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Block 1 – The Nature of Public Administration
Public Administration: Meaning and Scope
Importance of Public Administration
Public Administration and Other Social Sciences
Evolution of Public Administration
Comparative Public Administration
Development Administration
New Public Administration

Block 2 – Public Organisations: The Paradigms
Classical Approach-Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick
Scientific Management-F.W. Taylor
Human Relations Approach-Elton Mayo
System Approach-Chester Barnard
Behavioral Approach-Herbert Simon
Social Psychological Approach-Douglas McGregor and Abraham Maslow
Ecological Approach-Fred. W. Riggs

Block 3 – Bureaucracy
Meaning of Bureaucracy
Max Weber
Karl Marx
Representative Bureaucracy
Issues in Bureaucracy

Block 4 – Concepts in Organisation-I
Formal and Informal Organisations
Division of Work and Coordination
Hierarchy
Span of Control
Unity of Command
Centralisation and Decentralisation

Block 5 – Concepts in Organisation-II
Delegation
Supervision
Communication
Administrative Planning
Authority and Responsibility
Leadership

Block 6 – Block-6 Concepts in Organisation-III
Chief Executive
Line Agencies
Staff and Auxiliary Agencies
Budgeting
Accountability
Citizen and Administration
Organisational Effectiveness
Administrative Theory-An Evaluation