DESCRIPTIVE QUESTION BOOKLET

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Supplementary Examination 2022

Course Code:
Course Title: Theories in Public Administration

Date : Max. Marks : 100

Time : 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Duration : 3 hours

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Answer any TEN of the following: (10x10=100)

1. Describe the Human Relations theory by Elton Mayo.

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2. Examine the theory of Rational-Decision Making.

3. Write notes on ‘Fused’ and ‘Diffracted Model’.
4. Discuss the origin and development of the idea of Good
Governance.

5. Examine the Scientific Management theory.

6. Analyze F.W. Riggs’ Prismatic Model.
7. What do you understand by Public Administration?
Describe its scope and significance.
8. What is New Public Management? Examine its growth
and development.
9. Write a note on Legal-Rational authority.
10. Write a note on POSDCORB.
11. Distinguish between Public and Private Administration.
12. What are the various elements of Development
Administration?
13. What is governance? Elucidate its difference with
government.
14. “Bureaucracy is the most rational and efficient form of
organization devised by man”. Discuss Max Weber’s
ideal-type bureaucracy.
15. Explain New Public Administration.