitated the expansion of an ethical sense of public duty beyond the conceptual
confines of the civil services and into the entire intellectual terrain of public
administration"(Nicholas henry) evaluate.

E
OR
SC
GS

[ 4 ] Public Administration
34. "Despite their dissimilarities ,the writings of Fayol and Taylor are essentially
complementary"(urwick). comment.

E
OR
SC
GS

Public Administration [5]

35. "Devoid of max weber's sweep for social science generalizations or Fredrick taylor's passion for
empiricism ,Henri Fayol tries to generate a theory of management that has rudiments of both".
comment.

E
OR
SC
GS

[ 6 ] Public Administration
36. "Taylorism succeeded Taylor ,as scientific management was a primitive tool to industrial
polyarchy" comment

E
OR
SC
GS

Public Administration [7]

37. "All administration means domination"(weber). comment.

E
OR
SC
GS

[ 8 ] Public Administration
38. "Instrumental values become terminal values,rules become important than the game".in the
light of the above statement evaluate the reasons for "over-weberianism"in developing countries.

E
OR
SC
GS

Public Administration [9]

39. "Weber's concept of bureaucracy makes implicit assumptions about human motivations ,which
are not necessarily valid in non-western environments."(Robert presthus) comment.

E
OR
SC
GS

[10] Public Administration

40. "The concept of career service carries overtones of protectionism as well as professionalism".
critically evaluate.

E
OR
SC
GS

Public Administration [11]

41. "Adminstators are considered as moral agents and administration is a moral act"(Ordway tead),in
the context of the above statement evaluate whether features of weberian bureaucracy are
compatible with the idea of moral and ethical governance.

E
OR
SC
GS

[12] Public Administration

42. "Time must become a central strategic and moral concern in public management"(gulick)

E
OR
SC
GS

Public Administration [13]

43. "Most of the conceptual constraints in the organization theory have a steady bias"(Alfred diamant)

E
OR
SC
GS

[14] Public Administration

44. "Leadership goes to the person who can grasp the essentials of an experience and "can see it
as a whole "and "to whom the total inter-relatedness is most clear."(follet) comment.

E
OR
SC
GS

Public Administration [15]

45. "Follet's idealism is showing". comment.

E
OR
SC
GS

[16] Public Administration