B.A. Public Administration (DD&CE) 1. Course: Bachelor of Arts Public Administration 2. Duration: Three Years 3. Medium of Instruction and Examination: English & Tamil 4. Eligibility for Admission: A candidate shall be eligible for admission to Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration B.A. (Pub. Admn) course if he/she has passed +2, or its equivalent Board examination. 5. Course Structure First Year Paper Subject Marks 1.1 Part-I Tamil 100 1.2 Part-II English 100 1.3 Fundamentals of Management 100 1.4 Principles of Public Administration 100 1.5 Political Thoughts 100 Second Year Paper Subject Marks 2.1 Part-I Tamil 100 2.2 Part-II English 100 2.3 Administration Organization 100 2.4 Public Personnel Administration 100 2.5 Public Financial Administration 100 Final Year Paper Subject Marks 3.1 Local Government in India 100 3.2 Human Resource Management 100 3.3 Contemporary Political Theory 100 3.4 Indian Political System 100 3.5 Administrative Law 100
Exam Hours : 3 Hours Passing Minimum : 35 Marks 1.1 Part-I Tamil 1.2 Part-II English Syllabus Detail First Year PAPER 1.3- FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT Management Meaning definition characteristics function Importance - Development of Management thought - Principles of Management - Principles of Scientific Management. Planning Meaning- Objectives Importance Essentials M.B.O Features of M.B.O. I Organization Meaning Functions - Types of Organization Organization chart and Manual. V Staffing Definition Elements Function Recruitment Meaning Sources of Recruitment. UNIT V Controlling Scope Steps in control process Requirements of an effective control system Principles of and effective co- ordination. : 1. Principles of Management - T. Ramasamy, Himalaya publishing house, Mumbai 2. Fundamentals of Business organization - Y.K. Bhusan,Sultan Chand & sons, and management New Delhi 3. Principles of business organization and - P.N. Reddy, S.S. Gulson Sultan Chand & management co, New Delhi 4. Principles of management - N. Premavathy, J. Java Sankar, Sri Vishnu Publication, Chennai 5. Organizational and Management - C.R.Basu, Sultan Chand & co, New Delhi
PAPER 1.4 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION UNIT -I Basic concepts of public administration Public Administration its growth and development New public Administration public administration Art or science Controls over Public Administration. UNIT - II Theories of Organization principles of organization, chief executive departments public undertakings Boards and commissions Field Administration. UNIT - III Management and its tasks Leaderships, Policy formation and decision making Planning Public Relations Co-ordination, Delegation, Communication and Supervision) O & M (Organization and Management). UNIT IV Bureaucracy and Civil Service - Recruitment Promotion and performance Appraisal Education and training, Position classification Generalist and specialists Employer Employee relations integrality in administration UNIT V Administration and Finance Budgetary Process Performance budgeting Financial comities of parliament of India - Audit Administrative Tribunal Problems and prospects of Public Administration. 1. White L.D.- Introduction to the study of Public Administration, New Delhi, Eurasia Publishing House P. Ltd., (1980). 2 Willoughby W.T.- Principles of Public Administration, Washington D.C. Booking Institute. 3 Felix A. Negro- Modern Public Administration, New York, Harper & Pow Publishers (1980). 4 Maheshwari S.R.- Principles of public administration, Agarwal Asain Educational Publishers, 1992-93.
PAPER 1.5 POLITICAL THOUGHTS UNIT I Sovereignty Thomas Hobbes - John Locke - Political Philosophy of Rousseau Montesquieu David Hume Edmund Burke UNIT II Utilitarianism Jeremy Bentham James Mill John stuart Mill Idealist theory of the state Bradely Bonsanquet Immanuel Kant Individualism Herbert spencer. UNIT III Socialism definition kinds of socialism Christian Socialism Collectivism Fabiamism Guild socialism Marxism Karl Marx communism Lennin. UNIT IV Democracy Definition of democracy Liberalism - Nationalism Internationalism Imperialism Fascism Nazism. UNIT V Pluralism Harlod J. Laski Betrand Russel Indian Political thought Mahatma Gandhi. 1. Principles of Political Science Aggarwal Chand & Co New Delhi. 2. Contemporary political theory Johari J.C. Sterling publishers New Delhi. 3. Modern Political theory Vikas publishing House New Delhi S.P. Verma
Second Year PAPER 2.1 ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION UNIT I Nature and scope of Public Administration Approaches to the study of Public Administration. UNIT II Politics and Public Administration - Control over Public Administration. UNIT III Formal and Informal organization Principles of organization. UNIT IV Structure of Organization Theories of Organization UNIT V Authority Leadership Motivation Communication public relation organization and methods. 1. White L.D. Introduction to the study of public administration, New Delhi, Eurasia Publishing House P. Ltd.(1980) 2. Willoughby W.T.- Principles of public administration, Washington D.C. Booking Institute. 3. Felix A. Negro Modern Public Administration, New York, Harper & Pow Publishers (1980). 4. Maheshwari S.R.- Principles of public administration, Agarwal Asain Educational Publishers, 1992-93.
PAPER 2.2- PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION Evolution of personnel System The foundations of Personnel systems characteristics of Personnel System Spoils system Vs Generalist. Civil Service Significance functions Modern Trends Bureaucracy Characteristics Types Maladies of Bureaucracy Specialist Vs Generalist. I Position Classifications Compensation plan Recruitment Civil service commission Promotion Transfer and Advancement Training Retirement and Retirement Benefits. V Motivation Morale - Discipline Employees Association. UNIT-V Redressal of public Grievances Public Relations Administrative Reforms on personnel Management. 1. White L.D. Introduction to the study of public administration, New Delhi, Eurasia Publishing House P. Ltd.(1980) 2. Willoughby W.T.- Principles of public administration, Washington D.C. Booking Institute. 3. Felix A. Negro Modern Public Administration, New York, Harper & Pow Publishers (1980). 4. Maheshwari S.R.- Principles of public administration, Agarwal Asain Educational Publishers, 1992-93.
PAPER 2.3-PUBLIC FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION Meaning Natural and Scope of Financial Administration Significance of Financial Administration. Budget Essentials of Budget Budget as an instrument of Management and Economic Development Phases of Budgeting Preparation, Enactment and execution of Budget. I Financial Relation between the centre and the states The role of Financial Commission. V Accounts and Audit Controller and Auditor General of India Control over Finance The role of Departments Finance Ministry and Finance committees UNIT-V New Trends in Budgeting a) Performance Budgeting b) Programme Budgeting c) PPBS 1. White L.D. Introduction to the study of public administration, New Delhi, Eurasia Publishing House P. Ltd.(1980) 2. Willoughby W.T.- Principles of public administration, Washington D.C. Booking Institute. 3. Felix A. Negro Modern Public Administration, New York, Harper & Pow Publishers (1980). 4. Maheshwari S.R.- Principles of public administration, Agarwal Asain Educational Publishers, 1992-93.
Final Year PAPER 3.1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN INDIA Nature, meaning and scope of Local Government History of Local Government in India Theories of Local Government Community Development Programme National Extension Service Balvantray Committee Report and After. Village Panchayat Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad- their organisation, sources of Revenue-Powers and Functions-Prospects. I Corporation Municipality, Township, Cantonment Board organisation Sources of Revenue Powers and functions Problems and prospects. V Panchayat Raj experiments in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerela and Tamilnadu. UNIT-V Recent Developments in Panchayat Raj System 73 rd and 74 th Amendments Nagar Palika and Panchayat Salient features Problems and Prospects. 1. Maheswari Shriram: LOCAL Government in India, Agra, Lakshmi Narain Agarwal Educational Publishers ( 1992-93) 2. Maheswari Shiriram-Indian Administration, New Delhi,Orient Long mans (1980)
PAPER 3.2-HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Human Resource Management objectives Importance Functions - Strategies and techniques Evolution and development of human resource Management Personnel policies programmes and procedures - personnel manager Qualities and Status. Human resource Planning- Objectives Need Recruitment Definition - Objectives Sources of Recruitment Selection placement and induction Selection procedures. I Training Methods procedure Evaluation of training programme - Formal Training for Workers, supervisors and Managers career planning and Development concept stages process, programme, Model for planned self development. UNIT IV Job evaluation Methods and Techniques, problems wage and salary administration mechanism Job satisfaction UNIT V Human relation Introduction Motivation theories Leadership Team building Morale. TEXT BOOKS: 1. Personnel and human Resource management, P.Subba rao, Himalaya publishing house, Mumbai. : 1 Human Resource management and human - V.P.Micheal, himalaya publishing house, relation house, Mumbai. 2 Human Resource management - L.M.Prasad, sultan chand &sons, delhi 3 Personnel Management - C.P.Mamoria, S.V.Gangar, himalaya Publishing house, Mumbai. 4 Human Resource Development & - A.M.Sheikh, S.Chand & co., Itd, Delhi management 5 Human Resource management - S.S.Khanka, S.Chand, New Delhi.
PAPER 3.3 CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY Meaning, nature,characteristics and varieties of political Theory Uses- of Political Theory Modern Political Theory- Dominance of Empiricism - Political Theory modern Political Theory Dominance of Empirical and Trans Empirical Theory. FROM empiricism to Neo-Empiricism Reconstruction of Political Theory after world war-ii- Kuhu s Paradigms; Process of Advancement of Political Theory Theory - Discipline of Political Theory: Arguments of Easton and Cobban- Resurgence of Political Theory Arguments of Berlin, Bloude I Political Obligation; Meaning and Nature - Limits of Political obligation - Theories.Political Alievation: Meaning and Nature IdDeology Meaning and Nature Theories Revolution: Meaning, nature, characteristics, Varieties and stages. V Liberalism, Socialism, communism, Existentialism, Anarchism, and Gandhism, UNIT-V Democracy Democracy History Theories of Democracy partyless Opposition to Democracycriticism of Democracy in the light of Biology and Psychology Democratic Reality citizens- Leadership- Press. Text Books: 1. Aggarwal R.C. Principles pf Political Science, new Delhi: Chand&Co.,1982. 2. Johari J.C.-Contemporary Political Theory, Second Edn., New Delhi; Sterling Publishers,1987. 1. Gandhi, Madan, G- Modern Political Theory. New Delhi. Oxford IBH Publishing co.,1981. 2. Varma, S.P.-Modern Political Theory. New Delhi:Vikas Publishing House, 1983.
PAPER 3.4- INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM Constituent Assembly Preamble Salient features. Fundamental Rights Directive Principles of state Policy Fundamental Duties. I Union Execution The President Election powers and Functions Emergency Power Vice President; Council of Ministers Cabinet Prime Minister Position and Powers. UNIT IV Union Parliament House of the People, council of States; Judiciary Supreme Count, Power and Functions. UNIT V State Government : Executive, Legislature, Judiciary Political Parties. 1. Basu D.D., Introduction to the Constitution of India, (New Delhi: Prentice Hall, 1992). 2. Kapur A.C., : The Indian Political System, New Delhi, S. Chand & Co., 1990 3. Slwach J.R. Dynamics of Indian Government and Politics, New Delhi, Sterling Publishers Private Ltd.,1990. 4. Sharma P.K. Federalism & Political Developments, New Delhi, Pragati Publication, 1980.
PAPER 3.5 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Introduction :- Definition Nature Scope Development of Administrative law Constitutional Background Droit Administratiff Separation of power Rule of law under the India Constitution. Administration and its Functions:- Nature Non statutory Administrative Power Statutory Administrative Action Judicial and Quasi judicial decisions. Delegated Legislation :- Growth of Delegated Legislation History of Delegated Legislation Cause of its growth Constitutionality of Delegated Legislation Permissible Limits of Delegation Types of Delegated Legislation - Parliamentary control judicial control. I Administrative Tribunals and Administrative Adjudication:- Meaning of Administrative Tribunals Administrative Tribunals distinguished from court Growth of Administrative Tribunals Reasons for the Growth of Tribunals in Modern Times Characteristics of Administrative Tribunals Demerits of Tribunal System. Power of Investigation and Inquiry:- Investigation Search and Seizure Self incrimination.- Natural Justice General Doctrine of Bias Audi alteram rule. V Ombudsman in India:- Introduction office of the ombudsman The Lokpal (Indian)- Procedure of investigation Matters not within the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman Suits Against the Government in Torts and Contracts:- Liability for Torts Act of State Liability in contract Government Privileges in legal Proceedings Privileges of the Government Under the Civil Procedure Code and Evidence act. UNIT-V Judicial Control of administrative Action:- Judicial Review in India Modes and judicial control judicial review of quasi judicial action- Exclusion of judicial review finality clause The Conclusive Evidence Clause. Public Undertakings:- Personnel of the Public Undertakings = Disabilities of the Public corporation Importance of Public corporation- Control Of Public Undertakings: Parliamentary Control Legal liability of Corporation of India. REFERENCE: 1. Dr. U.P.D. KESHARI, Lectures On Administrative Law, Central LawAgency.1980.(Text Book).