Presented by:-

Jannat Shahi
Roll No. 2373
 INTRODUCTION
The administration is a very important part of
our life. When you go to the highway,
educational institutes, hospitals, etc, you
automatically enter the administrative systems.
The word Administration is derived from two
Latin words ‘ad’ and ‘ministiare’ which means
‘to serve’, in simple words administration
means to look after people or to manage
affairs.
 What is Public Administration?
• Public refers to the government so, public
administration means governmental
administration. In simple language public
administration is the management of
governmental affairs and activities.
 Why Public administration is
important?
• Government can only
pass acts and norms
but it is the duty and
responsibility of public
administration to help
people understand the
law and the smooth
implementation of the
law.
Role of a Public Administrator
• Let’s understand the duties and responsibilities of an
administrator. 
• Development of citizen-friendly policies. 
• Ensuring stability and order in the society. 
• Ensuring the implementation of various laws. 
• Improving the socio-economic conditions of a state. 
• Manage large scale commercial activities.
• Formulating a budget that lays emphasis on all the
sectors. 
• Laying down health codes and guidelines for
industries. 
• Last but not least, being a voice to the weaker
sections of the society
• Now that you are familiar with the roles and
responsibilities of a Public Administrator, let us
explore the scope of Public Administration in detail.
 Scope of Public Administration in India
• Wondering about the scope of public
administration in India? You can never
go wrong if you decide to build a
career in public administration and
work in India. India is a democratic
nation that needs a public
administrator for the smooth running
of all the functions and
implementation of laws passed by the
government authorities. Students can
work in various other fields and not
just stick to the government sector, you
can work as a social worker, human
resource manager, legal counselor,
consultant, etc. 
 Contd…
• Consultant
• With the theoretical knowledge and practical experience that you’ll gain through a
Public Administration course, starting a career as a consultant will not be difficult.
Apart from formulating development policies, you will also be responsible for devising
ways for enhancing employee efficiency, overseeing different departments, and
achieving organisational goals. 
• Project Analyst
• The scope of Public Administration is not limited to the aforementioned roles, but you
can also explore opportunities as an Analyst. As a Project Analyst, you will devise
projects wise blueprints, manage the team, oversee the operations, and analyze the
outcomes so as to solve complex issues impacting the business of an organization.
• Civil Services
• When it comes to the scope of Public Administration, becoming a civil servant is the
most suitable choice. In India, you can join the coveted IAS, Indian Foreign Services,
IPS, IRS, etc by qualifying the Civil Services exam or can join state services through
public services exam of the state. It is an excellent opportunity for those who want to
interact and help masses directly. 
 Contd…
• Labor-Management Relations Specialist
As discussed, the scope of Public Administration extends far beyond formulating citizen-
centric policies and extends up to managing labor-management relations. Apart from
evaluating and finalising labour contracts, as a Labor- Management Relations Specialist,
you will also be tasked with drafting healthcare and wage policies, assessing and taking
decisions on labor union complaints, formulating policies on the lines of collective
bargaining, advising the management of the organisation on various matters, etc.
• Labor-Management Relations Specialist
As discussed, the scope of Public Administration extends far beyond formulating citizen-
centric policies and extends up to managing labor-management relations. Apart from
evaluating and finalising labour contracts, as a Labor- Management Relations Specialist,
you will also be tasked with drafting healthcare and wage policies, assessing and taking
decisions on labor union complaints, formulating policies on the lines of collective
bargaining, advising the management of the organisation on various matters, etc.
• Professor/Lecturer
Without mentioning the option of establishing a career in Teaching, the scope of Public
Administration stands incomplete. A formal undergraduate degree coupled with a masters
course like MS/MSc/MA in Public Administration can help you kick start your career as a
Teacher. However, for this, you need to give some entrance exams.
Nature of Public Administration
• In terms of nature there are also two divergent views in public
administration. The first one is Integral view and the second one is
Managerial view.
• Integral View
• From this perspective, Public administration refers to all activities
from clerical to managerial activity of the administration. That
means integral view proposes that administration is the sum totals
all activities of manual, clerical or managerial.
• In simple we can say, all the work process done by the government
official from peon to executive officers are the part of public
administration.
•  L.D White and Woodrow Wilson, Marshal E. Dimock are the main
supporters of this view.
• Managerial View
• In the managerial view, Public administration refers to only
managerial activity of the administration. That means in this view
administration constitutes of the work of only those person who are
performing managerial functions.
• Activities of clerical, manual and also technical departments are
excluded from the range of public administration. Luther Gulick,
Henry Fayol, Herbert Simon are the main supporters of the
managerial view.
 Specialization in Public Administration
• If you are looking to specialize in a specific field while pursuing a public administration
course, Here are some of the popular specializations among students offered in
universities:
• Personnel and Industrial relation Management
• International Affairs
• Law, Investigations, and Inspections Management
• Community and Economic Development
• Social Services
• Administrative Management
 Scope of Public Administration as an Activity 
• Broadly speaking, Public Administration
embraces all the activities of the
government. Hence, as an activity, the
scope of public administration is no less
than the scope of state activity. In the
modern welfare state, people expect
many things – a wide variety of services
to the people. Besides, it has to manage
government-owned industries and
regulate private industries. Public
administration covers every area and
activity within the ambit of public policy.
Thus, the scope of public administration
is very wide in modern states. 
Scope of Public Administration as a
Discipline 
• The scope of public administration as a discipline, that
is subject of studies, comprises of the following: 
• Planning – Working out in broad outline the things to
be done, the methods to be adopted to accomplish the
purpose 
• Organization – Establishment of the formal structure
of authority through which the work is sub-divided
• Staffing – Means the recruitment and training of the
personnel and their conditions of work
• Directing – Means making decisions and issuing orders
and instructions 
• Coordinating – Means interrelating the work of various
divisions, sections, and other parts of the organization
• Reporting – Means informing the superiors within the
agency to whom the executive is responsible about
what is going on. 
• Budgeting – Means fiscal planning, control, and
accounting 
Significance of Public Administration
Public administration plays its role in many ways which makes the public administration more significant to us. It
plays an important role:-
As an Instrument for Providing Service
It provides several services to citizens such as education, health, housing, social security, and a lot more. All these
services affect every moment of human life. Without public administration, the services provided by the
government can never reach to the people.
As an Instrument for Implementing the Laws and Policies of the Government
It plays a crucial role in the implementation of laws, public policies, and programs made by the government. The
government make laws and policies for the interest of the people. Public administration puts them into reality. 
As an Instrument for Development and socio-economic Change
It is also responsible for the nation’s development and it’s socio-economic change. After the second world war,
there was a lot of nations emerged. After independence, public administration played a crucial role for their socio-
economic development.
For example in India, it played a very important role by implementing the poverty alleviation programs,
employment assurance schemes, community development programs, electrification of remote villages, road
construction, etc. which has been more conducive to the overall improvement of India.
 Contd….
As an Instrument for the Sustainable Development 
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is
called sustainable development.
That means economic development without harming the environment. Administrators are playing a significant role for the protection of
environment. All the environmental issues are solved through public administration.  
As an Instrument for National Integration
During the time of crisis, it helps to maintain the national integration. For example, after the partition in India, there was a crisis of
national integration, and pubic administration played a very important role to overcome this situation. It helped in rehabilitation process
of the refugees and integrate the princely states with Indian territory. 
As an Instrument for Community Development
Different races and religions live in every country. Therefore, a common policy for all does not apply effectively. Public administration
gathers neutral information about each community in the society and based on that information the government makes policies and the
public administration applies those policies to that particular community. So public administration also has a leading role in community
development.
7. As an Instrument for Public Safety
Above all, it has to admit that it provides us with social security. We can never be safe without public administration. It provides a lot of
services that make citizens secure such as fire, police and medical services, and more.
8. As a Separate Academic Discipline 
As time goes by, the importance of public administration to the people is increasing. Now it has become essential to study the
administrative system of the government. Therefore for better understanding and its development, public administration as an academic
discipline has emerged. Nowadays a lot of universities have been prioritized this subject.
 Conclusion
• In light of the discussion of the meaning nature and
scope of public administration, it can be concluded that
today, public administration is a very important part of
our life. It provides us all the essential services that we
need.
• The goal of public administration is to protect the public
interest and to move forward with it in mind. So public
administration is a kind of people-oriented
administration and its nature is democratic.
• Let me share your experience with what you have
learned in “Meaning Nature and Scope of Public
Administration”.
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