The essential principles and practices of modern public administration are presented in a lucid and cogent manner in the present publication that seeks to assist the student and researcher, the practicing administrator and the aspiring candidate, with a realistic, discursive and insightful view of the subject. The subjects covered are vital and structural as well as conceptual. They include: historical background, concepts of organization, concept of power, organizational set-up, aims and objectives, administrative machinery and the concept of decisive powers. The core chapter on the framework and essentials of public administration forms a suitable reference point for the organization of study materials in the subject. The book would be an indispensable addition to the college, university and institutional libraries in governance, administration and the modern welfare state.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A K Pandey
Dr. Ashok kumar Pandey (b. 19400, Basically a keen student of literature having a brilliant academic career with first class first position both at B.A. , Hons, & M.A. levels and securing gold medals, is in I.A.S. officer of 1965 batch. Dr. Pandey was sponsored during his tenure with the Ministry of Defence for a post graduate course to the University of Manchester . U.K. where hhe completed his course with distinetin and was awarded Post Graduate degree in Development Administration (1975). The administrative skill and prudence of Dr. Pandey are reflected also in the fact thathe served with different central Minister, Viz. inister of Energy, Minister of tourism, Civil Avistion & Labour, Minister of Tourism , civil Aviation & Labour, Minister of State for Defence and Minister for commerce as Special assistant very successfully and competently. Dr. Pandey is presently heading the personnel, industrial relations & training divisions in the Food corporation of India, New Delhi. A widely travelled person, Dr. Pandey has visited U.S.A., U.K. F.R.O., Fioland. Neitherlands, switizerland, Austria, Helgium, Iran, Ethiopia , etc. In various capacities and mainly as a member of several detergations while working in the Ministry of commerce. A member of different academic organizations, Dr Pandey is a very keen student of development administration and has contributed to the area of knowledge by wy of imparting training and writing scholarly papers.
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