Category: IAS EXAM

Meaning, scope, and significance of Public Administration INTRODUCTION to Meaning, scope, and significance of Public Administration: The scope of public administration deals with two aspect: As a discipline, what should be the subject matter of enquiry As an institution, what activities it should perform. THE BODY PART: Scope of public administration is so wide that it lacks consensus among scholars about its scope. However, its scope can be coined into: As activities: - - Managerial and Integral perspectives - Narrow and Broader perspectives As Discipline: - - POSDCORB and subject matter view SUBJECT MATTER VIEW • According to subject matter view, public administration deals not only with administrative technique such as POSDCORB, responsibility, accountability, and transparency, but also with the substantive fields of administration such as defense, education, public health,…