[Updated] Course of Study: MPA-Second Semester, Tribhuvan University

Second Semester

MPA 506 Development Management-II

Course Objective

          The objective of this course is to provide contemporary development efforts and their impacts. It also makes students able to analyze development goals, implementation mechanism, and the issues related to development management.

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Contents

1. Ecology of public administration: Structural functionalism approach, Political system capability

2. Development Strategies: institutionalism, Sustainable Development and Post Sustainable Development approaches, Millennium Development Foal and Post MDG, Basic Need Approach, Human Right based approach

3. Essentials of development management: Training management, Administrative reform, Human Resource Development.

4. Social accountability: Citizen Charter, Social Audit, Management audit, Performance management, Inclusion

5. Issues of Development Management: Corruption, Poverty, Migration, Application of ICT/E-Governance, Trust in public institution, Climate change

Reference

Bhatta, Bhim Dev (2005) Vikas Prashasan. Kathmandu: Indira Bhatta

Bhatta, Bhim Dev (1979) Development Administration in Nepal. Kathmandu: Indira Bhatta

Bhatta, Bhim Dev (1998) Development Administration in Nepal. Kathmandu: Abhasdev Bhatta

Bongartz, Heing/Dahal, Dev Raj (1996) Development Studies: Self-help Organization, NGOs and civil society. Kathmandu: Nepal Foundation for Advanced Studies.

Carcknell, Bisil Edward (2002) Evaluating Development Aid: Issues, Problems and Solutions. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Center for Empowerment Innovation and Development (2072) Development Management. Kathmandu: Pairabi Prakashan

Charles, K.J. (1983) Total Development: Essay Towards an integration of Marxian and Gandhian Perspectives. New Delhi: Vika Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

Chatterjee, S.K. (1990) Development Administration. Delhi: Surjeet Publications.

Ed. Bhargav, Shivganesh (2007) Development Aspects of Entrepreneurship. New Delhi: Response Books.

Ed. Dreze, Jean and Sen, Amartya (2005) Indian Development. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Ed. Jomo K.S./Ben, Fine. (2006) The New Development Economics. New Delhi: Tulik Books.

Ed. Seligson, M.A./Smith, J.T. (2010) Development and Under Development: The Political Economy of Global Inequality. New Delhi: Viva Books.

Ed. Gallagher, Kevin P (2005) Putting Development First. London: ZED Books.

Ed. Kothari, Uma (2005) A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies. South Africs: New Africa Books.

Gasper, Des (2004) The Ethics of Development. New Delhi: Tejeshwar Singh for Vistaar Publications

Joseph, T.M. (2009) Decentralised Governance and Development. New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications.

Kafle, Narayan Prashad (2061) Vikasha Prakashan. Kathmandu: Sharada Sharma Kafle.

Kafle, Narayan Prashad (2063) Development Administration. Kathmandu: Phulchooki Publication and Distributions.

Mose, David (2005) Cultivating Development: An Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice. New Delhi: Vistara Publications.

Paudel, Narendra Raj. (2014) Development Management. Kathmandu: Srijana Pahari.

Palekar, S.A. (2012) Development Administration. New Delhi: PHI Learning Private Limited.

Pandey, Devendra Raj (2009) Nepal’s Failed Development. Kathmandu: Nepal South Asia Center.

Pandey, Yubraj (2072) Development Management. Kathmandu: Vidyarthi Pustak Bhandar.

Peet, Richard (2005) Theories of Development. New Delhi: Rawat Publications.

Pieterse, Jan Nederveen (2001) Development Theory: Deconstructions/Reconstructions. New Delhi: Vistaar Publications.

Pieterse, Jan Nederveen (2010) Development Theory. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Sapru, R.K. (2003) Development Administration. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

Sen, Amartya (2006) Development as Freedom. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Singh, Anter (1981) Development Administration. Delhi: Shree Publishing House.

MPA 507 Public Policy-I

Course Objective

     The objective of this course is to provide basic knowledge about the conceptual foundations and principles relating to the analytical and interdisciplinary field of public policy. The course intends to aid the students to conceptualize policy making and public policy decision making.

Contents

1. Basic Foundations: Concept of Public Policy and Policy Analysis. Nature and Scope of Public Policy, Typology of Public Policy, Scope of Public Policy, Analytical Approaches to Policy Study, Importance of Policy Study, Limits of Public Policy

2. Policy Philosophies and Public Interest: Forms of Policy Philosophies and Public Interest, Public/Collective goods and Private goods

3. Theoretical Approaches to Policy Making: Political Systems Theory, Elite Theory, Group Theory, Institutionalism, Public Opinion Model, Two way communication theory

4. Public Policy Decision Making: Rational Decision Making, Disjointed Incrementalism, Mixed Scanning, Concept of Bounded Rationality

5. Constraints on Decisions: Economic constraints on decision-making, Political Constraints on Decision making

References

Adhikari, Dhurba (2061) Public Policy Analysis. Kathmandu: Pairabi Prakashan

Anderson, James E (…) Public Policy Making

Cochran, Charles L/Malone, Eloise F. (2007) Public Policy: Perspectives and Choices. New Delhi: Viva Books Pvt. Ltd.

Devkota, Stish, Chandra (2060) Public Policy Analysis. Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar.

Ed. Saxena, Pradeep K. (1993) Comparative Public Policy. Delhi: Rawat Publications

Edwards, George/Sharkansky (…) The Policy Predicament

Farohock, Fread M. (1979) Public Policy: Scope and Logic. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall INC Englewood Cliffs.

Frohlich, Norman/Oppenhemer (…) Modern Political Economy

Hill, Michael/Hupe, Peters (2006) Implementing Public Policy: Governance in Theory and Practice. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Howlett, Michael/M Ramesh (2003) Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy Sub Systems. New York: Oxford University.

Joshi, Shyam (2062) Economic Policy Analysis. Kathmandu: Taleju Prakashan.

King, Gary/Keohane, Robert O/Verba, Sidney (1994) Designing Social Inquiry: Research. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

Layder, Derek (2005) Sociological Practice: Linking Theory and Social Research. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Pandey, Yubraj (2069) Public Policy Formulation, Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation and Analysis of Public Policy. Kathmandu: Vidyarthi Pustak Bhandar

Paul, Devik (1995) Public Policy Formulation and Implementation in India. Delhi: Devika Publications.

Rana, Rajib Bickram (2014) Aspects of Public Policy. Kathmandu: Kantipur College of Public Management.

Reejal, Pushkar Raj (2003) Fundamental of Public Policy Analysis. Kathmandu: Pairabi Prakashan.

Sahni, Pradeep (1987) Public Policy: Conceptual Dimension. India: Kitab Mahal.

Sapru, R.K. (2011) Public Policy: Art and Craft of Policy Analysis. New Delhi: PHI learning Pvt. Ltd.

Sapru, R.K. (2014) Public Policy: Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation. New Delhi: Sterling Publishing Private Limited.

MPA 508 Administrative System in Nepal

Course Objective

          The objective of this course is to acquaint students with the evolution and development of administrative system of Nepal so that students can analyze the administrative structure, process and spheres of Nepalese administration.

Contents

1. Administrative System in ancient Period: Kirat, Lichhavi, Malla

2. Administrative System in Post-Unification: Shah Administration, Rana Administration

3. Central and Sub-nation Level Administrative System in Nepl: Central Level: Constitutional Bodies, Ministries and Departments, Subnational Level, Local Level: Interrelationship between Central and Subnational Level

4. Administrative Reform efforts in Nepal: Concept of Administrative reform, Efforts of Administrative reform in government, Implementation of AR and its challenges

5. Administrative Culture and Trends: Administrative culture in Nepal, Emerging Trends and Issues of Administrative System

Refernce

Agrawal, Hem Narayan (1976) The Administrative System of Nepal from Tradition to Modernity. New Delhi: Vikash Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

Baiday, Tulasi Ram/Manandhar, Triratna (2053), Adhunik Nepal ko Prashasanik Itihas (1768-1951). Kathmandu: Nepal Asiali Anishandhan Kendra

Bhatta, Bhumdev (2071) Nepal ko Prashasanik Itihas. Kathmandu: Spoan Mashik

Bhattarai, Ghanashyam (2064) Nepal ko Sthaniya Prashasan ko Itihas (1968-1951) Delhi: Adiroit Publishers

Poudyal, Madhab (1989) Administrative Reforms in Nepal. New Delhi: National Book Organization.

Shrestha, Tulsi Narayan (2005). Nepalese Administration: A Historical Perspective. Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar

MPA 509 Statistics for Public Administration

Course Objective

          The objective of this course is to familiarize the students with basic tools and techniques required to conduct social and behavioral research in Public Administration.

Contents

1. Introduction: Concept, nature, significance and scope of statistics. General Field of Statistics: Descriptive and Inferential; Measure of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode; Measures of Dispersion: Range, Mean Deviation, Variance, Standard Deviation and Coefficient of Variation

2. Determining the Bivariate relationship: Correlation Analysis: Karl Pearson and Spearman’s Rank method, Regression: Simple Linear Regression

3. Probability: Basic terminology: Combination, Event and its type, Sample space, Introduction of probability: (Classical approach, relative frequency approach and subjective approach), Basic laws of probability: additional rule, multiplication rules, conditional probability, and Theoretical probability distribution: Binomial, Poisson and normal distribution.

4. Estimation: Introduction of estimation, Criteria of a good estimator, Types estimates: Point and Interval Estimate, Interval estimate of population mean and population proportion; Determining sample size.

5. Test of Hypothesis: Introduction: Meaning, Significance Level and importance, Some basic terminologies: null and Alternative Hypothesis, One tailed and Two tailed test, Type-I and Type-II error, parametric and non-parametric test; Steps in Test of Hypothesis; Test of significance of Large sample: mean (single and double sample), population proportion (single and double sample); Test of significance of small sample: Mean (single and double sample), sample correlation coefficient, test of significance of two sample variances, Chi-square test of goodness of fits and test of independence attribute, Kruskal Wallis test: Test of significance of more than two sample means.

Reference

Chandan, J.S. (2009) Statistics for Business and Economics. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

Chao, Lincoln (1974) Statistics Methods and Analysis. New Delhi: McGraw Hill

Gupta, B.N. (1992) Statistics: Theory and Practice. Agra: Sahitya Bhawaan.

Gupta, S.C. (2010) Fundamentals of Statistics. New Delhi: Himalayan Publishing House

Levin, Richard I/Rubin, Davids (1998) Statistics for Management. New Delhi: Pearson Education

Shahi, Hari Bhakta (2016) Statistics for Public Management. Kathmandu: Radhika Shahi.

Sharma, Pushkar Kumar/Chaudhary, Arun Kumar. (2071) Statistical Methods. Kathmandu: Khanal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

Shrestha, SUnita/SIlwal, Dhurba Prashad (2070) Statistical Methods in Management. Kathmandu: Taleju Prakashan

Taha, Hamdy A. (1999) Operations Research an Introduction. New Delhi: Prentice Hall

MPA 510 Organization Behavior

Course Objective

          The objective of this course is to provide students a detailed knowledge on organizational behavior so as to make them competent and capable in understanding concepts, theories, tools and techniques of organizational behavior. This course intends to develop analytical and creative skills among students so that they can practice it in actual working environment.

Contents

1. Fundamentals of Organization behavior: Concept and Evolution of OB, OB and Public Administration, Changing Features of OB

2. Basic Human Process: Perception: factor influencing perception, Perceptual set in organization, Perceptual errors; Personality, Determinants of Personality, Theories of Personality, Major Personality attributes and characteristics; Theories of Learning; Emotional management; Stress Management.

3. Individual in Organization: Organizational Commitment, Job involvement, Job Satisfaction; Motivation, Concept, Content Theories (Need Theory, Two factor theory, job design approach), Process theory (Expectation theory, equity theory, goal setting theory); Power and Organizational Politics; Conflict management.

4. Group in Organization: Group Dynamic: Concept, Group formation, Formal and informal group, Team work and effective team performance, Communication: Concept, Formal and informal communication in organization, Communication barriers, Effective Communication, Leadership concept, Style and Theories of Leadership

5. Organizational Change and Development: Concept of change, Resistance to change, Managing organizational change, Techniques of OD, Problems in changing organization

Reference

Adhikari, Dev Raj (2014) Organizational Behavior. Kathmandu: Buddha Academic Publishers and Distributors

Agrawal, Govinda Ram (2015) Organizational Behavior in Nepal. Kathmandu: M.K. Publishers and Distributors.

Brown, Warren B/Moberg, Dennis J. (1980) Organizational theory and Management: A Margo Appraoch. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

K.C., Phatta Bahadur (2060) Sanghathanatmak Byabahar. Kathmandu: Nabin Prakashan

Kelly, Joe (1987) Organizational Behavior: Its Data, First Principles and Application. Delhi: Surjeet Publications.

Luthans, Fred (1992) Organizational Behavior. New York: McGraw Hill

Luthans, Fred (1992) Organizational Behavior. Boston: McGraw Hill

Mathema, Sushil Bhakta/Bhattarai, Manoj (2071) Sangathanatmak Byabahar. Kathmandu: Dhaulagiri Books and Stationery

Moorhead/Gregory/Griffin, Rocky (1999) Organizational Behavior. Delhi: AITBS Publishers and Distributors

Newstrom, John W./Davis, Keith (2003) Organizational Behavior: Human Behavior at Work. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.

Pradip Kumar (1996) Organizational Theory and Behavior. India: Kedarnath Ram Nath Co.

Pugh, D.S. (1971) Organization Theory. England: Penguin Books

Raw, V.S./Narayan, P.S. (1995) Organization Theory and Behavior. Delhi: Konark Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

Robbins, Stephen P./Sanghi, Seema (2007) Organizational Behavior. Delhi:Dorling Kindersley.

Singh, Hridaya Bahadur (2072) Sangathanatmak Byabahar tatha Manab Sansadhan Byabasthapan. Kathmandu: Asmita Books Publishers and Distributor

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