New IGNOU BPAE-104 Help Book Personnel Administration in English – BA Public Administration Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Personnel Administration
Concept, Nature and Scope of Personnel Administration
Functions and Significance of Personnel Administration
Role of Public Services in Administrative System
Characteristics of Public Personnel Administration in India

Block 2 – Civil Services in India
Civil Services in the Context of Modern Bureaucracy
Bases of Bureaucracy
Development of Public Services in India
Classification of Services (Cadres)
Generalists and Specialists

Block 3 – Personnel Agencies
Role and Functions of Department of Personnel/Union Public Service Commission/State Public Service Commission/Staff Selection Commission
Central and State Training Institutes
Administrative Tribunals
Career Planning and Development

Block 4 – Personnel Management: Policies and Practices
Personnel Policy
Recruitment (Reservation in Services)
Promotion
Training
Performance Appraisal

Block 5 – Working Conditions and Conditions of Service
Salary Administration, Incentives and other Benefits
Conduct and Discipline
Admlnistrative Ethics and Integrity in Civil Services

Block 6 – Employer-Employee Relations
Employee Unions
Joint Consultative Machinery
Right of Public Servants
Motivation and Morale