Exam Details
| Subject | Administrative Theory | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Master of Arts in Public Administration | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Discuss the importance of Public Administration as a specialised subject of study and as an activity.
2. Explain the important concerns of Scientific Management.
3. "Max Weber's concept of bureaucracy is closely related to his ideas on legitimacy of authority." Examine.
4. Discuss Frederick Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene theory.
5. Write short notes on the following in about 250 words each:
Formal and Informal Organisations
Principal Conclusions of Hawthorne Studies
6. "Closed and open systems approach are two sides of the same coin." Examine.
7. Analyse the recent trends in management of organisations.
8. Describe the types of organisational culture and highlight the characteristics of high performance work culture.
9. Discuss the major thrust areas of First and Second Minnow.brook Conference.
10. Write short notes on the following in about 250 words each:
Traditional versus Learning organisations
Contribution of Chester Barnard to administrative theory
2. Explain the important concerns of Scientific Management.
3. "Max Weber's concept of bureaucracy is closely related to his ideas on legitimacy of authority." Examine.
4. Discuss Frederick Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene theory.
5. Write short notes on the following in about 250 words each:
Formal and Informal Organisations
Principal Conclusions of Hawthorne Studies
6. "Closed and open systems approach are two sides of the same coin." Examine.
7. Analyse the recent trends in management of organisations.
8. Describe the types of organisational culture and highlight the characteristics of high performance work culture.
9. Discuss the major thrust areas of First and Second Minnow.brook Conference.
10. Write short notes on the following in about 250 words each:
Traditional versus Learning organisations
Contribution of Chester Barnard to administrative theory
Other Question Papers
Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Administrative Theory
- Decentralization and Local Governance
- Disaster Management
- E-Governance
- Human Resource Management
- Public Policy and Analysis
- Public Systems Management
- State, Society and Public Administration