Training, Civil Services and Personnel Administration

Contents: Introduction/Suneel Dhariwal and K.K. Parnami. I. Training: 1. Role of training in administration/T.N. Chaturvedi. 2. Training and executive development/B. Mehta. 3. Human relations training and civil servants/C. Richard Parkins. 4. Training: some aspects of inter-institutional coordination/Mohan Mukerji. 5. Issues in in-service training/R.G. Sood. 6. Evolution and growth of training/K.K. Parnami. 7. Networking training institutes in Rajasthan/B.K. Khunteta. 8. Decentralized training in support of urban development/A.N. Krishnamurthy and Harry A. Mengers. II. Civil Services: 9. The services in modern times/Dharma Vira. 10. The anatomy of civil administration/G.B.K. Hooja. 11. National Civil Service System in India: a critical overview/R.K. Mishra. 12. Civil servants and civil service/V. Jagannadham. 13. Career and cadre planning for the IAS: some reflections/Rakesh Hooja. III. Personnel administration: 14. Introducing change in bureaucracy: a framework/Udai Pareek. 15. Indian bureaucracy: a short critique/P.K. Chaubey. 16. Bureaucratic sensitivity and human rights/Amit Lodha. 17. Rural bureaucracy in the developing countries of Asia: a critical review/Richard M. Tom. 18. Delays in disposal/Rajendra Bhanawat.

"Civil service training has acquired a significant place for itself in the public personnel administrative system. Not only does it develop the competence of an officer, but it also inculcates in him a set of values, which may be desirable in a particular socio-administrative milieu. India is today considered among the countries having a most advanced system of civil service training. There has been a phenomenal growth of training institutions, faculty, training programmes, training materials, training techniques, and above all, a training consciousness.

Likewise, civil services in India are the backbone of its administrative machinery. They have played a vital role in the task of nation-building, right from the time we attained independence, to the present day, though we now see a big change in it.

Nevertheless, very few attempts have been made to bring together the best of readings in these areas, which could prove useful for both trainers and trainees alike. The present volume is therefore designed to present a few of the important appears on training, civil services and personnel administration in the Indian context." (jacket)