PMS Past Papers Analysis

 PMS PAST PAPERS ANALYSIS

PART-1

Chapter 1 

Public Administration: Definition, Concepts, Approaches, and Context

Contents:

• Definition, Concepts, Approaches, and Context Definitions; 
• Role and Scope of Public Administration in Society; 
• Issues in Public Administration Theory and Practice – Democracy versus Bureaucracy, Politics versus Administration, Efficiency versus Equity; 
• Core Values of Public Administration – Rule of Law, Efficiency, Equity and Fairness, Responsiveness; 
• Traditional Public Administration; 
• New Public Management;  
• New Public Service; 
• Governance Approach to Public Administration; 
• Islamic Concept of Public Administration

Questions from the following contents

• Definition, Concepts, Approaches and Context Definitions; Role and Scope of Public Administration in Society; Issues in Public Administration Theory and Practice – Democracy versus Bureaucracy, Politics versus Administration, Efficiency versus Equity

Q1. What is the role of Public Administration in society? Discuss the issues confronted in its theory and actual practice. (2012) 

Q2. Public administrators deal with problems of efficiency versus responsiveness on a day-to-day basis. Explain what this means and why it occurs. What are the trade-offs between the two? Give some examples of these problems. (2016) 

Q5. Public Administration deal with problems of efficiency versus responsiveness on a day-to-day basis. Explain what this means and why it occurs. What are the tradeoffs between the two? What are some examples of these problems with reference to Pakistan? (2019 Part-2) 

Q6. Discuss and explain the concept of "politics-administration dichotomy" and its significance in public administration theory.  (2009) 

Q2. Is 'Political Neutrality' the answer of all ills in Pakistan's bureaucracy? Discuss the concept under 'Politics Administration Dichotomy' given by Woodrow Wilson. (2019)

• Core Values of Public Administration – Rule of Law, Efficiency, Equity and Fairness, Responsiveness;

Q5. Define Public Administration and its importance in society. Critically evaluate the core values of Public Administration i.e., Rule of Law, Merit, Transparency, Efficiency, Equity, and Responsiveness in terms of their implementation in public sector organizations by drawing examples. (2019)

• Public versus Private Administration

Q1. Are public organizations different from business organizations? Please answer your question in view of the concepts, approaches, and values of Public Administration in a society. Support your answer with relevant practices of Public Administration. (2015) 

Q1. Are Public Sector organizations different from Business organizations? Please answer your question in view of the role, scope, and values of Public Administration in society. Illustrate how the above has changed in view of various approaches to the discipline over time? (2017) 

Q1. Differences between public administration and business management are profound. Explain the two fields are alike and how they differ. Why are the two terms not interchangeable? (2022)

• Traditional Public Administration; 
• New Public Management;  
• New Public Service;

Q1. What is public administration? Discuss and contrast the traditional managerial approach to public administration with New Public Management. (2009) 

Q1. Compare and contrast Traditional Public Administration with New Public Management as two distinct approaches to managing public affairs. Support your views with examples from the practice of Public Administration. (2014) 

Q1. Compare and contrast various approaches to Public Administration, Traditional Public Administration, New Public Management, New Public Service, and Governance. Discuss their application in public sector organizations by giving examples. (2016)

• Governance Approach to Public Administration;

Q3. What is good governance? Explain the role of public administration in good governance particularly with reference to developing countries. (2009) 

Q6. What is good governance? Do you think the concept and principles of good governance as discussed in the literature and professional practice of Public Administration are relevant to the developing countries like Pakistan? (2014)

Q4. Define the term 'Good Governance' and its salient features. To what extent do you think the existing bureaucratic structure of Pakistani public organizations facilitates or impedes the practice of the concept in public sector organizations? (2015) 

Q6. Define the term Good Governance and its salient features. To what extent do you think the existing bureaucratic structure of Pakistani Public Sector organizations facilitates or impedes the practice of the concept in Public Organizations? (2019)

Chapter 2 

Public Organization: Classical & Contemporary Theories and Concepts

Contents:

• 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; 
• Administrative Culture.

Questions from the following contents

• Bureaucracy; Scientific Management;

Q2. Comparatively evaluate Taylor's Scientific Management and Weber's Ideal Bureaucracy and discuss their relevance to contemporary public organizations. (2009) 

Q4. Comparatively evaluate Taylor's Scientific Management and Weber's Ideal Bureaucracy and discuss their relevance to the contemporary public organization. (2022)

• Motivation

Q8. Drawing upon various theories of motivation, develop a guideline for practicing public administrators to motivate their staff for sustained good performance. (2009) 

Q6. Define the term MOTIVATION and its key process. Discuss major issues and challenges in Public Service Motivation as discussed in the literature with specific reference to Pakistan and suggest ways to enhance the motivation level of Employees in public sector organizations. (2015)

• Organizational Structures and their Types

Q2. Discuss types of Organizational structure. Does administrative culture impact the working of bureaucracy in Pakistan? (2012) 

Q2. A public organization may be viewed as a 'rational system designed to achieve its predetermined goals and objectives to serve the public interest'. Would you prescribe this view? Answer this question by drawing on competing for theoretical perspectives in organizational theory.  (2014)

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