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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2018

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“The concepts of rationality and efficiency are intertwined in the bureaucratic analysis of Max Weber.” Comment.

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Concepts of Rationality and Efficiency and Bureaucratic Analysis of Max Weber

  • In early 20th century Germany was facing severe political crisis. At that time there was problem of political stability and continuity. Therefore To bring bout stability and Continuity, Permanent Executive was required to implement rules and regulations.
  • Max Weber Provided …

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Question 2

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“Executive position imply a complex morality and require a high capacity of responsibility” – (Chester Bernard) . Comment (15 Marks)

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Executive Position and a High Capacity of Responsibility

  • Executive Position has many set of morality which includes Ethical, Social, Economical, Legal etc. which are mostly intertwined with each other. While making a decision it becomes important that Moral responsibility be assumed by Executive even for the action of subordinates.
  • An executive posit…

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2018

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“Herbert Simon՚s book Administrative Behavior presents a synthesis of the classical and behavioral approaches to the study of Public Administration.” Explain.

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Herbert Simon՚s Book Administrative Behaviour

  • Herbert Simon intended to develop science of Public administration provided synthesis between Classical and behavioural theories using his concept of Decision making.
  • Classical approach is fact based. It focusses upon building Universal theories. It gives emphasis to Rationality, Efficiency.
  • Behavioral app…

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2006

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“The main problem with M. P. Follett is that her idealism is showing” . Explain.

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M. P. Follett

  • M. P. Follet being brought forward theory of dynamic administration at a time when classical theories were focusing on structural aspect of organisation, which inevitably led to many of her ideas being utopian.
  • While talking about Power M. P Follet brought forward the idea that Power should be coactive. She discussed about Power over an…

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Question 5

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Weberian Bureaucracy lacks empirical validity when applied to modern democratic administration. Examine

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Weberian Bureaucracy

  • Weberian bureaucracy was developed to provide stability and continuity to administration and it has characteristics of following Rules, hierarchy, Impersonality, Value neutrality etc. However, Having these characteristics as defined by weber is not found modern day administration which is characterised by Transparency, flexibili…

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Question 6

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The Participative Management School of Argyris and Likert advocates democracy within the administrative system. Will this approach be equally useful to developing countries with evolving democracies? (20 Marks)

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Participative Management

  • The participative management school advocates involvement of workers into management and decision-making process.
  • It sees organization from the perspective continuous interactive system wherein there is free flow of ideas and opinions. This develops reciprocal relationships which in turn boosts organizational productivity.

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Question 7

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“What is distinctive about the Classical and Human Relations Schools of thought administration is their complementarity to each other “. Analyse (10 Marks)

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Classical and Human Relations Schools of Thought Administration

Classical School:

  • Focus: Structure, efficiency, rationality.
  • Strengths: Emphasized scientific management, clear hierarchies, defined procedures, leading to increased productivity and standardization.
  • Weaknesses: Overlooked human aspects, treated employees as cogs in a machine, ignored soci…

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