Questions asked by TU MPA 1st Year Private Yearly PA 510 Fundamentals of Public Administration from 2066 to 2075.

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2066 1 State briefly the major contribution of the theories in the development of the discipline of Public Administration. 25

2066 2 Identify the interrelationship between administrative law and public administration. Is Nepalese administrative system able to redress the greivances through administrative law? 25

2066 3 What is post modernism in public administration? How is it distinctive from the earlier concept of public administration? 25

2066 4 What are the distinctive characteristics of public administration that differentiates from other disciplines? 12.5

2066 5 Explain the reasons behind the issues of politics administration dichotomy. 12.5

2066 6 Why is Tailorism and Administrative Theory of Management are called Mechanistic Theories? 12.5

2066 7 Public Personnel Management is the backbone of public management. Why? 12.5

2066 8 Why result oriented management is gaining ground? What are its characteristics? 12.5

2066 9 What are the major governance agenda in the present governance scenario in Nepal? 12.5

2067 1 Identify the major approaches to the study of public administration.State how this discipline is distinctive from the others. 25

2067 2 What are the basic characteristics of the bureaucratic theory of organisation? Why the bureaucratic model is still relevant in public management? 25

2067 3 Distinguish between system approach and participatory approach as a tool in public management. State briefly why these approaches are important in public management. 25

2067 4 What are the essences of managerial approach in public administration? 12.5

2067 5 What is administrative law and how is it applicable to public administration? 12.5

2067 6 Sketch briefly the concept of post modernism. 12.5

2067 7 Identify the interrelationship between politics and public administration and relate it with the Wilson's idea of politics administration dichotomy. 12.5

2067 8 Why decision making is important in public administration? Put forward your views in like with the decision making theory of Herbert Simon. 12.5

2067 9 Crisis Management is gaining ground in recent days. Prove why? 12.5

2068 1 Public Administration needs to be "proactive for social equity" to replace traditional impersonal, and "neutral gun-for-hire" bureaucrat" Do you agree? 25

2068 2 What is Public Policy and how administrators involve for framing and implementing public policy? 25

2068 3 Discuss the major departure from classical approach to human relations approach in public administration. 25

2068 4 What is public and private management? Are the fundamentally alike in effective management? 12.5

2068 5 Discuss how public administration theory and the seperation of powers are interrelated. 12.5

2068 6 What is management by exception? Discuss its relevance. 12.5

2068 7 Critically examine the significance of "ideal type bureaucracy" in the context of developing countries like Nepal. 12.5

2068 8 Discuss the major features of Good Governance. 12.5

2068 9 What are the major propositions of Participative Management? Discuss. 12.5

2069 1 Describe briefly the features of modern public administration and distinguish it from other disciplines. 25

2069 2 Sketch briefly the growth of public administration and state its recent trends. 25

2069 3 Why the context of globalization is so essential in the contemporary study in public administration? What is its relationship with the multi-cultural environment? 25

2069 4 How human relation theory of Elton Mayo differs from F.W. Talyor's Scientific Management Theory? Explain. 12.5

2069 5 On the basis of your theoritical background state why public administration is called public management. 12.5

2069 6 Write shortly the contribution made by F.W. Riggs in the ecology of Public Administration. 12.5

2069 7 What is delegated legislation? Explain. 12.5

2069 8 What is participative management? How is it applied in the practical field of public administration? 12.5

2069 9 What are the major governance agendas of 21st centuries? Describe. 12.5

2070 1 Discuss the major features of post modernism public administration and show its relevance to our administrative system. 25

2070 2 Explain the importance of legal rationale authority in administration and also examine the concept critically. 25

2070 3 What do you understand by ecological approach? Explain and also show its importance. 25

2070 4 Discuss the role of administrative tribunals for handling grievance of the employees. 12.5

2070 5 What is new governance? Discuss its major features. 12.5

2070 6 How public administration can be understood from system approach? Discuss. 12.5

2070 7 What are the major contributions of classical theories of public administration? Discuss. 12.5

2070 8 Discuss the macro and micro functions of public personnel administration. 12.5

2070 9 Discuss the various approaches to study of public administration. 12.5

2071 1 Critically examine the essence of politics administration dichotomy; Does it fit in our administrative system? Explain. 25

2071 2 Discuss the major departure from bureaucratic model to human relations approach in public administration. 25

2071 3 Managers often adopt incremental approach for making decisions. What would be the reasons? Discuss its relevance in the changing administrative step in Nepal. 25

2071 4 Explain the essential aspects of participatory approach. 12.5

2071 5 Why 'contingent approach' is an useful administrative tool for managing an organization? Discuss. 12.5

2071 6 Describe the role of different actors in policy implementation. 12.5

2071 7 What is delegated legislation? Discuss how administrators involve in such process? 12.5

2071 8 Show your acquanitance with globalisation. 12.5

2071 9 Discuss the scope of public administration. 12.5

2072 1 Describe briefly the growth of public administration from politics administration dichotomy to the present day. 25

2072 2 What is the major contribution of Max Weber in the field of public administration? Why is this model still popular? Explain. 25

2072 3 What was the idea behind building 'prismatic theory' by Fred W. Riggs? Is this theory still relevant in the contemporary study of public administration? Discuss. 25

2072 4 What were the major principles of public administration during 1930s and 1940s? 12.5

2072 5 How do you examine the structure of organisation? Describe. 12.5

2072 6 Write about the contribution made by Elton Mayo in the field of public administration. 12.5

2072 7 "Decision Making is a rational behaviour." Explain this statement. 12.5

2072 8 What is policy? How is it evaluated? 12.5

2072 9 What is the role of administrative tribunals in redressing grievances of employees? 12.5

2073 Back 1 What do you understand by New Public Governance? Discuss its applicability in administrative organisations. 25

2073 Back 2 Discuss the major shift from classical theory to human relations theory of public administration. 25

2073 Back 3 How Public Administration is viewed from Multidisciplinary approach? Discuss. 25

2073 Back 4 Discuss the keu features of incremental theory of  decision making highlighting its strengths and weakness. 12.5

2073 Back 5 What is New Public Management? How does it differ from traditional administrative system? 12.5

2073 Back 6 Why system approach is important for managing public affairs? Discuss. 12.5

2073 Back 7 What is the justification of less governance? Discuss. 12.5

2073 Back 8 State the key features of bureaucratic model. Does it apply in present administrative set up? 12.5

2073 Back 9 Attempt any TWO of the following: 12.5

2073 Back 9(a) Hierarchy in Public Organisation 6.25

2073 Back 9(b) Crisis management 6.25

2073 Back 9(c) Legal approach of public administration 6.25

2073 1 Discuss the major tenents of New Public Management. Does this concept apply in our present administrative set up? 25

2073 2 What do you understand by dichotomy of public administration? Does it exist in the present contest? Discuss. 25

2073 3 Discuss the major Principles of Scientific Management Theory. Are they relevant in the Nepalese present context? 25

2073 4 What is result oriented management? Highlight the major challanges to apply in day to day administration in a country like Nepal. 12.5

2073 5 Discuss major tenets of bounded-rational decision making theory and highlight its applicability in administration. 12.5

2073 6 Describe the paradigm shift on the concept of government and governance. 12.5

2073 7 What do you understand by Contingency Approach of Public Administration? Discuss its importance. 12.5

2073 8 Discuss the strengths and weakness of administrative discretion. 12.5

2073 9 Attempt any TWO of the following: 12.5

2073 9(a) Debureaucratization 6.25

2073 9(b) Participative Management 6.25

2073 9(c) Importance of Coordination 6.25

2074 1 Discuss the major pillars of Good Governance and their relevance in Administration. 25

2074 2 Critically examine the theoritical foundation of Bureaucratic model of administration. 25

2074 3 Discuss the key features of incremental theory of decision making highlighting its strengths and weaknesses. 25

2074 4 Discuss the essence of dichotomy of public administration. 12.5

2074 5 What are the pecularities of Public Administration? Discuss. 12.5

2074 6 What is New Public Management? How does it differ from traditional administrative system? 12.5

2074 7 How Public Administration is understood from multidisciplinary appraoch? 12.5

2074 8 What is justification of less governance? Discuss. 12.5

2074 9 Attempt any TWO of the following: 12.5

2074 9(a) Flat Organization 6.25

2074 9(b) Integral view of administration 6.25

2074 9(c) Legal approach of public administration 6.25

2075 1 What are the major tenets of New Public Management? Critically examine its applicability in Nepalese Administrative System. 25

2075 2 What do you understand by dichotomy of public administration? Does it exist in the present contest? Discuss. 25

2075 3 Discuss the relevance of Mixed Scanning decision making theory in administration. 25

2075 4 Give the meaning of Result oriented management and highlight the major challanges to apply in day to day administration in a country like Nepal? 12.5

2075 5 Discuss the major principles of Scientific Management Theory and its applicability in Nepalese present context? 12.5

2075 6 Discuss key features of new governance. 12.5

2075 7 Discuss the importance of Human Relation Approach in Public Administration. 12.5

2075 8 Discuss the major features of Post Modern Public Administration. 12.5

2075 9 Attempt any TWO of the following: 12.5

2075 9(a) Affirmative Discrimination 6.25

2075 9(b) Participative Management 6.25

2075 9(c) Line Agency 6.25