BSEH SS Public Admin study plan

Define public administration in both the managerial (POSDCORB) and integral/ welfare senses, and write out where the two definitions diverge on scope

Distinguish public administration from private administration across at least five named criteria (accountability, publicness, legal constraint, uniformity, transparency)

Map the nature-scope-significance debate into a one-page argument covering the narrowing and widening schools, and state which position you will defend in an essay

Build a thinker comparison table for Taylor, Fayol and Weber covering core concept, unit of analysis, key criticism and one exam-ready example each

Explain scientific management's four principles and identify three concrete criticisms of Taylorism in a government office setting

Summarize Simon's bounded rationality and satisficing, and contrast his decision-making model with the classical rational-comprehensive model

Reproduce Maslow's hierarchy, Herzberg's two-factor theory and McGregor's Theory X and Y from memory, and give one administrative application for each

Apply Herzberg's motivators versus hygiene factors to explain why pay revision alone fails to motivate civil servants

Define hierarchy, span of control, unity of command, delegation and centralization/decentralization, and state the principle each one violates when pushed to an extreme

Draw and label a narrow-span versus wide-span organization chart from memory and state the trade-off between them

Explain the line, staff and auxiliary agency trichotomy with one Indian example of each, and justify why auxiliary agencies are sometimes classified separately from staff

Analyze the line-staff conflict (authority versus advice) and propose two structural remedies

Justify the constitutional position of the Indian chief executive, distinguishing the President's formal powers from the Prime Minister's effective authority

Argue whether delegation dilutes accountability, using the doctrine of ministerial responsibility

Compare centralization and decentralization on speed, uniformity, accountability and local responsiveness, and state when each is preferable

Trace the constitutional basis of Indian public administration through the Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and the Seventh Schedule's Union-State division

Distinguish Union, State and Concurrent List subjects and explain how Article 356 and central agencies affect state administration

Describe the composition and role of the Cabinet Secretariat, PMO, NITI Aayog and the Cabinet Committees

Outline recruitment through UPSC and State PSCs, and distinguish direct recruitment, promotion and deputation

Compare the All India Services (IAS, IPS, IFoS) with central services on recruitment, cadre control and accountability, and list four civil service reform proposals (e.g. mission karmayogi-style capacity building, performance appraisal reform, lateral entry, 360-degree assessment)

Explain training architecture in Indian civil services, including induction training, mid-career training and the role of training academies, and evaluate one weakness

Define public policy and distinguish the stages of the policy cycle: agenda setting, formulation, adoption, implementation and evaluation

Identify the institutional actors in Indian policy making - Cabinet, bureaucracy, Parliament, judiciary, pressure groups - and rank their influence with reasons

Analyze two implementation gaps in India using a model such as Sabatier's or the top-down versus bottom-up debate

Write a short policy brief structure for a current Indian scheme, from problem statement to evaluation indicators

Explain the budget cycle - preparation, enactment, execution, audit - and the roles of the Finance Ministry, Parliament and CAG at each stage

Distinguish parliamentary financial control instruments: vote on account, appropriation bill, finance bill, cut motions, guillotine and departmental committees

Explain the CAG's constitutional mandate, the difference between audit and accounting, and the distinction between propriety and regularity audit

Define administrative law and distinguish delegated legislation, natural justice (audi alteram partem, nemo judex) and judicial review of administrative action

Summarize the major administrative reform commissions in India and state which recommendation was actually implemented

Explain the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments: Eleventh and Twelfth Schedules, mandatory versus discretionary functions, and the three-tier structure

Analyze the role of the State Finance Commission and State Election Commission in making local bodies viable

Evaluate why grassroots devolution remains incomplete, citing at least three structural reasons

Explain the writ jurisdiction of courts over administrative action, naming the five writs and the case type each addresses

Draft a short critique of administrative reforms in India, connecting reform proposals to implementation failures

Revise all ten domains using your correction cards and comparison tables, spending time proportional to each domain's weight

Complete two full-length timed mock tests under exam conditions and mark them against the syllabus

Re-derive from memory one key framework per domain: POSDCORB, span of control, the two-factor theory, line-staff, the Seventh Schedule, All India Services, the policy cycle, the budget cycle, delegated legislation and the Eleventh Schedule

Write three full essay-style answers on the highest-weight domains and self-evaluate for structure, examples and conclusion quality