Administrative Theories : Approaches, Concepts and Thinkers in Public Administration
Contents: Series editor's introduction/Rakesh Hooja. 1. Introduction: ideas and issues in administrative theory/Rakesh Hooja and Ramesh K. Arora. I. Concerns and orientations: 2. Organization theories: concerns and orientations/Ramesh K. Arora. 3. American public administration: a critique/Mohammad Mohabbat Khan. 4. The classical vs modern organization theories in developing countries/Amer Al-Koubaisy. 5. Systems approach to the study of administrative organization/Sangeeta Sharma. 6. New public management: emerging concerns/Ramesh K. Aroa. II. Thinkers and their thoughts: 7. Utility of Max Weber's concept of ideal-type bureaucracy in public administration/T.K. Jain. 8. Administration: thoughts of Urwick and Gullick/R.M. Khandelwal and Pushplata Khandelwal. 9. Administrative thought of Chester Barnard/Purushottam Nagar. 10. Peter Drucker: the father of modern management/Rakhi Pardasani. III. Comparative and development dimensions: 11. Development: a contradictory discipline in social sciences/S.L. Meena. 12. Development administration: some conceptual issues/Ramesh K. Arora. 13. Riggs's concept of formalism/B.S. Bhargava. 14. Development management/Hans C. Blaise. 15. Public administration in developing countries: some observations/B.L. Jacobs. 16. Comparative aspects of public administration/R.B. Jain. 17. New dimensions in management theory: the Japanese contribution/K.D. Trivedi and Ravindra Sharma. IV. Organizational change: 18. Introducing change in bureaucracy: a framework/Udai Pareek. 19. Re-engineering public administration/K.B.C. Saxena. 20. Creativity/Pradip N. Khandwalla. 21. Theories of leadership: a conceptual overview/Asha Hingar. 22. Good governance and the desideratum of sustainable efficiency: the Indian experience/Ramesh K. Arora. Contributors.
"Administrative theory has been an exciting area of the wider field of public administration. There have been a number of significant approaches, models, foci and theories that represent and explain administrative phenomena in myriad situations, nations and times. Although most of these conceptual constructs in the field of public administration have evolved in the west, particularly in the United States of America, these have been modified and modernized on the basis of empirical experience gained in the non-western world.
This present anthology deals with issues and concerns of administrative theory during the past hundred years. Not only the various approaches and models have been analyzed in the context of their relevance and impact, these have also been juxtaposed with the administrative practices prevalent across the world. In the process of analysis, most eminent thinkers in the realm of administrative sciences have been examined in relation to their vision, ideas and critical appreciation of reality. Some of the themes included in the volume are: organization theories, new public management, bureaucratic theory, development administration, comparative administrative analysis, creativity and leadership.
The volume will be found useful to the students, teachers and practitioners of public administration and also those who wish to understand the subtle conceptualizations on the process of governance." (jacket)
