Includes bibliographical references and index. Singh, B. (Ed.). (2019). Classics of public administration. New Delhi: Random Publication.

1. Public Administration -- The Context of Public Administration -- Public Administration and the Civil Service: a Bird's-Eye View -- Non-ministerial Government Bodies and Corporate Governance of Public Enterprises -- Managing Local Government Expenditure and Fiscal Decentralisation -- Managing Government Personnel -- The Role of Government: Direct Involvement Versus Regulation -- 2. Bureaucracy -- Theories of Bureaucracy -- The Difficulties of Defining Bureaucracy -- The Weberian Approach to Bureaucracy -- The Scientific Management Movement -- Four Theories of Bureaucratic Politics -- Bureaucratic Defects and Pathologies -- Organization Theory -- The Structure of Systems -- Science, Art of Craft -- Modern Organizational Science -- Power and Politics in Organization -- Power in Formal Organizations -- Organizational Theories and Principles -- Organizational Change and Development -- The Power of Knowledge and the Power of Judgment -- 4. Human Resources Management -- Definitions -- Concept of Human Resource management -- Scope of HRM -- Role of HRM -- Role of HR Managers (Today) -- Functions -- Human Resource Management System -- HRM policies -- Management Development Programmes -- Key Performance Areas for Various Categories of Extension Personnel -- Managing Human Resources within Extension -- Human Resource Managers: their Role in a Changing Environment -- The Challenge of Human Resource Management -- 5. The Budgetary Process -- Budget Cycle in India -- Types of Government Budget: Balanced, Surplus, and Deficit Budget -- Concept and Significance of Budget -- 6. Public Policy -- Government Actions and Process -- Importance of Public Policies -- Concept, Relevance and Approaches -- Academic Discipline -- Public Policy Formation, Adoption and Implementation -- Policy Implementation -- 7. Public Service Ethics in Public Administration -- Influence of New Public Administration Paradigms in Ethics -- The Importance of Ethics in Public Administration -- Changing Position of Ethics in Community Life -- Ethics in Public Life -- Politics of Public Administration -- Political administration of India -- Ministerial Accountability to Parliament -- A House without a Home -- Legacy of British Rule in Politics and Administration -- 8. Theory of Human Motivation -- Motivation -- Mcclelands needs Achievement Theory -- Theory Z -- ERG Theory of Motivation -- Non Financial Motivators -- Management by Objectives -- Transactional Analysis -- Social Transactions -- Complimentary Transactions -- Crossed Transactions -- Ulterior Transaction