Paper: Public Administration
Part : II

Q.NO.2 Define Public Administration and discuss its nature and scope. Critically examine the challenges of Public Administration in the 21st Century with reference to Pakistan

Q.No.3 Describe a situation in which each of the following types of leadership is appropriate:
a. Authoritarian
b. Democratic
c. Benevolent Autocrat
d. Laissez- Faire

Q No.4 Discuss the salient feature of the system of Public personnel Management of Pakistan and critically examine the needs to evolve the Human Resource Management in Public Sector of Pakistan from an administrative and operational role to a strategic one.

Q. No.5 Describe Max Weber's ideal type of Bureaucracy and discuss its applications in the Modern society.What are its dysfunctions and how these can be overcome to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in the public sector of Pakistan?

Q No.6 Discuss Herzberg's Two factor theory of motivation and examine its application in the context of Public Administration in Pakistan.

Q No.7 Critically examine the control mechanisms and process in Pakistan and suggest measures to strengthen the system to overcome maladministration and corruption.

Q No.8 Write Short Notes on any two of the following:

a. Woodrow Wilson's contribution to Public Administration
b. Planning process in Pakistan
c. Zero Based Budgeting

Posting these MCQs as Umershehzad225 has requested me personally by adding on Facebook................... There were lengthy statements, hardly someone would be able to remember those. I am posting what i remember, contribution by other attemptees may complete them. These are my answers, may be wrong as well

Which is incorrect about Maslow's need of hierarchy.

c. Social needs are extrinsically as well as intrinsically satisfied

Who is father of scientific management

d. Non of these (Taylor was not in the options )

purpose of coordination in management is

interpersonal relationship to achieve a common goal

effeciency of an oranization is finally judged by

a. Through the out put of the organization

fair implementation of the policy in the orgnization is

a. Distributive justice b. Moral Justice c. Procedural Justice

There was a mcq like that (not sure) The leader whose authority is dependence on acceptance of the employees some thing like that ....may be i am wrong.

i selected ..........authority acceptance theory

Right decisions dependent on quality________________available on right time to right people.

a. Services b. Product c. Information d. None.

Lengthy Paper…!!! But interesting, I answered the questions in following order;

Q. No.5 Describe Max Weber's ideal type of Bureaucracy and discuss its applications in the Modern society.What are its dysfunctions and how these can be overcome to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in the public sector of Pakistan?

Bureaucracy:
Max Weber and Bureaucracy:
Ideal Principles of Bureaucracy:
Bureaucracy in Modern Society:
Dysfunction described by Max Weber himself:
Dysfunctions in Pakistan:
Remedies to overcome these dysfunctions:
Conclusion:

Q No.7 Critically examine the control mechanisms and process in Pakistan and suggest measures to strengthen the system to overcome maladministration and corruption.

Control Mechanisms:
Control Mechanisms in Pakistan
Internal Control:
Rules
Chain of Command
Audit
Disciplinary Proceedings
External Control:
Judiciary
Legislature
Media
Accountability Agencies
Measures to strengthen the system to Overcome Maladministration and Corruption
Conclusion

Q.NO.2 Define Public Administration and discuss its nature and scope. Critically examine the challenges of Public Administration in the 21st Century with reference to Pakistan

Public Administration: Derived from three words
Definitions of Public Administration
Woodrow Wilson
Pfiffner
Gullick
Nicholas Henry
L.D White
General Definition
Nature of Public Administration
Scope of Public Administration
Challenges in 21st Century vis a vis Pakistan
Conclusion




Q No.8 Write Short Notes on any two of the following:
a. Woodrow Wilson's contribution to Public Administration
b. Planning process in Pakistan
c. Zero Based Budgeting

Could not solve the last question properly but only written one page for Planning Process in Pakistan i.e. Planning Commission, NEC, ECNEC, CDWP, DDWP etc. and then Zero Based Budgeting, its definition, benefits and disadvantages, just mentioned them only in points.

Sir is sultan khan enough for public ad prep??