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ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
(Commonwealth MBA / MPA Programme)
CONTEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM (5583)
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SEMESTER: AUTUMN, 2010
This packet comprises the following material:-
1. Text Books
2. Assignment No. 1, 2
3. Assignment Forms (two sets)
4. Course Outline
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ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
(Commonwealth MBA / MPA Programme)
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(a) All written assignment must be well organized, presented in an easy-to-read format and neat. Moreover, pay particularly close attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation and understandability. Communication is extremely important in this course.
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Course: Contemporary Administrative System (5583) Semester: Autumn, 2010
Level: Executive MBA/MPA Total Marks: 100
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
Q. 1 Define and explain administrative system. Discuss in detail comparative analysis of administrative system and its importance? (20)
Q. 2 Write down the various functions and operations performed by a legislature? Define and explain executive-legislative relations? (20)
Q. 3 Describe the three main organizational features of bureaucracies? Explain how bureaucracy can be used as a focal point to study administrative Systems? (20)
Q. 4 “Administration is affected by environmental factors” Discuss in detail! (20)
Q. 5 How can you explain the concepts of responsibility, accountability and ethics in context of cotemporary administrative system? (20)
Guidelines for Doing Assignments
We expect you to answer each question as per instructions in the assignment. You will find it useful to keep the following points in mind:
1) Planning: Read the assignments carefully, go through the Units on which they are based. Make some points regarding each question and then rearrange them in a logical order.
2) Organization: Be a little selective and analytical before drawing up a rough outline of your answer. Give adequate attention to question’s introduction and conclusion.
Make sure that:
a) The answer is logical and coherent,
b) It has clear connections between sentences and paragraphs,
c) The presentation is correct in your own expression and style.
3) Presentation: Once you are satisfied with your answer, you can write down the final version for submission. It is mandatory to write all assignments neatly. If you so desire, you may underlining the points you wish to emphasize. Make sure that the answer is within the stipulated word limit.
ASSIGNMENT No. 2
Total Marks: 100
Instructions:
1. This assignment is a research-oriented activity. You are required to develop a term paper and submit to the tutor for evaluation prior to the final examination. The last date of this assignment will be notified separately by our directorate of regional services and the same will be communicated to you directly as well as through approved study centers assigned to you.
2. You will have to participate in the activity fully, and practically to be eligible to sit in the final examination of the course.
3. For the preparation of this assignment, you should first thoroughly review the conceptual framework of the topic and develop a scholarly material of the same giving references, quotations, and extracts of various scholars and experts. Then visit any business/commercial organization and study the relevant practical aspects there. Combining the theoretical and practical aspects, develop a comprehensive paper consisting of at least 20 to 25 typed pages to be submitted to your tutor.
a) Introduction to the topic
b) Important sub-topics
c) Practical study of the organization with respect to the topic
d) Review of theoretical and practical situations, merits, de-merits deficiencies or strengths of the organization with respect to the topic under study.
e) Conclusion and recommendation
f) Annex, if any
4. Prepare a copy of this assignment and submit to your tutor for your evaluation.
5. You should add any illustrative material/data/tables/analysis for effective submission.
6. If you fail to submit this assignment in the class, then you will not be able to sit in the final examination conducted by AIOU.
7. A number of topics given below are the general aspects of the course and you are required to select one of the topics according to the last digit of your roll number. For example, if the roll number is N-9337241, you will select topic number 1, and if the roll number is O-3427185 then you will select topic number 5 (the last digit).
0) Contemporary Administrative Systems
1) Aid Coordination for Developing Countries
2) Civil Service Systems
3) Constitution and Its Various Forms
4) Constitutional Engineering and Reforms
5) Legislative Functions and Operations
6) Role of External Agencies in Legislative Development
7) Administrative Ethics
8) Legislative Models
9) Dimensions Of Globalization
CONTEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM
COURSE OUTLINES (5583)
UNIT–1: DIMENSIONS OF COMPARATIVE STUDY
§ Public Administration as a Field of Study
§ Significance of Comparison
§ Problems of Comparison
§ Analytic Frameworks
§ Structural Functionalism
§ Neo-Institutionalism
§ Evolution of Comparative Studies
§ Post World War II
§ Comparative Administrative Movement
§ Reconsideration of the Comparative Administration Movement
§ Prospects in Comparative Administrative Studies
§ Development Administration
§ Comparative Public Policy
§ Comparative Public Administration
UNIT–2: CONTEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS
§ Constitutions and the Legislature
§ What is a Constitution?
§ Written Constitutions
§ Unwritten Constitutions
§ Alternative Constitutional Structures
§ Amending the Constitution
§ Constitutional Engineering and Reform
§ Basic Functions of Legislatures
§ Legislative Functions and Operations
§ Variations in Legislatures
§ Legislative Models
§ Types of Legislatures
§ Executive-Legislative Relations
§ Practice
§ Contemporary Issues Faced by Legislatures
§ Lack of Political Will and Institutional Consciousness
§ Poor Relations with Civil Society
§ Lack of Formal Lawmaking and Oversight Authority
§ Inadequate Access to Information
§ Inadequately Prepared Legislatures
§ Ineffective Organization, Facilities, and Training
§ Practice
UNIT–3: A FOCUS FOR COMPARISON
§ Bureaucracy as a Focus for Comparison
§ Concepts of Bureaucracy
§ Organisational Features of Bureaucracies
§ Key Structural Characteristics
§ Departmentalisation
§ Public Sector Employment
§ Civil Service Systems
§ Practice
§ Impact of Environmental Factors on Administration
§ Geography
§ Technological Change
§ Culture
§ Demography
§ The Economy and Globalisation
§ Practice
§ Models of Administrative Systems
§ Heper’s Model – Types of Polity Based on State
§ Weberian or “Classic” Model
§ Riggs’ Prismatic Model – Fused and Differentiated Societies
§ Practice
UNIT–4: TRENDS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
§ Ethics in Public Administration
§ The Values Framework
§ Facts and Values
§ Sources of a Bureaucrat’s Values
§ Practice
§ Responsibility, Accountability, and Ethics
§ Administrative Responsibility
§ Administrative Accountability
§ Administrative Ethics
§ Practice
§ Concepts in New Public Management (NPM)
§ NPM vs. Traditional Public Administration
§ Alternative Service Delivery
§ E-Government
§ Civil Society
§ What is Civil Society
§ Role of Civil Society
§ Practice
§ Impact of Globalisation and Free Markets on Public Administration
§ What is Globalisation?
§ Dimensions of Globalisation
§ Resistance to Globalisation
§ Practice
UNIT–5: LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENT
§ Legislative Development
§ What is Legislative Development?
§ The Role of External Agencies
§ Practice
§ United Nations
§ Practice
§ UNDP and Legislative Strengthening
§ Legislative Assistance Strategies
§ Key Legislative Interlocutors
§ The UNDP and Project Management
§ Practice
§ Lessons Learned
§ Importance of Leadership Support
§ Balancing Political Participation
§ Multi-Donor Support
§ Sustainability
§ Practice
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UNIT–6: BUDGET ADMINISTRATION IN EMERGING DEMOCRACIES
§ Budgets and the Democratic Process
§ The Budget
§ Key Activities and Engagements in Budget Development
§ Purpose of the Budget
§ Practice
§ Budget Reform in Developing Democracies
§ Oversight and the Role of the Legislature
§ Budget Guidelines and Submissions Process
§ Public Participation
§ Practice
§ Sample Budget and Legislative Requirements
§ Practice
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UNIT–7: FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION PART II – AID COORDINATION
§ Key Multilateral Donor Agencies
§ United Nations Auxiliary Organizations
§ The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
§ The World Bank (WB)
§ The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
§ Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs
§ Aid Coordination for Developing Countries
§ Priorities for Aid Organizations
§ Key National and International Actors
§ Effective Aid Coordination and Management
§ Existing Management Mechanisms and Issues
§ Improved Aid Coordination
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