pyq/2017/public-administration-optional-i/1

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each : (10 marks, 150 words)

(a) “Even after 130 years of its publication, Woodrow Wilson's essay 'The Study of Administration' continues to have great relevance even today.” Comment.

(b) “What is distinctive about the Classical and Human Relations schools of administration is their complementarity to each other.” Analyse.

(c) “Conflict is the appearance of differences — differences of opinions and of interests”— (Mary Parker Follett). Comment.

(d) “Leaders do the right things; managers do them rightly” — (Warren Bennis). Is this distinction by him valid ? Explain.

(e) “Administrative law is recognised by its substance rather than its form.” Discuss.