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S Ranugge

B. A. (Hons), M.A. (ISS), SAS

Session 2

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Session !b"ecti#es$

At the end of the session %ou &ill beable to 'nderstand

the e#olutionar% rocess of ublicadministration concets u to thelatter art of the last centur%

the rinciles of bureaucrac% and its#alidit% as a ublic administrationmodel

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Introduction$

Public administration has a long histor%$+.g. construction of %ramids in ancient

+g%t, ancient irrigation s%stem in Sriana

+merors and ings ruled their d%nasties

and ingdoms through o-cials Administration b% amateurs and

ersonnel lo%al to leaders

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Patronage and neotism inrecruitments

orrution, misuse and ersonal gainsb% o-cials

The Soils S%stem of Administration inthe 'S till the latter art of /0thcentur%

hange in Presidenc% means change inadministration

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1emand for reforms and thebeginning of bureaucratic form ofadministration

The need for regime continuation&ith bureaucrac%

Bureaucrac% to function under thecontrol of olitical leadershi

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2orthcote3Tre#el%n Reort in Britain(/456)

Abolition of atronage in recruitment to

the ublic ser#ice

!en cometiti#e +7amination forrecruitment under a central

e7amination board 8oung men to be recruited to the lo&er

rans

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Reorgani9ation of sta: as intellectualand mechanical

Promotions from &ithin the ser#iceon merit basis

;radual imlementation ofrecommendations

The Reort imact on the 'S.

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Problems &ith the soils s%stems