UPSC Mains PUBLIC-ADMINISTRATION-PAPER-I 2019

Public Administration is constantly being reinvented because it is contextual." Elaborate.

Bureau pathology denigrates competence in organizations." Explain.

If there is ever to be a science of Public Administration it must derive from an understanding of man's behaviour." Explain.

Chester Barnard in "The Functions of the Executive' injected 'the social' in the study of organization. Explain in this context how the executive is expected to play a much greater role than a manager."

Delegated legislation has become a strategic tool in the hands of the executive despite its utility." Comment.

Governance is neither a paradigm nor a panacea for all the ills of government. It may be a more useful approach when other methods fail in providing public service." Critically evaluate.

With the entry of the concept of 'good governance' the discipline of Public Administration has shed its statist character. Explain.

Has New Public Management failed in promoting a democratic polity? Analyse in the contexts of individual as a citizen and individual as a customer.

Globalization has constructed the administrative state to save and serve corporate power structure." Discuss how transnational corporations impact government and public administration in the contemporary era.

Contingency theory of organization is founded on the interplay of 'external fit' and 'internal fit'. Discuss.

Mary Parker Follett traced the foundational value of business and enterprise on her way to understand the organism of governmental machinery. Comment.

Media, the fourth estate, is in chains." Examine the statement in the context of governmental accountability.

Contractualism has become a favourite policy of the neoliberal forces, but not without its share of controversy. Argue.

The failure to discard its elitist character and west-centric orientation has led to the decline of Comparative Public Administration. Explain.

"Maximum social gain" in public policy making is an attractive goal which is rarely found in practice. Discuss.

A narrow view of information comes in the way of successful implementation of MIS in organizations. Analyse.

Has e-governance led to debureaucratization and decentralization ? Assess its impact on bureaucratic inertia.