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This book elucidates the contributions of eminent theorists to the study of public administration and management. It introduces readers to the works of 32 esteemed thinkers of administrative theories. It provides life sketches of all the thinkers along with outlines of their contributions and critical discussion of their seminal work.
List of contents
Introduction
PART I - ORIENTAL THOUGHT 1. Sun Tzu - The Art of War
2. Kautilya - Arthashastra
PART II - CLASSICAL SCHOOL OF THOUGHT 3. Woodrow Wilson - The Study of Administration
4. James David Mooney - Principles of Organisation
5. Frederick Winslow Taylor - Scientific Management
6. Henri Fayol: Foundations of Administrative Management
7. Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick - the science of administration
PART III: THE BUREAUCRATIC SCHOOL OF THOUGHT 8. Karl Marx - State and Bureaucracy
9. Max Weber - Bureaucracy
10. Samuel Krislov and Donald Kingsley - Representative Bureaucracy
11. Gordon Tullock - The Politics of Bureaucracy
PART IV - SOCIAL SYSTEM SCHOOL OF THOUGHT 12. Mary Parker Follett - Constructive Conflict and Leadership
13. Elton Mayo - Human Relations Movement
14. Chester I. Barnard - Functions of the Executive
PART V: ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT 15. Herbert A. Simon - Administrative Behaviour
16. Dwight Waldo - The Administrative State
17. F. W. Riggs - Ecology of Public Administration
18. Robert Alan Dahl - Problems of Science of Administration
19. Robert T. Golembiewski - Public Administration as a Developing Discipline
PART VI - ORGANISATIONAL HUMANISM 20. Abraham Maslow - Needs Hierarchy Theory
21. Frederick Herzberg - Hygiene and Motivation Factors
22. Douglas McGregor- Motivation and Leadership
23. Chris Argyris - Integrating the Individual and The Organisation
24. Rensis Likert - Systems Management
25. Peter F. Drucker - Management
PART VII - PUBLIC CHOICE THEORY 26. James M. Buchanan - Public Choice Theory (The Calculus of Consent)
27. Elinor Ostrom - Public Choice Theory; Governing the Commons
28. Janet Vinzant Denhardt and Robert B. Denhardt- New Public Service
29. Yehezkel Dror - Public Policymaking
PART VIII - EMERGING TRENDS 30. Postmodernism And Post-Structuralism Part I
31. Poststructuralism
32. Critical Social Theory
About the author
Anupama Puri Mahajan is an accomplished researcher and author in Public Administration. Her extensive work includes several published books and numerous research articles. Notable publications include
Financial Administration in India (PHI India, 2014),
Public Administration (Pearson Publishers),
Development Administration in India (Sage Publishers, 2019), and her latest,
Public Personnel Administration: Functionality and Challenges (Routledge). Anupama Puri Mahajan has contributed to leading academic journals such as Public Administration Review, Asian Governance: Paradoxes of Development, and Dynamics of Public Administration. Her research spans topics like public-private partnerships, natural disaster mitigation, and corporate social responsibility in India, reflecting her deep commitment to academic scholarship and passion for innovative ideas and perspectives.
Summary
This book elucidates the contributions of eminent theorists to the study of public administration and management. It introduces readers to the works of 32 esteemed thinkers of administrative theories. It provides life sketches of all the thinkers along with outlines of their contributions and critical discussion of their seminal work.
