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This document outlines the topics covered in a public administration exam, including: key concepts in public administration theory and practice; public organization theories; public policy planning, implementation, and evaluation; budgeting and financial management; managing human resources; administrative law; public management skills; the civil service; provincial and local government organization; governance and administrative reforms; accountability and control in public administration; and the role of public administration in development. The exam aims to assess students' understanding of these core aspects of public administration, with a focus on applications to Pakistan.

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Public Ad CSS Syllabus

This document outlines the topics covered in a public administration exam, including: key concepts in public administration theory and practice; public organization theories; public policy planning, implementation, and evaluation; budgeting and financial management; managing human resources; administrative law; public management skills; the civil service; provincial and local government organization; governance and administrative reforms; accountability and control in public administration; and the role of public administration in development. The exam aims to assess students' understanding of these core aspects of public administration, with a focus on applications to Pakistan.

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PAPER: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (100 MARKS)

I. Public Administration:
Concepts, Approaches and Context Definitions;
Role and Scope of Public Administration in Society;
Issues in Public Administration Theory and Practice Democracy verses
Bureaucracy,
Politics versus Administration,
Efficiency versus Equity;
Core Values of Public Administration Rule ofLaw,
Efficiency,
Equity and Fairness, Responsiveness;
Traditional Public Administration;
New Public Management;
New Public Service;
Governance Approach to Public Administration;
Islamic Concept of Public Administration;
Historical roots of Public administration in Pakistan.
II. Public Organization:
Classical and Contemporary Theories and Concepts Bureaucracy;
Scientific Management;
The Human Relations;
Leadership,
Motivation,
Network;
Governance;
Strategic Management;
Public Choice;
Administrative Culture;
Types of Organizational Structure;
Organization of Federal, Provincial, and Local Government in Pakistan;
Administrative Culture of Pakistan;
Inter-governmental Relations at Federal and Provincial level in Pakistan.
III. Public Policy Planning, Implementation and Evaluation
Strategic Planning and Management;
Planning Process; Policy Analysis;
Policy Implementation; Program Evaluation;
Planning Machinery; Role of Donors and International Institutions in Public Policy and
Management;
Policy making and implementation of Federal Government of Pakistan.
IV. Budgeting and Financial Management :The Budget as a Policy Tool;
The Budget as a Managerial Tool;
Principles of Budgeting,
Auditing and Accounting in Government;
The Line-Item Budget;
The Performance Budget;

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Program Budgeting;
Zero-Base Budgeting;
Outcome-Based Budgeting.
Planning and Budgeting in Pakistan.
V. Managing Human Resources :Spoil versus Merit System in Public Employment;
Personnel versus Human Resources Management;
Close versus Open System of Public Employment;
Functions of Human Resources Management;
Challenges of Adopting HRM in Public Sector.
VI. Administrative Law :
Meaning, Scope and Significance;
Nature and Contents of Administrative Law,
Administrative Ethics,
Delegation of authority and Legislation,
Administrative Tribunals;
Administrative Law- Pakistan.
VII. Public Management Skills :Communication;
Decision Making,
Conflict Management;
Leading, Administrative Buffering;
Managing Change;
Managing Diversity;
Stress Management;
Delegation;
Public Service Motivation;
Creativity and Problem Solving;
Issues of Public Management.
VIII. The Civil Service of Pakistan:Historical Background of Civil Service,
The Structure of civil Service;
History of Civil Service Reform;
Management of Civil Service;
Institutional and Cultural Context of Civil Service;
Role of Civil Service in Good Governance,
Gender and Civil Service.
IX. Organization of Provincial and Local Government :Governance Structure of Provincial Administration;
Organization of Provincial Secretariat;
Organization and Functions of Provincial Authorities and Agencies and their
Relationship with Government Departments;
Post-devolution Local Governance; Organization and Functions of District
Government and Administration;
Organization and Structure of City District Government;

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Issues and Challenges of Local Governance.
X. Governance and Administrative Reforms :Theories of Administrative Reforms;
Types of Administrative Reforms,
Privatization,
Regulation,
De-regulation,
Decentralization,
Business Re-engineering,
Quality Assurance;
Administrative Reform in Pakistan.
XI. Public Administration: Accountability & Control:Bureaucratic Responsiveness;
Representative Bureaucracy;
Citizens Engagement in Public Service;
Accountability & Control,
The Concept and Approaches to Public Accountability of Public Service; Institutional
Framework for Administrative Accountability;
Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control over Administration, Administrative
Corruption;
Role of Civil Society in Good Governance,
Media, Interest Groups,
Civil Society Organizations;
The Situation in Pakistan.
XII. Public Administration and Development :Role of Public Administration in Development;
Concept of Development Administration;
Difference Between Development Administration and Development Management;
Changing Role of Public Administration in Development,
Issues and Challenges in Public Administration- The Pakistan Situation.

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