Techniques of Administrative Improvement - UPSC Civils IAS MainExamination Topic wise Comprehensive Material

Chapter -11 

Techniques of Administrative Improvement 

Organization and methods, Work study and work management, e-governance and information technology, Management aid tools like network analysis, MIS, PERT, CPM

Organization and methods
1. Bring out the various techniques ofp&Madopted in India to improve efficiency in administration (2007/60)

2. Examine the needs and facets ofadministrative reforms in the fast changing scenario of the 21st century. What are the obstacles to administrative reforms?Give suggestions to overcome them. (2003/60)

3. Bring out the importance of Organization and Methods (0 & M). Do you think that there should be a separate 0&Morganization? (1997/60)

4. "Administrative reforms are induced changes in the machinery of government undertaken in order to bridge the gap between reality and desirability." Comment
(1997/20)

5. "Whatever'is purpose it is true that reform always takes place against resistance and that failure to recognise the various sources ofopposition, and to plan and to neutralise them, is a major reason for the widespread failure ofreform efforts." Examine. (1996/60)

6. "The entire processof development and nation building hinges on the effectiveness of administrative reforms." Comment.
(1994/20)

7. "Administrative reforms represent efforts, intended to enhance and/or expand the administrative and managerial capacity of Public administration to achieve national objectives or goals," Elucidate. (1993/30)

8. 'Administrative reform, by its very definition, seeks to apply new ideas to administration and thus entails new values. Comment. (1992/20)

9. "There are widely different views not only about the context of and M, but also concerning its relationship with other techniques concerned with improving effectiveness and efficiency, Discuss (1991/30)

Work study and work management
1. Write short note on Work study and work-measurementin Indian Administration. (2000/20)

2. "Work study succeeds because it is systematic in investigating a problem and also in developing a solution for it."Explain. Also discuss the components ofwork Study and their usefulness (1998/60)

3. Work study comprisesall systematic activities concerned
with the investigation, recording, measurement and improvement of work.' Comment (1990/20)

e-governance and information technology
1. Do you think that there is asort ofparadox between e-Governance and good governance? Explain fully, (2010/20)

2. e- governence  has the potentiality to emerge as the most effective instrument of efficiency, transparency and accountability."Comment. (2008/20)

3. .The rise of information technology is an opportunity to overcome disabilities". Explain.
historic (2006/20)

4. In what ways and how can information technology play a crucial role in effective government-citizen interaction in the context of good governance.(2005/60)

5. What is Information Technology? Describe its impact on Public Administration. (2004/60)

6. "Organisations today seem to invest in information and information systems, but their investments often do not seem to make sense." Comment. (2003/20)

7. Do you think that sudden eruption of Information society' has adapted and accelerated administrative development? (1989/30)

MIS
1. There isaneed for intimate relation between Generalists, Specialists and the Management Information system (MIS). Comment (1988/20)

PERT, CPM
1. "Techniques like PERTandCPM help in effective office management." Elaborate. (2009/20)

2. Time may be regained as an alternative to reform, as by efflux of time' remarkable powers may be acquired to resolve conflict. Comment. (1988/20)