S R MAHESHWARI_ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY 2/E 2nd Edition  (English, Paperback, Maheshwari)

This book offers a comprehensive coverage of all essential topics in administrative theory. First written in 1998, this substantially revised volume includes all developments in administrative theory since that year. The work caters not only to the needs of Public Administrative syllabi at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, it is also a useful reference for aspirants of the Civil Services.

About the Author
S R Maheshwari - Former Professor, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi.

Table of Contents
Public Administration - What It Means • Nature and Scope of Public Administration • Public Administration: Art or Science, or Both • Public Administration and Private Administration • Public Administration and Other Social Sciences • Kautilya’s Administrative Thought • Evolution of Public Administration as a Discipline • Woodrow Wilson and His Vision of Public Administration • Evolution of the Discipline and Its Present Status • Public Administration - A Discipline • Recent Trends in Public Administration • Organisation • Public Choice Approach in Public Administration • Organisation Theory • The Bureaucracy • Beyond Weberian Bureaucracy • New Public Management • The Marxian Concept of Bureaucracy • The Human Relations Theory of Organisation • Influences of Behavioural Science on Administrative Theory • The Systems Theory of Organisation • Line and Staff in Organisation • Departmentation, Hierarchy, Delegation, Authority, Responsibility, Organisational Effectiveness and Anonymity • Administrative Planning • Motivation and Morale • Changing Emphasis of Public Administration in the USA • New Public Administration • Administrative Law • Public Policy • Public Policy Making in India • Public Administration as a Profession • Towards Good Governance • Index