GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (A)

NAAC REACCREDITED WITH ‘A’ GRADE

RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM

BOARD OF STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

2017-2018

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM

Course: B.A. Subject: Public Administration Module-I (Core)

Name of the Module: Theories of Public Administration

CBCS Pattern

Semester-I

UNIT I: Introduction

1. Meaning, Nature, Scope and importance of Public Administration

2. State and Evolution of Public Administration

UNIT - II

3. Relationships with other Social Sciences: With special reference to Political Science, Economics, Sociology, Psychology

4. Politics & Administration Dichotomy – Woodrow Wilson and F.J. Goodknow

UNIT- III: Theories and Approaches

5. Classical Approach : Henry Fayol, Gulick and Urwick

6. Scientific Management Approach: Taylor

UNIT- IV

7. Bureaucratic Approach: Max Weber and Karl Marx

8. Human Relations Approach – Elton Mayo

9. Behavioural Approach: Herbert Simon

UNIT - V

10. Socio – Psychological Approach: Hierarchy of Needs : Abraham Maslow; Theory X and Theory Y : Douglas Mc Gregor

11. Ecological Approach: Riggs

The following topic is added in Unit – II

➢ Public Administration and Private Administration: Relationship

Reference Books:

1. Avasthi, Maheswari, Public Administration, Lakshmi Narayan Agarwal, Agra – 2016

2. Battacharya Mohit, New Horizons of Public Administration, Jawahar Publishers, New

Delhi – 2007

3. The Constitution of Indian, Government of India – 2006

4. Indian Government and Politics – Telugu Academy – 2007

5. Interim Report: Problem of Redness of Citizens and Grievances

Administrative Reforms Commission Government of India 1996

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM

Course: B.A. Subject: Public Administration Module-II (Core)

Name of the Module – II (core): Principles of Public Administration

(CBCS Pattern)

Semester-II

Unit I: Concepts and Principles of Public Administration

1. Administrative Planning

2. Leadership and Supervision

Unit II: Emerging Trends

3. Communication and Public Relations – Meaning and Importance

4. New Public Administration: Minnowbrook I&II

Unit III:

5. Public Administration and Public Policy – Decision Making

6. New Public Management

Unit IV:

7. Governance

8. Public Administration in the context of Globalization, privatization and liberalization

Unit V:

9. Post Modern Public Administration – Public Relation

10. Administrative Accountability – Legislative, Executive, Judicial and popular control

11. Chief Executive – Role and Functions

The following topics are added in Unit – V

12. Line and Staff Agencies

13. Principles of Organisation

• Hierarchy

• Span of Control

• Coordination

• Delegation of Authority

Reference Books:

1. Avasthi, Maheswari, Public Administration, Lakshmi Narayan Agarwal, Agra – 2016

2. Battacharya Mohit, New Horizons of Public Administration, Jawahar Publishers, New

Delhi – 2007

3. The Constitution of Indian, Government of India – 2006

4. Indian Government and Politics – Telugu Academy – 2007

5. Interim Report: Problem of Redness of Citizens and Grievances

Administrative Reforms Commission Government of India 1996

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM Course: B.A. Subject: Public Administration Module-III (core)

Name of the Module: Indian Administration Semester-III

UNIT-I: Historical Background

Evolution of Indian Administration - Ancient, Medieval and British Periods-Changing

trends in Indian Administration after Independence. Context of Indian Administration-Social, Economic and Political

UNIT-II: Central Administration

Union Government and Administration - President, Role of Prime Minister in the

coalition era, Cabinet, Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Committees and Prime Minister’s Office, Central Secretariat

Union and State Relations and Agencies - Administrative Relations- Inter State Council,

Finance Commission, All India Services, NeetiAyog, ,Staff Selection Commission.

UNIT-III: Local Administration

Public Enterprises in India: a) Forms of Public Enterprises b) Privatization and Dis-

investment State Government and Administration: Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers,

Secretariat & Directorates, General Administration Department and Chief Secretary

UNIT-IV:

District Administration: Changing role of District Collector, Mandal and Village Administration in Andhra Pradesh

Local Governments-Rural and Urban-Structure and functions - 73rd Constitutional

Amendment 74th Constitutional Amendment

UNIT-V: Administrative Accountability

Control over Administration Legislative and Judicial Control

The following topic is added in Unit-5:

Popular Control

REFERENCE BOOKS: 1. BharatadesaPalana(Tel), Telugu Akademi 2. Indian Government and Politics, Telugu Akademi, Hyd, 2007. 3. Ramesh k. Arora &Rajni Goyal, Indian Public Administration: Institutions and

Issues ( 2rd Revised Edition), New Age International Publications, New Delhi, 1995.

4. Avasthi and Avasthi, Indian Administration (16th Edition), Lakshmi Narain Agarwal,

Agra-2010-11.

5. BhattaCharyaMohit, New Horizons of Public Administration, Jawahar Publishers, New

Delhi, 2007.

6. The Constitution of India, Government of India-2006. 7. Hoshiar Singh & Pankaj Singh, Indian Administration, Pearson Education India, 2011.

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM Course: B.A. Subject: Political Science Module-IV (core)

Name of the Module: Indian Political Process Semester-IV

Unit-1: Approaches to Study the Political Processes in India

Theory of Modernization: Transition from Tradition to Modernity Marxian Approach: Transition from pre-capitalism to capitalism

Unit-2: Social Structure and Democratic Process Transition of Caste System: From Hierarchy to Identity: Role of Agency Politicisation of Intermediate and Dalit Caste Communities Evolution of Modernity in India

Unit-3: Religion and Politics Competing Communalisms: Majoritarian and Minoritarian Debates on Secularism; Role of the State towards religion

Unit-4: Party and Electoral Processes in India

Electoral Trends of the lokSabha from 1952 to 2014:From the One Party Congress System to Multi Party Coalitions

Determinants of Voting Behavior in India;Caste,Class,Patronage, Money etc.

Evolution of Party System in India: the Ideology and Social bases of major Political Parties: INC,BJP,CPM, DMK,BSP,TDP

The following topics are added in Unit-3:

Regional Identities

Social Movements: Women and Environmental

The following topics are added in Unit-4:

Election Commission

Electoral Reforms

Reference books:

Chandhoke N and Priyadarshini P (Eds) (2009) Contemporary India Economy, society, politics, Pearson, NewDelhi.

Vanaik A and Bhargava R (Eds) (2010) Understanding Contemporary India Critical

perspectives orient black swan New Delhi.

Jayal N G and Mehta PB (Eds) (2010) Oxford Companion to Indian Politics Oxford

University Press, New Delhi.

Kohliatul and Prema Singh (Ed) (2013) Routledge Hand book of Indian Politics Routledge, NewYork.

Jaffrelot C (2003) India’s Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Caste in North

India, C Hrust, London.

Stanely A. Kochanek, Robert L.Hardgrave, India Government and Politics in a Developing Nation, Boston, Wards Worth Publishing, 2006.

Rajeev Bhargava (Ed) Secularism and its Critics (1998), Delhi, OUP.

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM Course: B.A. Subject: Public Administration Module-V (Advanced)

Name of the Module: Human Resource Management

CBCS Pattern

Semester-V

Unit-I: Human Resource Management

1. Meaning, Nature, Scope and Significance of Human Resource Management.

2. Human Resource Strategy and Planning.

3. Recruitment, Selection, Appointment and Promotion.

4. Pay – Components, Principles of Pay & Pay Commissions.

Unit-II: Capacity Building

5. Performance Appraisal – Rewards and Incentives Management.

6. Human Resource Development – Concept of HRD; Training – Objectives, Types, Evaluation.

7. Employee Capacity Building Strategies and Total Quality Management.

8. Human Resource Management Effectiveness and Human Resource Audit

The following topic is added in Unit- II

9. Issues in HRM – Downsizing, Outsourcing, Consultancies.

Books for Reference:

1. Prof. MohitBhattcharya, Public Administration theory & practice.

2. Avasti and Maheswari, Public Administration theory & practice

3. Telugu Akademi, Text book latest revised edition.

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM

Course: B.A. Subject: Public Administration Module-VI (Elective – 1A)

Name of the Module: Rural Governance in India

CBCS Pattern

V Semester

Unit-I: Concepts of Democratic Decentralization

1. Local Governance: Concepts, Features and Importance.

2. Democratic Decentralization: Concept, Evolution and significance.

3. Evolution of Local Governance in India: Community Development Programme and National

Extension Service.

Unit-II: Rural Local Governance

4. BalwantRai Mehta and Ashok Mehta Committee Reports: Structures - Functions and

Finances; Second generation and Third generation Panchayats.

5. Reforms in Panchayat Raj – Features of 73rd CAA and Organizational structures for

Panchayaths

6. Intra – Rural Local Governance Relationship: Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayats; Powers and

Functions; Intra Tier responsibilities (The Eleventh Schedule).

The following topic is added in Unit- II

7. Sustainable Development and Challenges to decentralized governance.

Books for Reference:

1. Prof. G. Ramireddy, State Government and Politics in Andhra Pradesh.

2. Prof. A. Prasanna Kumar, Government and Politics in Andhra Pradesh.

3. Telugu Akademi, Text Book latest revised edition.

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM

Course: B.A. Subject: Public Administration Module – VI (Elective – 1B)

Name of the Module: Office Management

CBCS Pattern

Semester V

Unit-I: Introduction

1. Office Administration: Nature, Scope and Importance.

2. Basic Principles of Office Organization.

Unit-II: Office Organization and Management

1. Office Planning and Lay-out Office Environment

2. Form: Management and Control.

3. Filing System and Periodical Reports.

4. Office Communication, Correspondence.

5. Management of Office Records.

6. Office Stationery.

Unit-III: Office Management: Processes and Issues

1. Work Study, Work Measurement, Work Simplification.

2. Management by Objectives.

3. Office Supervision.

4. Staff Welfare.

Unit-IV: Trends and Issues in Office Management

1. Office Automation and Paperless Office.

2. Back Office Operations and Front Office Delivery.

3. Social System and Public Office Administration.

4. Office Management in Government: Issues.

Text Book:

1. Telugu Akademi, Text Book latest revised edition.

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM

Course: B.A. Subject: Public Administration Module-VII (Advanced)

Name of the Module: Financial Management

CBCS pattern

Semester-VI

Unit-I: Financial Management

1. Meaning, Scope and Importance of Financial Management.

2. Budget – Concept, Principles of Budgeting; Preparation, Enactment and Execution.

3. Organization and functions of the Finance Ministry.

4. Union – State Financial relations and the role of the Finance Commission.

5. Parliamentary Financial Committees – Public Accounts Committee, Estimates Committee,

Comptroller and Auditor General of India

Unit-II: Material Resource Management

6. Meaning, Scope and Importance of Material Resource Management

7. Procurement - Storage and Distribution.

The following topic is added

Accounting & Auditing

Books for Reference:

1. Prof. MohitBhattcharya, Public Administration theory & practice.

2. Avasti and Maheswari, Public Administration theory & practice

3. Telugu Akademi, Text book latest revised edition.

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM

Course: B.A. Subject: Public Administration Module-VIII (Elective – 2A)

Name of the Module: Urban Governance in India

CBCS Pattern

Semester VI

Unit-I:

1. Urbanization in India - Policies and Strategies.

2. Evolution of Urban Local Governance in India: Reforms in Urban Local Bodies – Features of

74th CAA.

3. Urban Local Government – Structure, functions, officials, Committee System, Finances,

Officials and Political executives (with special reference to Andhra Pradesh).

4. Municipal Corporations: Structure, Committee System, Finances, Officials and Political

executives (with special reference to Andhra Pradesh).

5. Urban Development Authorities in Andhra Pradesh and their working. Issues and Trends

Unit-II:

6. State Control and Supervision over Local Bodies.

7. Micro planning and implementation, Social Audit, Capacity Building of Grassroot

functionaries.

8. Parallel bodies and Voluntary Sector: Self Help Groups, Users Associations and Parastatals.

The following topic is added in Unit-II

9. Development Planning

Books for Reference:

1. Prof. G. Ramireddy, State Government and Politics in Andhra Pradesh.

2. Prof. A. Prasanna Kumar, Government and Politics in Andhra Pradesh.

3. Telugu Akademi, Text Book latest revised edition.

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM

Course: B.A. Subject: Public Administration Module- VIII (Elective - 2B)

Name of the Module: E-Governance

CBCS Pattern

Semester VI

Unit-I: Introduction

1. Meaning, Definition and Importance of Electronic Governance.

2. Evolution of E-Governance.

3. Information Society and Community Empowerment.

4. IT Act 2000 and National E-Governance Programme – 2002.

5. Opportunities and Challenges for E-Governance in India.

Unit-II: Techniques of e-Governance

1. GIS Based Management Systems.

2. Citizen Database and Human Development.

3. Back Office Operations and Front Office Delivery Public Grievance Redressal Mechanisms.

Unit-III: e-Governance: Case Studies

1. Akshaya Programme in Kerala.

2. Bhoomi in Karnataka Wired Village Project – Warana experiment in Maharashtra.

Unit-IV: e- Governance in Andhra Pradesh: Case Studies

1. Computer – Aided Administration of Registration Department (CARD).

2. E-Seva (Electronic Citizen Services) Rural Kiosks.

Text Book:

1. Telugu Academy, Text Book latest revised edition.

GOVERNMENTCOLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) :: RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM

Department of Public Administration

List of Examiners 2017- 18

S.NO. NAME COLLEGE CITY

1 Dr. D.S.V.S.

Balasubramanyam

S.R.R. & C.V.R. Govt.

College

Vijayawada

2 G. Padmanabham Govt. Degree College Bhimavaram

3 Dr. G. David

Livingstone

D.N.R. College (A) Bhimavaram