pyq/2013/public-administration-optional-i/5

Answer the following questions in not more than 150 words each :

(a) "Comparative Public Administration both resembles and differs from modern organization theory." Elaborate. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) "In organizational analysis there is always gender around." (Gouldner). Argue. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) What is administrative elitism ? How does it evolve in public administration ? Elaborate your response with reference to historical examples. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) The success rate of e-government projects in most developing countries is stated to be rather low. Assess the reason. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) What new models of budgetary capacity and incapacity have emerged after the decline of Planning Programming Budgeting and Zero-based Budgeting ? (10 marks, 150 words)