pyq/2018/public-administration-optional-i/1

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each: (50 marks, 150 words)

(a) "The scope of the discipline of Public Administration is determined by what an administrative system does." Does it mean that the scope of this discipline is boundaryless? Explain. (10 marks)

(b) "The concepts of rationality and efficiency are intertwined in the bureaucratic analysis of Max Weber." Comment. (10 marks)

(c) "New Public Service approach is an improvement over its predecessor, New Public Management." Discuss. (10 marks)

(d) "A leader is a people's developer" (Napoleon). Which aspects of subordinates' development can be positively influenced by a leader? Discuss. (10 marks)

(e) "Herbert Simon's book Administrative Behavior presents a synthesis of the classical and behavioural approaches to the study of Public Administration." Explain. (10 marks)