CSS Examination Syllabus - Public Administration

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Public Administration ( Total Marks - 100 )

  1. Public Administration -Its nature and scope, the role of Public Administration in a modern Welfare State.
  2. Major Schools of thought in Administration, Scientific Management Movement Human Relationalists; Behavioural School; Systemic theory.
  3. Bureaucracy,- Concept of Bureaucracy, Theories of Bureaucracy, Ecology of Bureaucracy; Bureaucracy of Pakistan as a Chang Agent.
  4. Administrative Leadership,- Approaches to the study of Leadership, Forms of Leadership, Leadership qualities.
  5. Administrative Accountability,- Internal and External Controls; Executive Control, Legislative Control, Judicial Control, Ombudsman, Public Opinion and Pressure Groups; Problems of Administrative, Accountability in Pakistan.
  6. Planning, -Types of Plans, Planning Process; Principles of Planning, Planning Machinery; the system of planning and programming in Pakistan, Planning Machinery in Pakistan.
  7. Organization, -Types of Organization. Theories of Organization, Principle of Organization, The Organization of Federal and Provincial Governments in Pakistan, Public Corporations in Pakistan.
  8. Personnel Administration,-Nature and scope of Personnel Administration; Personnel Functions. Tools of Personnel Management, Salient Features of the system of Public Personnel Management in Pakistan.
  9. Controlling and Co-ordination - Forms of Controls, Control Mechanism, the process of Control, Principles of Controlling: Principles of Coordination; Machinery for Coordination; Problems of Coordination in Public Administration in Pakistan.
  10. Communication, Types of Communication, Communication Channels, Communication Process, Principles of Communication.
  11. Financial Administration, - Elements of Financial Administration. Performance and programmed Budgeting. Capital Budget, Principles of Budgeting, Auditing and Accounting.

Suggested Readings

    •  
    • Title
    • Author
    • 1
    • A Handbook of Public Relations
    • United Nations
    • 2
    • An Introduction to the Public Administration
    • E.N. Cladden
    • 3
    • Administrative Behaviour
    • Herbet, A. Simon
    • 4
    • Bureaucracy: Modern Society
    • Pebr, M. Blau
    • 5
    • Human Relations Administration
    • Robert Dubir
    • 6
    • An Introduction to the Study of Public Administration
    • L.D. White
    • 7
    • Public Administration
    • Simon, Smithuburg & Thompson
    • 8
    • Public Administration
    • Pfiffner and Presthus
    • 9
    • Public Administration for a Welfare State
    • Paul Abbleby
    • 10
    • Public Administration; Theory and Practice
    • Fesler, James W.
    • 11
    • Pakistan in Search of Democracy 1947-77
    • Yusuf, Hamid
    • 12
    • Pakistan: The Enigma of Political Development
    • Ziring, Lawrence
    • 13
    • Research on the Bureaucracy of Pakistan
    • Braibanti, Ralph
    • 14
    • The Human Side of Enterprize
    • Douglas Mc Gregor
    • 15
    • The Bureaucracy of Pakistan
    • Charles F. Kennedy

Check other Subjects and Syllabus below:

Compulsory Subjects

General Knowledge

Optional Subjects:

(subjects carrying a total of 600 marks to be selected)

Group A

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.
Note: Business Administration cannot be opted in combination with Public Administration

Group B

Subject/s carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

Group C

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

Group D (Science Subjects )

Subject/s carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

Group E (History Subjects )

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

Group F

Subject/s carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.
Note: International Law CANNOT BE opted in combination with International Relations.

Group G

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

Group H (Regional Languages )

Subject/s carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.
Regional Languages: Not more than one of the 4 subjects can be opted.

Group I (National and Foreign Languages )

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.
National/Foreign/Classical Languages: Not more than one of 4 subjects can be opted. Note: Urdu can not be combined with Regional Languages.

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