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Who first propogated ecological approach?

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Arrange the stages of evolution in public administration.
1. Approach of Ecology
2. Approach of Principles
3. Approach of Public Policy
4. Administrative Behaviour

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Principles and Methods of Scientific Management is written by

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How many stages are there in evolution of public administration?

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Weberian bureaucracy is based on

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The principle of unity of command is complementary to the principle of

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Match the following.
List-I List-II
a. Public choice school 1. Pleads for debureaucratisation and democratisation of administration
b. Critical approach 2. A variety of different organisational arrangements can be used to provide different public goods and services
c. Ecological approach 3. To hasten the emergence of a universally valid body of knowledge concerning administrative behaviour
d. Comparative administration 4. To explore the dynamics of the interaction between public administration and its environment

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Which of the following are the factors responsible for the increasing importance of Public Administration in modern times:
1. Emergence of welfare state
2. Scientific and technological advancements
3. Rapid increase in population
4. Economic planning
5. Nature of modern warfare
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Second stage of evolution emphasised on

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Advantages of participative decision-making include

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The following quatation deals with the significance of administration-
"This is why there should be a science of administration which shall seek to straighten the paths of government, to make it business less unbusinesslike, to strengthen and purify its organisation and to crown its duties with dutifulness." The following statement was made by:

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Soldiering is a phenomenon in which

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Consider the following statements.
1. The systematic study of public administration relies on observation.
2. Public administration has been regarded as social science.
3. According to Woodrow Wilson, public administration was defined as detailed and systematic application of law.
4. Wilson believed that every particular application of law is not an act of administration.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Match the following
List-I List-II
a. Notion of Integral 1. Gulick
b. Notion of Narrower 2. Dimock
c. Notion of Managerial 3. White
d. Notion of Wider 4. Simon

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Who called hierarchy as the 'scalar process'?
1. Mooney
2. Reiley
3. L. D. White

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Match the List-I with List-II-
List-I List-II
a. Marshall E. Dimock 1. Big Democracy
b. Paul H. Appleby 2. A Philosophy of Administration
c. L. D. White 3. The Art of Administration
d. Ordway Tead 4. Introduction to the Study of Public Administration
5. Principles of Public Administration

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The success of 'span of control' depends on
1. Supervisor's personality
2. How the nature of work is supervised
3. Subordinates caliber
4. How old organisation is

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Which among the following is not the part of Kurt Lewin's theory of leadership?

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Hawthrone study took place in

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Arrange the following stages in the evolution of public administration.
1. Article of 'Trends in the theory of public administration'.
2. F. Riggs introduced Agraria Transit Industria.
3. Comparative administration group was formed.

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