Public Administration MA Syllabus IGNOU

MPA-012 Administrative Theory 8

Unit 1: Pubic Administration – Meaning, Nature, Scope and Importance
Unit 2: Nature and Typologies of Organisation
Unit 3: Development and Growth of Administrative Theories
Unit 4: Scientific Management Approach
Unit 5: Administrative Management Approach
Unit 6: Max Weber’s Theory of Bureaucracy
Unit 7: Critique of Bureaucracy
Unit 8: Human Relations Approach
Unit 9: Views of Herbert A. Simon on Decision-Making in an Organisation
Unit 10: Organisational Structure, Processes and Functioning
Unit 11: Socio-Psychological Approach: Views of Chris Argyris
Unit 12: Socio-Psychological Approach: Views of Abraham Maslow and
Frederick Herzberg
Unit 13: Socio-Psychological Approach: Views of Doughlas Mcgregor and
Victor Vroom

Unit 14: Open and Cooperative Systems
Unit 15: Systems Approach: Views of David Easton and Chester Barnard
Unit 16: Concept of Learning Organisation
Unit 17: New Organisational Culture
Unit 18: New Public Administration
Unit 19: Perspective of Public Choice
Unit 20: Pertinence of Critical Theory
Unit 21: New Public Management Perspective
Unit 22: State of Administrative Theory in 21st Century