CSS Syllabus
Subject: Public Administration
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Paper: Public Administration (100 Marks)
I. Public Administration: Concepts, Approaches and Context
Definitions; Role and Scope of Public Administration in Society; Issues in Public Administration
Theory and Practice: Democracy versus Bureaucracy, Politics versus Administration, Efficiency
versus Equity; Core Values of Public Administration: Rule ofLaw, Efficiency, Equity and Fairness,
Responsiveness; Traditional Public Administration; New Public Management; New Public Service;
Governance Approachto Public Administration; Islamic Concept of Public Administration; Historical
roots of Public administration in Pakistan.
II. Public Administration: Classical and Contemporary Theories and Concepts
Bureaucracy; Scientific Management; Human Relations Approach; Leadership, Motivation,
Network Governance; Strategic Management; Public Choice Theory; Types of Organizational
Structure; Organization of Federal, Provincial, and Local Government in Pakistan; Administrative
Culture of Pakistan; Inter-governmental Relations at Federal and Provincial level in Pakistan.
III. Public Policy Planning, Implementation and Evaluation
Strategic Planning and Management; Planning Process; Policy Analysis; Policy Implementation;
Program Evaluation; Planning Machinery; Role of Donors and International Institutions in Public
Policy and Management; Policy making and implementation in Pakistan.
IV. Budgeting and Financial Management
Budget as a Policy Tool; The Budget as a Managerial Tool; Principles of Budgeting, Audit and
Accounting in Government; Line-Item Budgeting; Performance Budgeting; Program Budgeting;
Zero-Base Budgeting; Outcome-Based Budgeting. Planning andBudgeting in Pakistan.
V. Managing Human Resources
Spoil system versus Merit System in Public Employment; Personnel versus Human Resources
Management; Close system versus Open System of Public Employment; Functions of Human
Resources Management; Implementation of HRM in Public Sector: Key Issues and Challenges.
VI. Administrative Law
Meaning; Scope and Significance; Nature and Contents of Administrative Law, Administrative
Ethics, Delegation of Authority and Legislation, Administrative Tribunals; Administrative Law in
Pakistan.
VII. Public Management Skills
Planning; Decision Making, Conflict Management; Leading, Communication, Administrative
Buffering; Managing Change; Managing Diversity; Stress Management; Delegation; Public Service
Motivation; Creativity and Problem Solving; Issues of Public Management.
VIII. The Civil Service of Pakistan
Historical Background of Civil Service, The Structure of civil Service; History of Civil Service
Reform; Management of Civil Service; Institutional and Cultural Context of Civil Service; Role of
Civil Service in Good Governance, Gender and Civil Service.
IX. Organization of Provincial and Local Government
Governance Structure of Provincial Administration; Organization of Provincial Secretariat;
Organization and Functions of Provincial Authorities and Agencies and their Relationship with
Government Departments; Post-devolution Local Governance; Organization and Functions of
District Government and Administration; Organization and Structure of City District Government;
Issues and Challenges of Local Governance.
X. Governance and Administrative Reforms
Theories of Administrative Reforms; Types of Administrative Reforms; Privatization; Regulation;
De-regulation; Decentralization; Partnerships and Collaboration; BusinessRe-engineering, Quality
Assurance; Administrative Reform in Pakistan.
XI. Public Administration Accountability & Control
Bureaucratic Responsiveness; Representative Bureaucracy; Citizens Engagement in Public
Service; Accountability & Control; Concept and Approaches to Public Accountability; Institutional
Framework for Administrative Accountability; Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control over
Administration; Administrative Corruption; Role of Civil Society in Good Governance; Media,
Interest Groups and Civil Society Organizations; The Situation in Pakistan.
XII. Public Administration and Development
Role of Public Administration in Development; Concept of Development Administration; Difference
Between Development Administration and Development Management; Changing Role of Public
Administration in Development, Issues and Challenges of Public Administration in Pakistan.
SUGGESTED READINGS
S.No. Title Author
1. Public Administration 7th Ed Denhardt Robert
2. Public Administration:Understanding Management,Politics and David Rosenbloom
Law 8th Ed
3. Public Administration 2nd Ed Caiden, Gerald E.
4. Public Administration for the twenty first century Cooper Et Al,
5. Organization Theory for Public Administration Harmon Michael & Mayer
Richard
6. Public Administration and Public Affairs 12th Ed Nicholas Henry
7. Classics of Public Administration 7th Ed Shafritz Jay
8. Reinventing Government Osbourne D
9. Evolution of Pakistan’s Administration System Braibanti, Ralph
10. Human Development in South Asia Mahbub-ul-Haq
11. Bureaucracy, basic books Wilson, James Q
12. Bureaucracy in Pakistan Kennedy, Charles H
13. Public Administration and Law Julia Beckett
14. Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective6th ed. Ferrel Heady
15. Public Administration and Public Management:The Principle- Jan-Erik Lane
Agent Perspective
16. Governance: South Asian Perspectives Hasnat Abdul Hye
17. Governance, economic policy and reform in Abdus Samad
Pakistan:Essay in political economy
18. Government and Administration in Pakistan Jameelur Rehman Khan
19. Public Administration with special reference toPakistan Sultan Khan
20. Public Administration in Asia Vol. I & II Srinivasan Kalyanaraman
21. Organizational Theory and the Public Sector Tom Christensen Per
Laegreid
22. Public Administration in South Asia: India, Meghna Sabharwal, Evan M.
Bangladesh and Pakistan Berman
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