pyq/2015/public-administration-optional-i/2

(a) "Globalisation has transformed the nature and character of State from traditional administrative Welfare State to a Corporate State." Analyse the changes in the nature of public administration in this context. (20)

(b) "Contemporary Organisational theory seems further afield of Chester Barnard's Functions of the Executive than of organisational ecology." Examine the statement in the light of ecological elements in Barnard's thought. (15)

(c) "PPPs serve too many parties and too many interests ... to be focussed." Identify in the context of the statement, the parties involved in Public-Private Partnerships and their conflicting aims. (15)