Syllabus of M.A. Public Administration University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya ACADEMIC SESSION

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1 Syllabus of M.A. Public Administration University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya ACADEMIC SESSION Course Code: MPA School Code: SSSH MASTER IN PUBIC ADMINISTRATION Public Administration is an inter-disciplinary area of studies. Its theories and concepts have been drawn from other disciplines of social sciences, such as, economics, political science, management, law, sociology and psychology, with an objective of educating the students to be eventually capable of working in work in various sectors of public life. Careers in public administration demand administrative skills and knowledge, a solid understanding of various dimensions of governance, organizational proficiency, knowledge of working of various departments and corporate sectors, administration, budgeting, accounting, finance, and organizational proficiency. There are career opportunities in non-profit agencies and local government bodies, state government, public service organizations, such as, animal welfare, healthcare agencies, and environmental management at national and international levels. Career aspirants, at the successful completion of the course can secure jobs administrators, budget analysts or executives with various social groups. For professionals with doctorate degree can join in administrative management sector; industrial sector; personnel management sector; legal sector and social service sectors as well. The study of this field includes: - Theories of Administration Public organizations Public Services Constitutional framework Post-graduate studies:- For pursuing an Master in Public Administration, student must have completed graduation in any discipline. Usually the duration for the master's degree programme is 2 years. One can undertake further studies leading to obtaining a Ph. D degree. Specialized areas:- Personnel and Industrial Relation Management Administrative Management Social Services Law, Investigations and Inspections

2 Job Prospects:- Correctional Treatment Specialist Administrative Officer Emergency Services Public Works Management Analyst Labour Management Relations Specialist Personnel Management Specialist Economic Development Social Worker Customs Inspector Border Patrol Agent Municipal Planning Police Fire Prospects in government sectors:- Public Administration is a crucial sector for any country. A developed or developing country needs administrative officers to run various branches of administration in an efficient way. The discipline of Public Administration equips one to do this. In India, the UPSC and States Civil Service Commissions conduct Civil Services Examinations for appointing candidates to the following positions: - Foreign service offices District administrators Police officer Accounts, Revenue and Audit Officers and so on. Audit and revenue officers in:- Governance Law & Order

3 UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MEGHALAYA SYLLABUS FOR M.A. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TOTAL MARKS: 500 SEMESTER I MPA 01: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: PRINCIPLES AND APPROACHES MPA 02 INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION MPA 03 ADMINISTRATIVE THOUGHT MPA 04 PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION MPA 05 FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION MPA - 01 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: PRINCIPLES AND APPROACHES Unit 1: Public Administration Introducing the discipline 1.1:- Meaning and Definition of Administration and Public Administration; Nature: Integral and Managerial Views of Administration 1.2:- Public and Private Administration: Differences and Similarities 1.3:- Scope of the study: POSDCORB View, Subject-matter view and various theorists View 1.4:- Role of Public Administration in recent scenario 1.5:- Evolution of study of Public Administration: As an activity and as a discipline Unit 2: Public Administration as a Social Science and its relation with other disciplines 2.1:- Public Administration as a Social Science 2.2:- Philosophy of Public Administration 2.3:- Nature and Ends of Public Administration 2.4:- Relation of Public Administration with Law, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and History 2.5:- Public Administration as a Science and Technology Unit 3: Organisation- Principles and Problems 3.1:-Organisation: Meaning, Origin, Importance and Types 3.2:- Principles of organization: Hierarchy, Span of control, Unity of Command, Authority, Power, Responsibility, Delegation, Supervision, Line, Staff and Auxiliary agencies 3.3:- Some technical problems of Organisation

4 Unit 4: Theories of Public Administration 4.1:- Classical theory of Gullick, Urwick Mooney and Reiley 4.2:- Administrative Theory: Henry Fayol s fourteen Principles 4.3:- Bureaucratic Theory of Max Weber 4.4:- Scientific Management Theory of F.W. Taylor 4.5:- Human Relations Theory of Elton Mayo Unit 5: Emerging Concepts and Recent Trends 5.1:- Democratic Administration 5.2:- Development Administration 5.3:- Criteria of Good Administration 5.4:- Good Governance 5.5:- New Public Administration 5.6:- New Public Management perspective Text Books Recommended:- 1. Rumki Basu, Public Administration: Concepts and Theories (New Delhi: Sterling, 2008) 2. Dr. M.P. Sharma & Dr. B.L. Sadana, Public Administration in Theory and Practice (New Delhi: Kitab Mahal, 2012) Reading References:- John McDonald Pffifner and Robert Vance Presthus, Public Administration (New York; Ronald Press, 1953) Leonard Dupree White, Introduction to the Study of Public Administration (London: Macmillan, 1948) Richard Joseph Stillman, Public Administration: Concept and Cases (New York: Cengage Learning, 2009) Robert B. Benhardt, Public Administration (New York: Cengage Learning, 2008) Herbert A. Simon, Public Administration, 4th Edition (New York: Transaction Publishers, 2010) Sriram Maheswari, Administrative Theory: An Introduction, 2nd Edition (New Delhi: Macmillan, 2003) Attar Singh, Principles of Public Administration (New Delhi, Mohit Publications) S. Maheswari, Administrative Theory: An Introduction (New Delhi: Macmillan) MPA - 02 INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Unit 1: Evolution of Indian Administration and Development of Indian Constitution 1.1:- Ancient Phase: Mauryan Era

5 1.2:- Medieval Phase: Mughal Era 1.3:- Modern Phase: British period and British legacies 1.4:- Constitutional development 1.5:- Indian Constitution: Salient features; Preamble 1.6:- Salient features of Indian administration, Centre- State Relation Unit 2: Central & State Executive; and Council of Ministers 2.1:- The President: Powers and Functions 2.2:- The Prime Minister: Powers and Functions 2.3:- Governor: Powers and Functions 2.4:- Chief Minister: Powers and Functions 2.5:- The Council of Ministers: Powers and Functions Unit 3: Central Administration 3.1:- Central Secretariat: Structure and Functions 3.2:- Cabinet Secretariat: Structure and Functions 3.3:- Prime Minister s Office (PMO) 3.4:- Ministries and Department 3.5:- Centre State Relations Unit 4: State Administration 4.1:- State Secretariat: Structure and Functions 4.2:- Chief Secretary: Role and Functions 4.3:- Role of Governor 4.4:- Role of Chief Minister 4.5:- Role of Commissioners Unit 5: District & Local Administration 5.1:- District Magistrate: Role and Functions

6 5.2:- Local Administration 5.3:- Administration under 6 th Schedule 5.4:- Autonomous District Council Text Books Recommended:- 1. Durga Das Basu, Introduction to the Constitution of India (New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India, 1999) 2. M.V. Rajkumar, Indian Administration Then and Now (New Delhi: Mangalam Publications, 2010) 3. Dr. B.L. Fadia, Indian Government & Politics, (Agra, Sahitya Bhawan Publications) Reading References:- M.A. Quraishi, Indian Administration Pre and Post Independence (New Delhi: B.R. Publishing, 1985) S.R. Maheswari, Indian Administration, 6th Edition (New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2000) Ramesh K Arora and Rajni Goyal, Indian Public Administration: Institutions and Issues (New Delhi: New Age International, 1995) M. Sharma, Indian Administration (New Delhi: Anmol Publishers, 2004) Prabhu Datta Sharma, Indian Administration: Retrospect and Prospect (New Delhi: Rawat Publication, 2009) P.D. Sharma & B.M. Sharma, Indian Administration: Retrospect and Prospect (New Delhi, Rawat Publications) MPA - 03 ADMINISTRATIVE THOUGHT Unit 1: Views of Thinkers- I: Woodrow Wilson to Abraham Maslow 1.1:- Theory of Woodrow Wilson 1.2:- System Approach: Views of David Easton and Chester I. Barnard 1.3:- Views of Herbert A. Simon on Decision-making in Organisation 1.4:- Views of Abraham Maslow Unit 2: Views of Thinkers- II: Mary Parker Follett to Douglas Mc. Gregor 2.1:- Views of Mary Parker Follett 2.2:- Views of Frederich Irving Herzberg on Socio- Psychological Approach 2.3:- Views of Chris Argyris 2.4:- Views of Douglas Mc. Gregor Unit 3: Views of Thinkers- III: Rensis Likert to Peter Drucker

7 3.1:- Rensis Likert: His views 3.2:- Views of Clayton Paul Alderfer 3.3:- Views of Yehezkel Dror 3.4:- Views of Peter Drucker Unit 4: Thoughts: Kautilya to M.K. Gandhi 4.1:- Kautilya s theory of Administration 4.2:- Ashoka s view of Administration 4.3:- Akbar s view on Administration 4.4:- Mahatma K. Gandhi s view on Administration Unit 5: Administrative Thought: Jawaharlal Nehru to Jai Prakash Narayan and modern thoughts 5.1:- Jawaharlal Nehru s view 5.2:- Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel s view of Administration 5.3:- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar s view of Administration 5.4:- Thoughts of Jai Prakash Narayan 5.5:- Perspective of Public Choice and State of Administrative Theory in 21 st Century Text Books Recommended:- 1. O.P. Gauba, Western Political Thought (New Delhi: Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 2013) 2. K.S. Padhay, Indian Political Thought (New Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2011) 3. Administrative Thinkers Reading References:- S.R. Maheswari, Administrative Thinkers (New Delhi: Macmillan, 2003) Umesh Kumar, Kautilyas Thought on Public Administration (New Delhi: National Book Organization, 2003) A.R. Tyagi, Philosophic Foundations of the Contemporary Administrative Thought (New Delhi: Atma Ram and Sons, 1985) Ravindra Prasad and Others (eds), Administrative Thinkers (New Delhi: Sterling, 1989) Manoj Sharma, Administrative Thinkers (New Delhi: Anmol Publishers, 2004) Dr. R. Prasad & V. S. Prasad, Administrative Thinkers( New Delhi, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd.) MPA - 04 PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

8 Unit 1: Public Personal Administration 1.1:- Public Personal Administration: Meaning, Nature, Scope and Significance 1.2:- Evolution of Public Personnel Administration 1.3:- Functions of personnel administration 1.4:- Personnel policies 1.5:- Human Resource Management: Meaning, Definition, Characteristics and Nature Unit 2: Bureaucracy 2.1:- Meaning and changing concept of Bureaucracy 2.2:- Features and types of bureaucracy 2.3:- Role of Bureaucrats in Administration 2.4:- Bureaucracy and Democracy 2.5:- Neutrality vs. Commitment 2.6:- Anonymity: Characters of Bureaucracy 2.7:- Generalist and Specialist debate 2.8:- Ethical and Moral issues Unit 3: Classification of services and UPSC, SPSC 3.1:- Meaning and Definition of Classification 3.2:- Types of Classification of Services: Position Classification & Rank Classification: Meaning, Advantages and Disadvantages 3.3:- Recruitment: Meaning, Types, Process and Problems; Recruitment to Public Services in India, Recruitment Agencies: UPSC and SPSC 3.4:- Training: Meaning, Objectives, Types, Techniques and Importance; Training in India 3.5:- Promotion: Meaning, Elements, Types, Principles and Importance; Promotion System in India Unit 4: Civil Service Tribunals 4.1:- Central Administrative Tribunal: Composition and Functions 4.2:- State Administrative Tribunal: Composition and Functions 4.3:- Jurisdiction of Tribunals: Powers and Role in Administration Unit 5: Service Conditions

9 5.1:- Service Conditions of Civil Servants 5.2:- Protection of Civil Servants 5.3:- Conduct and Discipline 5.4:- Accountability 5.5:- Transfer 5.6:- Integrity in Civil Service 5.7:- Performance Appraisal 5.8:- Retirement Benefit 5.9:- Employer- Employee Relation Text Books Recommended:- 1. V.M. Sinha, Personnel Administration (New Delhi: R.B.S.A Publisher, 1989) 2. N. Joseph Caver, Public Personnel Administration, 4th Edition (New York: Wadswarth, 2003) 3. John M. Ivancevich, Human Resource Management (New Delhi: Tata McGraw- Hill Publishing Company, 2008) 4. David A. DeCenzo & Stephen P. Robbins, Personnel/ Human Resource Management, Third Edition ( New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2007) Reading References:- Herman Finer, Theory and Practice of Modern Governments, originally published in 1949 (New York: H. Holt, digitalized 2006) Ordway Tead and Henry Clayton Metcalf, Personnel Administration: Its Principles and Practice, originally published in 1920 (New York: McGraw Hill, digitalized in 2007) Jack Rabin, Handbook on Public Personnel Administration (New York: M. Dekker, 1995) Steven W. Hays and Richard C. Kearney, Public Personnel Administration: Problems and Prospects, Indian Edition (New Delhi Prentice Hall, 1983) A.Monappa & M.S. Saiyadain, Personnel Management (New Delhi Tata McGrow Hill. Pvt. Ltd.) C.B. Mamoria, Personnel Management ( New Delhi, Himalaya Publishing House) C.B. Mamoria & S.V. Gankar, Personnel Management ( New Delhi, Himalaya Publishing House) M. Bhattacharya, New Horizons of Public Administration (New Delhi, J. Publications & Distributions) MPA - 05 FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION

10 Unit 1: Finance Administration- Introduction 1.1:- Financial Administration: Meaning, Scope and Significance 1.2:- Principles and Evolution of Financial Administration 1.3:- Machineries of Financial Administration Unit 2: Finance Commission and Planning Commission 2.1:- Finance Commission: Role in Financial Administration 2.2:- Planning Commission: Role in Planning and Financial Administration 2.3:- National Development Council: Role in Administration 2.4:- Financial Administration in developed countries: key features 2.5:- Some aspects of British and American budgetary procedures 2.6:- Control over Public Expenditure: Procedure in UK and USA 2.7:- Accounting and Auditing in developed countries Unit 3: Budget and Budgeting 3.1:- Budget: Concept, Meaning, Purposes, Principles and Implications 3.2:- Types of Budget: Legislative Type, Parliamentary Type and Board and Commission Type 3.3:- Changing forms of Budget:- Line item budget, Performance budgeting, Balance and Deficit budget; and Gender budgeting 3.4:- Techniques of Budget 3.4:- Preparation and Process of Budget 3.5:- Enactment of Budget 3.6:- Execution of Budget 3.7:-Departmental Standing Committees Unit 4: Resource Mobilisation 4.1:- Public Finance and Public Revenue 4.2:- Public expenditure and Public debt 4.3:- Fiscal federalism in India

11 4.4:- Monetary Policy 4.5:- Reserve Bank of India: Role and Functions 4.6:- World Bank and International Monetary Fund (with special reference to India) Unit 5: System and Authorities of Financial Administration 5.1:- Accounting and Auditing 5.2:- Comptroller and Auditor General of India: Powers and Functions 5.3:- Accounting Process in India 5.4:- Post-budgetary control of Finance Ministry 5.5:- Parliamentary control 5.6:- Committees: Parliamentary committees, Estimate Committee and Public Account Committee Text Books Recommended:- 1. Rumki Basu, Public Administration Concept and Theories ( New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2011) 2. Dr. Vishnoo Bhagwan and Dr. Vidya Bhushan, Public Administration ( New Delhi: S. Chands, 2009) 3. P.D. Sharma and B.M. Sharma, Indian Administration Retrospect and Prospect ( New Delhi: Rawat Publications, 2009) Reading References:- M. V. Leyy, Public Financial Administration: A Study of the Financial and Accounting Practices of Public Authorities (New York: Law Book Company, 1972) B.J. Reed and John W. Swain, Public Finance Administration, Indian Edition (New Delhi: Sage, 1996) Peter Joseph and Joaquim Pinto, System of Financial Administration in India, originally published in 1943 (Michigan: University of Michigan, digitalized in 2007) M.J.K. Thavaraj, Financial Administration in India (New Delhi: S.Chand, 1998) K.N. Baisya, Financial Administration in Indi: Theory and Practice (New Delhi: Himalaya Publication, 1986) Gurdev Singh Lal, Financial Administration in India (New Delhi: HPJ Kapoor, 1969) S.L. Goel, Public Financial Administration (New Delhi: Deep and Deep, 2002) S. K. Singh, Public Finance in Developed and Developing Countries (New Delhi: S. Chand, 1982) R. Datt & K.P.M. Sundharam, Indian Economy (New Delhi, S. Chand) K.K. Dewett, Modern Economic Theory (New Delhi, S. Chand& Company Ltd.) B.P. Tyagi, Public Finance (Meerut City, Jai Prakash Nath & Co.)

12 B.K. Bhargava & Vandana Sethi, Indian Economy:Performance, Issues & Policies(New Delhi, S. Chand) R.A. Musgrave & P. B. Musgrave, Public Finance in Theory and Practice( New Delhi, Tata McGrow Hill. Pvt. Ltd.) ( Seminars, Papers, Presentations and Field Visits as per requitments of the Papers) SEMESTER II TOTAL MARKS: 500

13 MPA 06: CONTEMPORARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MPA 07: COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MPA 08: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY MPA 09: ISSUES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MPA 10: SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA MPA - 06 CONTEMPORARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY This paper would consist of two parts (I) Theory paper of 60 marks, Practical of 40 marks. Unit 1: Basics of Information Technology 1.1 Information Technology - Definition, Need, Qualities 1.2 Information Management, Right to Information Utility of Information Technology 1.3 Information Society, Globalization of Communication, New Frontiers of Information Technology 1.4 Computer Fundamentals, Architecture of Computers Input- output Devices, Central Processing Unit, Hardware and Software, Applications, Classification of computer and computer languages Unit 2: Computer Operating System 2.1 MS-DOS, Windows up to the latest versions 2.2 MS-Word, MS-Excel Unit 3: System Analysis 3.1 Preliminary Survey 3.2 Analysis of problems and laying down specifications 3.3 Design development, testing and debugging 3.4 System Analysis Methods 3.5 Data flow diagrams, structure chart, Programme/system development process 3.6 Internet - understanding internet, internet management, uses of internet - website, e- mail, information retrieval, security of data on internet Unit 4: E- Governance and E- Commerce 4.1 Basic concepts- meaning, growth and significance 4.2 Empowering citizens access to service delivery; grievance redressal

14 4.3 E-commerce - meaning, nature, processes, scope, problems and barriers, cyber crimes, satellite communication, video conferencing Unit 5: Management Information System 5.1 MIS - meaning, nature, process 5.2 Office automation: Means and Uses 5.3 Uses of Information Technology in Public Administration planning and monitoring, improving services, transparency, empowering citizens by access to information, grievance redressal, training through computers. Texts/references E. Garrison Walters, The Essential Guide to Computing: The Story of Information Technology, Indian Edition (New Delhi: Prentice Hall, 2000) Brian Williams and Stacy Sawyer, Using Information Technology, 9th Edition (New York: Career Edition, 2010) Lawrence Snyder, Fluency with Information Technology: Skills, Concepts and Capabilities, 4th Indian Edition (New Delhi: Prentice Hall, 2010) Jon Piot and Nicholas Carr, The Executive s Guide to Information Technology (New York: Wiley, 2007) Carl V. Brown and others, Managing Information Technology, 7th Indian Edition (New Delhi: Prentice Hall, 2011) MPA - 07 COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Unit 1: Comparative Public Administration (CPA) - Introducing the discipline 1.1:- CPA: Meaning, Nature, Scope and Significance 1.2:- Origin and Evolution 1.3:- Salient features of CPA 1.4:- Comparative Administration Group (CAG) 1.5:- Significance and Growth of CPA 1.6:- Administration and Environment: Social, Economic, Cultural and Political factors Unit 2: Approaches and models of CPA 2.1:- Classifications: Ferrel Heady s Views and Kieth Henderson s Views

15 2.2:- Approaches to the study of CPA: Traditional Approach, Institutional Approach, Structural- Functional Approach and Ecological Approach 2.3:- Dwight Waldo s contribution Unit 3: Development Administration 3.1:- Concept, Meaning and Salient Features 3.2:- Factors for the rise of Development Administration 3.3:- Development Administration and Administrative development 3.4:- Purposes of Development Administration 3.5:- Development Administration and Traditional Administration: Differentiated Unit 4: Comparison of Public Grievance Redressal Systems 4.1:- Ombudsman Definition and Functions 4.2:- Methods of Grievance Redressal in the U.K 4.3:- Methods of Grievance Redressal in the USA 4.4:- Methods of Grievance Redressal in India Unit 5: CPA and Ecology 5.1:- Meaning and relevance of ecology 5.2:- Ecology and Public Administration 5.3:- Concept of Sustainable development Text Books Recommended:- 1. M.P. Sharma, B.L. Sadana and Harpeet Kaur, Public Administration in Theory and Practice Ed. (New Delhi: Kitab Mahal Publishers, 2011) 2. Rumki Basu, Public Administration: Concepts and Theories (New Delhi: Sterling, 2008) 3. Reading References William Siffin (ed), Towards the Comparative Study of Public Administration (Indian University: Greenwood Press, 1972) Ferrel Heady, Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective (New York: M Dekker, 1991) Ferrel Heady and Sybil Stokes (eds), Papers in Comparative Public Administration (Michigan: Michigan State University, 2008) Fred Warren Riggs, Administration in Developing Countries, Original publication 1964 (New York: Houghton Muffin, 2008 digitalized)

16 Edward Weidner (ed), Development Administration in Asia (Durham: Duke University Press, 1970) M. F. Rice (ed),diversity & Public Administration:Theory,Issues & Perspectives(New Delhi,Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd) V.N Khanna, Comparative Study of Government and Politics (New Delhi, R. Chand & Co. Publishers) MPA - 08 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY Unit 1: Introduction to Public Policy 1.1:- Public Policy: Meaning, Nature, Scope and Significance 1.2:- Policy Science: Emergence and Importance 1.3:- Policy Cycle: Limitations 1.4:- Policy Change 1.5:- Models of Public Policy Unit 2: Policy Formulation 2.1:- The Process of Policy Formulation 2.2:- Role of various agencies: Political Executive, Bureaucracy and Judiciary 2.3:- Policy- making and inter-governmental relations 2.4:- Interest Groups and Policy making 2.5:- Problems and constraints in Policy formulation 2.6:- Models of Public Policy formulation 2.7:- Public Policy- making in India Unit 3: Policy Implementation 3.1:- Systems and Models of Policy Implementation 3.2:- Implementing Agencies and their role: Governmental Agencies and Non- Governmental Agencies 3.3:- Problems in Policy Implementation 3.4:- Monitoring of Public Policy Implementation 3.5:- Approaches of Policy Implementation: Top- Down Model, Bottom- Up Model, Policy Action Model and Managerial Approaches 3.6:- Problems and Remedies Unit 4: Policy Evaluation and Impact

17 4.1:- Understanding Policy Evaluation 4.2:- Policy Impact Assessment 4.3:- Evaluation Techniques 4.4:- Stages in Policy Analysis Unit 5: Policy Interventions - Case studies 5.1:- Land Reforms 5.2:- Industrial Policy 5.3:- Panchayati Raj (Rural Development) 5.4:- Globalization and Impact on National Policy- Making Text Books Recommended:- 1. R.K. Sapru, Public Policy: Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation (New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Private Limited, 2004) Reading References Charles O. Jones, Introduction to the Study of Public Policy, originally published in 1970 (New York: Wadsworth, digitalized, 2006) R.K. Sapru, Public Policy Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation (New Delhi: Sterling, 2000) Yehizkel Dror, Public Policy Making Re-examined (New York: Leonard, Hill Books, 1983) Charles Wheelan, Introduction to Public Policy (New York: W.W. Norton, 2010) Charles Edward Lindblom, Policy-making Process, Indian Edition (New Delhi: Prentice Hall, 1980) D.C. Grover, Policies of Public Administration (New Delhi, Mohit Publications) MPA - 09 ISSUES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Unit 1: Key issues in public administration 1.1:- Responsive Administration 1.2:- Ethics in Administration 1.3:- Values and Accountability in Administration 1.4:- Civil Society: NGOs and Voluntary Organisations 1.5:- Social Movements Unit 2: Good Governance and Introduction

18 2.1:- Concept and Application 2.2:- Essence of Good Governance: Accountability, Efficiency and Transparency 2.3:- Public Participation in Administration: Citizen Charter 2.4:- RTI, Lokpal- Jan Lokpal Bill and Lokayukta 2.5:- Electoral, Administrative and Judicial Reforms Unit 3: Redressal of Citizens grievances 3.1:- Role of Consumer Co-ordination Council 3.2:- The Savottam Model: Modules 3.3:- Lok Adalats: Role and Functions 3.4:- Public Interest Litigation [PIL] 3.5:- Judicial activism Unit 4: Miscellaneous Issues in Administration 4.1:- Public Distribution System [PDS] 4.2:- Millennium Development Goals 4.3:- Rural Health Issues 4.4:- Gender issues and Women empowerment 4.5:- An analysis of India s Administrative Culture Unit 5: Interface between Citizens and Administration 5.1:- Police Public Relation 5.2:- Administration of Law and Order: The role of Central Agencies 5.3:- Institutional devices: Ombudsman System, Administrative Courts System and Procurator System Text Books Recommended:- 1. M.P. Sharma, B.L. Sadana and Harpeet Kaur, Public Administration in Theory and Practice Ed. (New Delhi: Kitab Mahal Publishers, 2011) 2. Rumki Basu, Public Administration: Concepts and Theories (New Delhi: Sterling, 2008) Reading References:- Ramesh Kumar Arora and Rajni Goyal, Indian Public Administration: Institutions and Issues (New Delhi: New Age International, 1995)

19 Fredrick S. Lane, Current Issues in Public Administration (New York: St Martin Press, 1993) Dwight Waldo, Ideas and Issues in Public Administration, originally published in 1953 (New York: McGraw Hill, digitalized in 2007) Donald C. Menzel and Harvey L. White, The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2011) Donald Cameron Rowat, Basic Issues in Public Administration, originally published in 1961 (New York: Macmillan, digitalized 2009) MPA - 10 SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA Unit 1: Social Administration: An Introduction 1.1 Concepts, Meaning, Nature, Scope and Principles 1.2 Significance of Social Administration, 1.3 Social Administration in India, 1.4 Social change and Social justice, 1.5 Limitations and Prospects in future Unit 2: Social Welfare Administration 2.1 Meaning, Definition, Principles, and Scope of SWA 2.2 Policies and Organizations at the Central level - Ministry of Social Welfare; Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment; Ministry of Minority Affairs; Ministry of Tribal Welfare 2.3 Organisational structure, functions, programmes of Central Social Welfare Board and State Social Welfare Board; National Commissions for SC/ST, OBC, minorities, women Unit 3: Directorate of Social Welfare in states 3.1 Role, Importance of social welfare 3.2 Personnel Administration: Manpower planning, Induction, Traning, Supervision, Staff Welfare, Service Condition and Staff Morale, Problems faced by social work organisation, Laws related to Personnel Management Unit 4: Issues in Social Administration 4.1 Efficiency, Accountability and Transparency in social administration, 4.2 Social Administration and the Role of Civil Society, 4.3 Globalization and Role of International Agencies Unit 5: Problems of Social Administration in India 5.1 Role of administrators

20 5.2 Emerging Challenges to Social Administration in India: Administrative inefficiency and demotivation Texts/references T.N. Chaturvedi and Shanta Kohli Chandra (eds), Social Administration: Development and Change (New Delhi: Indian Institute of Public Administration, 1980) Mohinder Singh, Social Policy and Administration in India (New Delhi: M.D. Publications, 1996) Roger A. Lohmann and Nancy Lohmann, Social Administration (New York: Colombia University Press, 2002) Barbara N. Rogers and others, Comparative Social Administration (New York: Transaction Publications, 2007) Rino J. Patty, Social Welfare Management (New Delhi: Sage, 2000) D.R. Sachdev, Social Welfare Administration in India (New Delhi: Kitab Mahal, 1992) Ella Weinfurther Reed (ed), Social Welfare Administration, originally published in 1961 (New York: Colombia University, Press, digitalized in 2005) Sumati Narain Dubey, Administration of Social Welfare Programmes in India, originally published in 1973 (New Delhi: Somaiya Publication, digitalized in 2008) ( Seminars, Papers, Presentations and Field Visits as per requitments of the Papers) SEMESTER III MPA 11: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROJECT FORMULATION MPA 12: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT MPA 13: MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES MPA 14: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS MPA 15: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW TOTAL MARKS: 500 MPA - 11 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROJECT FORMULATION

21 Unit 1: Meaning and characteristics of science and scientific method, steps in scientific method, objectives of research in public administration, types of research, objectivity in research, research design; hypothesis, meaning, formulation, difficulties in formulation, types of hypotheses, importance Unit 2: Sampling - meaning, types, procedure, selection, merits and demerits, data collection - sources of data collection, primary and secondary techniques of data collection - empirical observation, interview, questionnaire, interview schedule, analysis use of statistical tools, SPSS, content analysis Unit 3: Data processing and analysis - editing and coding of data, classification, tabulation, measurement of central tendency - mean, mode and median; mean deviation and standard deviation, co-relation; chi square test, T-test - report writing Unit 4: Project formulation on social welfare, women, children, aged, weaker sections, poor, differently advanced, unemployment, problems of local governance, rural and urban poverty, environmental protection Unit 5: Research Report Writing Research Proposal and Report: Some Practical Tips Texts/references F.A. Kerlinger, The Foundations of Behavioral Research, 3rd Edition (Orland: Harcourt Brass, 1936) Pauline V.Young, Scientific Social Surveys and Research, Indian Edition (New Delhi: Prentice Hall 1966) Wililam J. Goode and Paul H.Hatt, Methods In Social Research, Indian Edition (New Delhi: McGraw Hill, 1981) Sir Claus Moser and Grham Kalton, Survey Methods in Social Investigation (New York: Dartmouth, 1985) Bernard S.Philips, Social Research, Strategy and Tactics (New York: Macmillan, 1966) Paul Oliver, Writing Your Thesis, 2nd Edition (New Delhi: Sage, 2008) Bridget Somekh and Cathy Lewin, Research Methods in the Social Sciences (New Delhi: Vistaar, 2005) John H. Mueller and P. Schusesslier, Statistical Reasoning in Sociology (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1977) C.R. Kothari, Research Methodology (New Delhi, New Age International) MPA - 12 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT Unit 1: Fundamental of Management 1.1:- Meaning and Elements of Management 1.2:- Management and Administration 1.3:- Management Process 1.4:- Impact of socio-economic factors in Management

22 Unit 2: Management Theories 2.1:- Social Management Theory 2.2:- System Management Theory 2.3:- Behavioural Theory 2.4:- Theory of Contingent Management 2.5:- Importance of these theories in Administration Unit 3: Planning, Strategy and Decision-making in Management 3.1:- Planning: Meaning, Nature and Types 3.2:- Merits and Demerits of Planning 3.3:- Importance of Planning in Management 3.4:- Strategy: Concept, Meaning, kinds and Elements 3.5:- Requirements for effective Strategy 3.6:- Decision- making: Meaning and Nature 3.7:- Importance and Limitations of Decision- making 3.8:- Techniques of Decision- making 3.9:- Bases of Decision- making Unit 4: Management Principles 4.1:- Motivation: Meaning, Characteristics and Importance 4.2:- Communication: Meaning, Types and Importance 4.3:- Leadership: Meaning and Characteristics 4.4:- Trait Approaches to Leadership Unit 5: Personnel Management 5.1:- Meaning, Characteristics and Scope of Personnel Management 5.2:- Reasons for growth and development of Personnel Management in India 5.3:- Performance Evaluation and Management: Purpose of Evaluation, Selected Evaluation Techniques and Potential Problems in Performance Evaluation Texts/references

23 Harold Koontz and Cyril O Donnell, Principles of Management, Originally published in 1972 (New York: McGraw Hill, digitalized 2009) Robert M. Fulmer, The New Management (London: Macmillan, 1988) Harold Koontz and Heinz Weihrich, Essentials of Management, Indian Edition (New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill, 2009) George Terry and Stephen Franklin, Principles of Management, Indian Edition (New Delhi: R.D. Irwin, 1988) Harold Koontz, Cyril O Donnell and Heinz Weihrich, Essentials of Management, Indian Edition (New Delhi: McGrew-Hill Book, 1989) Shyamal Banerjee, Principles and Practice of Management, Indian Edition (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1986) Satya Charan Chatterjee, Introduction to Management, originally published in 1963 (New York: Worldview Press, digitalized in 2009) MPA - 13 MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES Unit 1: Public Enterprise- An Introduction 1.1:- Concept and Meaning, Objectives, Characteristics and Significance 1.2:- Public and Private Enterprise 1.3:- Evolution of Public Enterprises 1.4:- Public Enterprises in India Unit 2: Various kinds of public enterprises 2.1:- Departmental undertakings 2.2:- Public corporation 2.3:- Government company Unit 3: Personnel Management 3.1:- Recruitment, Training, Promotion 3.2:- Service condition and Workers Participation in Management, 3.3:- Control over Public Enterprises : Parliamentary, Ministerial. Unit 4: Key issues in Public Enterprises 4.1:- Accountability 4.2:- Autonomy 4.3:- Effeciency 4.4:- Transparency

24 Unit 5: Privatization in India 5.1:- Privatization Meaning 5.2:- Privatization in india 5.3:- Privatization and Disinvestment 5.4:- Profitability and pricing Policy Texts/references S.A. Bhatt, Management of Public Enterprises (New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 2008) W. Stanbury, Managing Public Enterprises (New York: Prager, 1982) Kumar Ghosh, Public Enterprises Management (New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 2009) Edward L. Baker and Others, Managing the Public Enterprises (New York: Jones and Bartlett, 2009) B.S. Batra, Public Enterprises Management (New Delhi: Neha Publications, 2009) Laxmi Narayan, Public Enterprises Management and Privatization (New Delhi: S. Chand, 2008) MPA - 14 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Unit 1: Human Resource Management 1.1:- HRM: Concept, Meaning, Nature, Scope and Significance 1.2:- Strategic HRM: Aspects, Features, Applications and Implications of SHRM 1.3:- Job description and Job design 1.4:- Job analysis 1.5: Job evaluation 1.6:- Recruitment, Selection and Appointment 1.7:- Promotion 1.8:- Performance Appraisal Unit 2: Learning and Development and Management development 2.1: Meaning of Learning and Development 2.2:- Need for Learning and Development 2.3:- The outcomes of Learning 2.4:- Approaches of the Process of Learning

25 2.5:- Elements in the Process of Learning 2.6:- The Concept of Development 2.7:- Meaning and Definition of Management Development 2.8:- HRM and Management Development Unit 3: Employees health and security and capacity building Strategies 3.1:- Health: Job Stress and Burnt out, Computer related health problems, Noise Control, AIDS, Violence in the work place, Health Promotion, Employee Assistance Programmes, Organisational Health and Culture 3.2:- Safety:- Causes of Work place accidents, Unsafe conditions and other work related factors, Causes of unsafe acts, Management Committee and Safety, Safety Policies and Discipline, Responsibilities and Awareness 3.3:- Capacity Building: Objectives, Significance, Process and Strategies Unit 4: HRM and Employee Involvement 1.1:- Institutional arrangements for WPM in India 1.2:- Collective Bargaining 1.3:- Quality Circle: Definition, Structure, Objectives and Process Unit 5: Total Quality Management (TQM) and Industrial Relations 5.1:- TQM: Concept, Benefits of TQM, Differences between TQM and Traditional Management, Awareness of TQM, Implementing TQM; TQM in India 5.2:- Industrial relations: Industrial Peace, Labour Policy, Defining Grievance, and Methods of Conflict Resolution 5.3:- Labour Laws- Relating to service conditions, wages and salary, social security, safety and welfare Texts/references John M Ivancevich, Human Resource Management (New Delhi: Tata McGraw- Hill Publishing Company Limited, 2008) John Storey and Keith Sission, Managing Human Resources and Industrial Relations (New York: Open University Press, 1993) Micheal Armstrong, A Handbook Human Resource Management Practice (New York: Kegan Page Publishers, 2006) Robert L. Mathis and John Harold Jackson, Human Resource Management (New York: Cengage Learning, 2008) Richard M. Hodgetts and Kathryn W. Hegar, Modern Human Relations at Work (New York: Cengage Learning,2008)

26 Thomas A. Kochan and Thomas A Barocci, Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, originally published in 1985 (New York: Little Brown, digitalized in 2008) P. Subba Rao, Essentials of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations (New Delhi: Himalaya, 2008) MPA - 15 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Unit 1: Principles of Administrative Law 1.1 Meaning, scope, sources, importance and growth- reasons for growth 1.2 Difference and Relationship between Constitutional Law and Administrative Law 1.3 Dicey on Administrative Law 1.4 Administrative Law and Rule of law Unit 2: Natural Justice 2.1 Basic Principles 2.2 Reasoned Speaking Order 2.3 Rule against Bias, Departmental Bias, Pecuniary Bias 2.4 Situations when rules of Natural Justice are disregarded 2.5 Exclusion in emergency 2.6 Public Interest 2.7 Confidentiality 2.8 Academic Adjudication 2.9 Impracticability 2.10 Interim Preventive action UNIT 3: Delegated legislation 3.1 Meaning, Reasons for growths, Classification, Constitutional Problem, Normal and Abnormal delegation, Safeguards in delegated legislation 3.2 Judicial Review: Conditions, grounds and limitations 3.3 Public Interest Litigation: Supreme Court on PIL Grounds for rejection of PIL Unit 4: Judicial Control of Administrative Action and Administrative Adjudication 4.1 Sweep of Judicial Control

27 4.2 Doctrine of Judicial Review 4.3 The Authorities within the purview of Judicial Action 4.4 Who can invoke the Jurisdiction of the court 4.5 Principles and modes of Judicial Control, Modes of Control- the writs: habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, certiorari and quo warranto 4.6 Control of Administrative Action 4.7 Administrative adjudication: Meaning, causes for its growth, differences between judicial process and administrative adjudication 4.8 Judicial Review of Administrative Adjudication 4.9 Administrative tribunals - origin and importance, administrative tribunals and courts- differences between judicial processes and administrative adjudication 4.10 Parliamentary Control over Administrative Law Unit 5: State Liability Suits against the administration 5.1 Right to sue the Government in ordinary Courts, Procedural formalities 5.2 Contractual and Tortious Liability Compensation for wrongful confinement, reforms of tortious liability 5.3 Privileges and immunities of the State: Privilege to withhold documents 5.4 Immunity from Estoppel, Promissory Estoppel Texts/references Dr. Paras Diwan, Administrative Law (Allahabad Law Agency, 1992) Durga Das Basu, Administrative Law (New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India,1986) M.P. Jain and S.N. Jain, Principles of Administrative Law (Bombay: N.M. Tripathi, 1979) K.C. Joshi, Administrative Law (Allahabad: Central Law Agency, 1988) Cecil Carr, Delegated Legislation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1921) W.A. Roson, W.A., Justice and Administrative Law, originally published in 1928 (London: Macmillan, digitalized 2009) John Aneurin Grey Griffith and Harry Street, Principles of Administrative Law, originally published in 1952 (London: Pittman, digitalized 2006) ( Seminars, Papers, Presentations and Field Visits as per requitments of the Papers) TOTAL MARKS: 500

28 SEMESTER IV MPA 16: URBAN ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA MPA 17: RURAL ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA MPA 18: HUMAN RIGHTS ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA MPA 19: ADMINISTRATION OF ENVIRONMENT MPA 20: DISSERTATION MPA 21: TOURISM ADMINISTRATION IN NORTH EAST INDIA MPA - 16 URBAN ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA Unit 1: Urban Administration 1.1 Brief history of Urban Local Self-Government 1.2 Administration of Metropolitan Cities/ Areas 1.3 Municipal Boards 1.4 Town Committees 1.5 Decentralization of Urban Administration th Constitution Amendment Act: Features 1.7 Development Authorities: Structure and functions, Recruitment, Training and Service conditions of urban functionaries Unit 2: Urban-State Government linkages 2.1 Planning and Development: Decentralized Planning 2.2 District Planning Committee: master plans, city development plan, five year plans 2.3 Urbanization and its impact Unit 3: Municipal Finances 3.1 Revenue Structure 3.2 Inter Government fiscal relations 3.3 State Finance Commission and its role in enhancing municipal revenue capability 3.4 Centre-State-Urban financial relations 3.5 Urban Development infrastructure and reforms 3.6 Policies and programmes - water supply, health and sanitation, drainage, roads, urban transport, urban housing, JNNURM, and other programmes: (UIDSSMT, IHSDP, BSUP) ; managing urban poverty and slums

29 Unit 4: Urban environmental pollution and protection 4.1 Accountability, Efficiency and Transparency 4.2 Decentralization, Responsiveness and Responsibility 4.3 Citizens participation and contemporary challenges Unit 5: Urban Local Bodies of USA and UK Comparison with Indian Structure, Powers and Functions of local bodies 5.1 Local Bodies of USA: Structure, powers and functions 5.2 Local Bodies of UK: Structure, powers and functions 5.3 Comparison of Local Bodies of developed countries (USA & UK) with India: Structure, powers and functions Texts/references R.L. Khanna, Municipal Government and Administration (New Delhi: Mohendra Capital Publications, 1967) R. Argal, Municipal Government in India (New Delhi: Agarwal Press, 1967) I.S.A. Baud and others, New Forms of Urban Governance in India (New Delhi: Sterling, 2009) Sudha Mohan, Urban Development and New Localism (New Delhi: Rawat, 2005) Marina Pinto, Metropolitan City Governance in India (New Delhi: Sage, 2000) Hubert Heinelt and others, Legitimacy and Urban Governance: A Cross-National Comparative Study (London: Routledge, 2009) MPA - 17 RURAL ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA Unit 1: Rural Administration in India : An Introduction 1.1 Concept of rural administration and rural governance 1.2 Basic principles, needs and problems of developing countries with special reference to India, conditions in rural India Unit 2: Institutions of Panchayati Raj 2.1 Origin, Patterns, Performance and Achievements, Causes of Failure, Ashok Mehta Committee: Recommendations 2.2 Decentralization of power and 73rd amendment

30 2.3 Agencies, Schemes and Programmes: Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP), District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), MGNREGA. 2.4 Financial Powers of PRIs Unit 3: Structure and Agencies of Rural Governance 3.1 Panchayats: The three-tier system village level, block level, district level. 3.2 Panchayats as development agencies 3.3 Emerging trends relationship between political parties and panchayats Unit 4: State Control Over Panchayati Raj Institutions 4.1 Finance of PRIs An Overview 4.2 State Finance Commission - Role in augmenting Panchayati Raj finances 4.3 Empowering PRIs Financial Powers of PRIs Unit 5: Miscellaneous Issues in Rural Governance 5.1 Inter-departmental co-ordination 5.2 Traning for the elected Panchayat Functionaries Their role in development 5.3 Role of PRIs in environmental protection: Local Resource Management and distribution 5.4 Recent challenges to Rural Administration Recommended Texts S. Rajneesh and S. L. Goel, Panchayati Raj in India: Theory and Practice (New Delhi: Deep and Deep, 2008) References B. L. Fadia and Dr. Kuldeep Fadia,Public Administration: Administrative Theories and Concepts ( Agra: Sahitya Bhawan Publication, 2008) B.S. Khanna, Panchyati Raj in India: National Perspective and State Studies (New Delhi: Deep and Deep, 1994) S.S. Meenakshisundaram, Decentralisation in Developing Countries (New Delhi: Concept Publishing, 1994) Iqbal Narain and others, Panchayat Raj Administration: Old Controls and New Challenges (New Delhi: Indian Institute of Public Administration, 1970) Jasprit Kaur Soni, Governance of Panchayati Raj (New Delhi: Authors Press Publishers of Scholarly Books, 2005) Yatindra Singh Sisodia (ed), Functioning of Panchayat Raj System (New Delhi: Rawat Publications, 2005) S. Baluchamy, Panchayati Raj Institutions (New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 2004) Geogre K. Lieten, Politics and Rural Development: Essays on India (New Delhi: Manohar,2003) S. Rajneesh and S.L. Goel, Panchayat Raj in India : Theory and Practice (New Delhi: Deep and Deep, 2008)

31 MPA -18 HUMAN RIGHTS: ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK IN INDIA Unit 1: Human Rights An Introduction 1.1:- Introduction -origin, nature and scope of human rights 1.2:- Approaches to the study of Human Rights : Universalist and Cultural Relativist 1.3:- Three Generations of Rights 1.4:- Human Rights in a democracy Unit 2: Indian Constitution and Human Rights, 2.1:- Constitutional provisions 2.2:- Fundamental Rights 2.3:- Recent Legislations pertaining to Human Rights : The Child Labour Prohibition Act and The Right to Education Act Unit 3: Institutional Arrangements and Human Rights 3.1:- The United Nations Charter 3.2:- Universal Declaration of Human Rights :- National Commission on Human Rights 3.4:- State Human Rights Commission Unit 4: Human Rights of Vulenrable Groups 4.1:- Gender discrimination and Gender violence : female foeticide and infanticide ; domestic violence; sexual harassment in the workplace ; violence in the public sphere. 4.2:- Violation of child rights : Child labour; Molestation and sexual harassment of children 4.3:- Rights of the LGBT Community Unit 5: Human Rights and NGOs 5.1:- Human Rights and International NGOs : Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch 5.2:- Human Rights and NGOs in India Texts/references

32 S. Mehartaj Begum, Human Rights in India: Issue and Perspectives (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation, 2000) P.L. Mehta and Neena Verma, Human Rights under Indian Constitution (New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications, 1999) Vinod Sharma, Human Rights Violation: A Global Phenomenon (New Delhi: APH Publication, 2002) Promod K. Nayar, Writing Wrongs: The Cultural Construction of Human Rights in India (New Delhi: Routledge, 2012) Asish Kumar Das and Others, Human Right in India (New Delhi: Sarup and Sons, 2007) Jack Donnelly, Universal Human Right, 2nd Edition (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003) MPA - 19 ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION Unit 1: Environmental Administration An Introduction 1.1:- Meaning, nature, scope and principles of environment administration 1.2:- The concept of eco-system and human ecology 1.3:- Environment policy in India 1.4:- Constitutional provisions relating to environment in India. Unit 2: The United Nations and Environmental Administration 2.1:- United Nations and the Protection of Environment 2.2:- United Nations Environment Programme (UNDP) 2.3 Millennium Development Goals and the Environment Unit 3: Environment Administration in India 3.1:- Ministry of Environment and Forest 3.2:- Central Pollution Board 3.3:- State Pollution Control Boards Unit 4: Awareness about Environmental Issues 4.1:- Emergence of environmental issues as an issue of global concern 4.2:- Environmental Challenges and the Developing Wolrld : A Dilemma of Development ; Sustainable Develpoment; Tragedy of Commons

33 4.3:- Environmental Challenges and the Developed World : Issues of reducing GHGs emissions and Ozone Layer Depletion. Unit 5: Environment and Citizens Concerns 5.1 National Forest Policy 5.2 National Green Tribunals 5.3 Joint Forest Management Texts/references Starhl Edmunds and John Letey, Environment Administration (New York: Baker and Taylor, 1995) Krishna Sharma and Harnek Singh, Environment Growth and Development (New Delhi: Abhinav Publication, 2002) Susan S. Buck, Understanding Environmental Administration and Law (New York: Island Press, 1996) Dennis Suden and Brent Steel, Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration (New York: CRC Press, 1999) Raj Mohan Satthu, Environmental Administration (New Delhi: APH Publishing, 2004 MPA - 20 DISSERTATION To enable the students to prepare individual projects on different areas of administration (Public and Private) To be done under the supervision of a guide To be submitted in the form a completed and revised project in a binding form which will be evaluated by an external expert Every student will need to present an individual dissertation and will have to face an individual viva-voce OPTIONAL PAPER FOR IV- SEMESTER MPA - 21 TOURISM ADMINISTRATION IN NORTH EAST INDIA Unit 1: Tourism An Introduction 1.1 Salient features, Types, Definitions of Tourism 1.2 Motivating Tourism ways and means, Tourism as an industry in North- East India

34 1.3 New trends in Tourism Health Tourism, Medical Tourism, Eco Tourism and Rural Tourism Unit 2: Tourism as a Department 2.1 Department of Tourism - Organization and function: Tie- up with private agencies- public -private concepts 2.2 Tourism Development Corporations in North- East India Functions, Responsibilities, Problems and Prospects Unit 3: Policy for Tourism 3.1 Tourism policy of the Central Goverrment; Tourism policy of State Governments in NE India 3.2 Need for a Special Tourism Act in NE India Unit 4: Tourism as an Industry 4.1 Prospects of Employment Training of Tourist Guides; Service Providers Public and Private 4.2 Awareness about Tourism Development and Maintenance of Tourist Spots; Role of the Archaelogical Department in promoting awareness about historical Tourist Spots 4.3 Problems and Prospects of Developing Tourism as an Industry Unit 5: Miscellaneous Issues 5.1 Feasibility of Circuit Tourism and NE India 5.2 Communication and Law and Order Issues; Other issues affecting Tourism an analysis 5.3 Marketing, Promotion and Awareness Campaign Linkage with local resources and products 5.4 Problems of Tourism Remedial steps Recommended Texts: M. P. Bezbaruah, Indian Tourism: Beyond the Millennium (New Delhi, Gyan Publication, 1999) A.K Bhatia, Tourism in India (New Delhi: Advent Books, 2007) Reading References: Arthur John Burkart and S. Medlik, Tourism Past, Present and Future, originally published in 1981 (New York: Heinemann, digitalized in 2008) Twan Hubyers (ed), Tourism in Developing Countries (Northamption: Edgar Edward Publishing, 2007)