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PAD 111 ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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S/NTOPICS
NO1Explain what led to the growth of Public Administration.
NO2Explain the acronym “POSDCORB”.
NO3Public administration is conceived in a comprehensive sense – comment.
NO4What does the “concept of efficiency” mean?
NO5Describe the concept of good life.
NO6Who were these eminent scholars – Gulick and Urwick
NO7Define the basic concepts of Public Administration
NO8What was Woodrow Wilson’s contribution to the development of Public Administration?
NO9From the time a child is born till his death, he remains under Public Administration: Explain.
NO10Why should administration have to exist in any organisation set up for a defined purpose and objective?
NO11Define Public Administration by Negro and Negro.
NO12Explain the importance of Public Administration
NO13Explain why the motive of private administration is profit making?
NO14Public administration is riddled with bureaucracy and red-tapism: Comment.
NO15Explain in great detail at least, six (6) points for the study of public Administration.
NO16Why is it that in Public Administration, officials remain incognito?
NO17Differentiate Publiceness from Privateness
NO18Relate Public Administration to other social sciences
NO19Understanding that Politics is a key to understanding of Public Administration
NO20Discover what has influenced the study of Public Administration
NO21What are the basis on which departments are organized
NO22What are the approaches to the study of public administration
NO23Why is Bureaucracy greatly needed now?
NO24Identify if the civil servants in Nigeria have honestly endeavoured to implement the policies and programmes of government.
NO25Express what is collective responsibility in a parliamentary system of Government
NO26Explain why legislative control on administration is indirect
NO27Why should administration have to exist in any organisation set up for a defined purpose and objective?
NO28Why did the early writers call Public Administration as the “Science of public Administration”?
NO29Explain how Public Administration constitutes an art?
NO30In your own view, is public administration a science?
NO31Can the art of administration be acquired?
NO32describe how public administration is closely related to other social sciences
NO33Explain the influence of science and technology on public administration
NO34Discuss why an understanding of politics is the key to understanding of public administration.
NO35What was Woodrow Wilson’s view in 1887 on the field of Public Administration and Political Science?
NO36Is history a mere record of past events? Explain this in relation to Public Administration and History.
NO37How could you prove that psychology has much contribution to make, to the study of Public Administration?
NO38Explain the influence of science and technology on Public Administration.
NO39Politics is about laying down policies whereas administration is concerned to execute these policies economically and efficiently: Expatiate
NO40Explain Administrative Law.
NO41How does public administration relate to political science.
NO42Identify why the term why New Public was used to describe this trend in the field of public administration.
NO43Explain the concept of “New Public Administration.
NO44Explain the importance of Development Administration as a means of carrying out socio-economic- political change.
NO45What is international Administration?
NO46Name some of the universal principles of public administration.
NO47Explain some of the organs of international administration.
NO48What is the meaning of development Administration?
NO49What are the bases of Public Administration?
NO50Is Nigeria a Federal State or University State? Explain this in the light of administrative implication of Federalism.
NO51What is a Scalar process?
NO52Explain your understanding of Localisation of Administration.
NO53What are the various approaches to the study of Public Administration?
NO54Comment why Public Administration has been approached from various angles.
NO55Define institutional approach of public administration.
NO56What is efficiency or scientific management approach?
NO57Who was Frank J. Goodnow?
NO58Public administration is incomplete without the study of its interaction with external environments, discuss.
NO59Discuss the importance of the study of Environment
NO60How do political and constitutional environment of a country inter- linked with its public administration system
NO61Discuss the impact of economic environment on public administration
NO62Discuss the roles of language, education, values and communication system on administration etc.
NO63Administrative system, organisations and processes do not develop in a vacuum; Explain this in relation to Environment and Public Administration.
NO64Explain extensively why the Public Administration of a country is influenced by political and constitutional set up?
NO65Explain how Public Administration and social organisations have close relationships with each other.
NO66State how political and constitutional environments of a country are inter-linked with its public administration system.
NO67Discuss the impact of economic environment on public administration.
NO68State the importance of the study of environment for the study of public administration.
NO69Enumerate the principles of administration.
NO70Analyse how the principles approach may serve as a means of prediction of how public administration should perform. Explain the following principles (a) Principle of political direction (b) Principle of public relations, and (c) Principle of Efficiency
NO71What is authority?
NO72Discuss two theories of authority you know.
NO73Differentiate between authority and responsibility.
NO74Discuss the historical development of bureaucracy
NO75There is the need to bridge the gap between people and bureaucracy, discuss.
NO76Discuss the difference in bureaucracy and political development.
NO77What are the characteristics of Bureaucracy?
NO78Why is expert administration inevitable?
NO79Discuss the contributions of Max Weber to the study of bureaucracy.
NO80Discuss the contributions of Laski to the study of bureaucracy.
NO81Discuss the contributions of Vincent de Gournay to the study of bureaucracy.
NO82Explain the reasons for the lack of Development Administration
NO83Discuss violations of Administrative responsibility in Nigeria.
NO84The role of bureaucracy as an agent of socio-economic change had been questioned by so many thinkers, explain.
NO85Discuss some of the violations found in Administrative responsibility in Nigeria.
NO86List some of the changes that may be helpful to fit bureaucracy into developmental tasks.
NO87Explain the reasons for the failure of Bureaucracy in Nigeria.
NO88Bureaucracy is still relevant today: Explain
NO89What do you understand by Inefficiency and lack of Initiative?
NO90Explain the types of chief Executive
NO91Identify the features of the chief executive
NO92Describe the administrative functions of the chief executive.
NO93State and explain the types of Executive that exist?
NO94Explain the features of Chief Executive.
NO95Explain Administrative functions of the Executive.
NO96Chief Executive is the master of all civil service: Explain
NO97Differentiate between the nominal, and the real chief executive.
NO98Differentiate between parliamentary and presidential types of Government.
NO99Discuss the various functions of the legislature.
NO100What are the functions of the legislature?
NO101How can the legislature facilitate the smooth running of a bureaucracy?
NO102How does a minister hold sway over administration?
NO103What is budgetary system?
NO104What is Executive Legislation?
NO105What is Administrative Responsibility all about?
NO106Define Executive control, and explain its significance.
NO107Administration is a means of public welfare: Comment.
NO108Explain law making process
NO109Discuss question-hour
NO110Explain the roles of audit and report
NO111Identify the importance of debate and discussion
NO112Explain the role of the appointment committees.
NO113The legislature makes the law which determines the organisation, functions and procedures of public administration: Explain.
NO114Explain the importance of question hour.
NO115Explain the duties of Auditor–General of Nigeria.
NO116Debates and discussion are known as the great annual national inquisitions: Discuss.
NO117Mention some of the important committees, and explain why committees are essential in the working of different departments.
NO118Would you say administration thrives on delegated legislation?
NO119The Question Hour has been described as a search-light turned on the activities of administration: Comment
NO120What is judicial intervention? Explain some of the grounds for judicial intervention.
NO121Explain the concepts of rule of law and Administrative law respectively.
NO122What happens when the rule of law is not observed or is violated?
NO123Review some of the limitations on judicial control.
NO124Define Ultra Vires? Why does a court declare acts as Ultra Vires.
NO125What is procedural Error?
NO126Explain how Rule of Law can facilitate a balance in judicial administration.
NO127Why is it necessary that those who hold important public officers should be elected directly by the people?
NO128What is recall? Does it hold sway in our society?
NO129The activities of the Pressure Group are sometimes useful to the administration: Discuss.
NO130What are the functions of advisory committees?
NO131What is eternal vigilance?
NO132What is a Pressure group? Explain some of its objectives?
NO133What are the formal methods of community control over administration?
NO134Explain the importance of authority or the power to control.
NO135Why it is that efficiency survey cannot be compromised in internal control of administration?
NO136What is professional code of ethics?
NO137Define Authority.
NO138For the achievement of high professional standards, the responsibility cannot be placed entirely upon the shoulders of the officials: Explain.
NO139Explain what management means.
NO140What are the main features of management?
NO141Explain the tasks of management according to Gullick, Terry, Fayal, Seckler Hudson, and Millet.
NO142What is input in management?
NO143Explain the true goals of management according to Gulick.
NO144What are the types of management that constitute the Nigerian administrative hierarchy?
NO145Define Management, and Make a distinction between Management and Organisation.
NO146Define ‘Efficiency.
NO147Write on the nature of Management.
NO148Explain the meaning of leadership
NO149Differentiate between leadership, power and authority
NO150List the functions of leadership enumerate the qualities of a good leader
NO151Mention the four leadership styles.
NO152According to Millet, leadership is often thought of being primarily person in character: Explain.
NO153Make a case between these concepts: Leadership vs Power, Leadership and Authority.
NO154What are the functions of leadership?
NO155Enumerate the qualities of a good leader.
NO156What are the four most important leadership styles?
NO157Define leadership and explain what makes certain people leaders
NO158Authority and leadership are closely related: Explain
NO159What is a welfare state?
NO160Name and explain at least ten (10) attributes of an effective leadership.
NO161Explain the meaning of policy
NO162Differentiate between policy and other concepts
NO163What is the basis of policy formation?
NO164Define Policy in the words of Dimock, O. Donnell and Terry.
NO165What are the three important ways of policy formation which Public officials are associated with?
NO166Explain the bases of policy formation in Nigeria.
NO167What is the meaning of Policy Formation?
NO168A Policy provides guidelines to the members in the organisation for choosing a course of action-throw more light on this thoughts.
NO169What is the meaning of decision
NO170What are the factors involved in decision-making
NO171Explain problems decision making
NO172Explain rationality in decision-making.
NO173Decision is a means to an end and not an end in itself: Explain.
NO174Do you agree with the opinion that intellectuals make no good administrators because they lack the capacity to make decisions?
NO175What is Bias?
NO176What are the problems that impede decision making?
NO177Explain Robert Heilbroner’s guidelines for making an intelligent decision.
NO178What is rationality in Decision-making?
NO179Who makes Decision?
NO180Explain the organization of civil service in Nigeria
NO181Explain the concept of social welfare
NO182Explain the role of military in administration since independence
NO183Explain problems and criticisms in Nigerian administration
NO184Explain the requirement of public relationship.
NO185Describe the organisation of Civil Service in Nigeria.
NO186How would you boast the moral of the civil servants?
NO187What are the Characteristic Features of Military Government?
NO188How would you access the nature and pattern of decision-making under the military regime in Nigeria?
NO189Military regimes in Nigeria had been described as an aberration: Discuss.
NO190What is the concept of Social Welfare?
NO191Explain the concept of Public Relationship.
NO192List the advantages and disadvantages of planning
NO193Define planning
NO194Explain the characteristics of planning
NO195Explain the types of planning
NO196Mention the pre-requisites for effective planning.
NO197Define planning. Why is planning neutral in itself, according to Millet?
NO198What are the characteristics of planning?
NO199What are the types of planning?
NO200What are the disadvantages of planning?
NO201What are the advantages of planning?
NO202What are the pre-requisites for effective planning?
NO203Explain meaning of co-ordination
NO204Discuss the need for co-ordination
NO205Explain types of co-ordination
NO206Discuss the techniques of co-ordination
NO207Explain the principles of co-ordination
NO208Discuss the hindrances to effective co-ordination.
NO209What is coordination according to D. White, Charles Worth, and Mooney?
NO210Explain the two types of coordination.
NO211What are the methods of coordination?
NO212What are the principles of coordination according to Mary Parker Follett?
NO213Mention 5 hindrances to effective coordination.
NO214Define coordination.
NO215Explain the need for coordination
NO216Discuss the need for delegation
NO217Explain the meaning of delegation
NO218List the characteristics of delegations
NO219State the reasons for inadequate delegation
NO220Enumerate the principles of delegation.
NO221Explain why delegation of authority is the first principle of good leadership.
NO222Explain in your own words the meaning of delegation.
NO223What are the characteristics of delegation?
NO224What causes the failure of adequate delegation according to Pfiffner?
NO225Mention some of the principles of delegation.
NO226What is devolution of power? Does this mean abdication of responsibility?
NO227Explain the meaning of communication
NO228Mention the types of communication
NO229List the essentials of communication
NO230Recognise some barriers of communication.
NO231What are the factors that make communication essential, according to Terry and Millet respectively?
NO232What are the barriers of communication?
NO233According to Terry, eight factors are essential for making communication effective, name these eight factors.
NO234Explain the meaning of supervision
NO235Discuss the phases of supervision
NO236List the qualities of a good supervisor
NO237Enumerate the duties of a supervisor.
NO238Supervision is something more than the use of authority: Explain
NO239Write about the phases of supervision.
NO240Explain why everybody cannot be a good supervisor.
NO241Enumerate the duties of a supervisor.
NO242Explain what led to the growth of Public Administration.
NO243Explain the acronym “POSDCORB”.
NO244Public administration is conceived in a comprehensive sense – comment.
NO245What does the “concept of efficiency” mean?
NO246Describe the concept of good life.
NO247Who were these eminent scholars – Gulick and Urwick
NO248Define the basic concepts of Public Administration
NO249What was Woodrow Wilson’s contribution to the development of Public Administration?
NO250From the time a child is born till his death, he remains under Public Administration: Explain.
NO251Why should administration have to exist in any organisation set up for a defined purpose and objective?
NO252Define Public Administration by Negro and Negro.
NO253Explain the importance of Public Administration
NO254Explain why the motive of private administration is profit making?
NO255Public administration is riddled with bureaucracy and red-tapism: Comment.
NO256Explain in great detail at least, six (6) points for the study of public Administration.
NO257Why is it that in Public Administration, officials remain incognito?
NO258Differentiate Publiceness from Privateness
NO259Relate Public Administration to other social sciences
NO260Understanding that Politics is a key to understanding of Public Administration
NO261Discover what has influenced the study of Public Administration
NO262What are the basis on which departments are organized
NO263What are the approaches to the study of public administration
NO264Why is Bureaucracy greatly needed now?
NO265Identify if the civil servants in Nigeria have honestly endeavoured to implement the policies and programmes of government.
NO266Express what is collective responsibility in a parliamentary system of Government
NO267Explain why legislative control on administration is indirect
NO268Why should administration have to exist in any organisation set up for a defined purpose and objective?
NO269Why did the early writers call Public Administration as the “Science of public Administration”?
NO270Explain how Public Administration constitutes an art?
NO271In your own view, is public administration a science?
NO272Can the art of administration be acquired?
NO273describe how public administration is closely related to other social sciences
NO274Explain the influence of science and technology on public administration
NO275Discuss why an understanding of politics is the key to understanding of public administration.
NO276What was Woodrow Wilson’s view in 1887 on the field of Public Administration and Political Science?
NO277Is history a mere record of past events? Explain this in relation to Public Administration and History.
NO278How could you prove that psychology has much contribution to make, to the study of Public Administration?
NO279Explain the influence of science and technology on Public Administration.
NO280Politics is about laying down policies whereas administration is concerned to execute these policies economically and efficiently: Expatiate
NO281Explain Administrative Law.
NO282How does public administration relate to political science.
NO283Identify why the term why New Public was used to describe this trend in the field of public administration.
NO284Explain the concept of “New Public Administration.
NO285Explain the importance of Development Administration as a means of carrying out socio-economic- political change.
NO286What is international Administration?
NO287Name some of the universal principles of public administration.
NO288Explain some of the organs of international administration.
NO289What is the meaning of development Administration?
NO290What are the bases of Public Administration?
NO291Is Nigeria a Federal State or University State? Explain this in the light of administrative implication of Federalism.
NO292What is a Scalar process?
NO293Explain your understanding of Localisation of Administration.
NO294What are the various approaches to the study of Public Administration?
NO295Comment why Public Administration has been approached from various angles.
NO296Define institutional approach of public administration.
NO297What is efficiency or scientific management approach?
NO298Who was Frank J. Goodnow?
NO299Public administration is incomplete without the study of its interaction with external environments, discuss.
NO300Discuss the importance of the study of Environment
NO301How do political and constitutional environment of a country inter- linked with its public administration system
NO302Discuss the impact of economic environment on public administration
NO303Discuss the roles of language, education, values and communication system on administration etc.
NO304Administrative system, organisations and processes do not develop in a vacuum; Explain this in relation to Environment and Public Administration.
NO305Explain extensively why the Public Administration of a country is influenced by political and constitutional set up?
NO306Explain how Public Administration and social organisations have close relationships with each other.
NO307State how political and constitutional environments of a country are inter-linked with its public administration system.
NO308Discuss the impact of economic environment on public administration.
NO309State the importance of the study of environment for the study of public administration.
NO310Enumerate the principles of administration.
NO311Analyse how the principles approach may serve as a means of prediction of how public administration should perform. Explain the following principles (a) Principle of political direction (b) Principle of public relations, and (c) Principle of Efficiency
NO312What is authority?
NO313Discuss two theories of authority you know.
NO314Differentiate between authority and responsibility.
NO315Discuss the historical development of bureaucracy
NO316There is the need to bridge the gap between people and bureaucracy, discuss.
NO317Discuss the difference in bureaucracy and political development.
NO318What are the characteristics of Bureaucracy?
NO319Why is expert administration inevitable?
NO320Discuss the contributions of Max Weber to the study of bureaucracy.
NO321Discuss the contributions of Laski to the study of bureaucracy.
NO322Discuss the contributions of Vincent de Gournay to the study of bureaucracy.
NO323Explain the reasons for the lack of Development Administration
NO324Discuss violations of Administrative responsibility in Nigeria.
NO325The role of bureaucracy as an agent of socio-economic change had been questioned by so many thinkers, explain.
NO326Discuss some of the violations found in Administrative responsibility in Nigeria.
NO327List some of the changes that may be helpful to fit bureaucracy into developmental tasks.
NO328Explain the reasons for the failure of Bureaucracy in Nigeria.
NO329Bureaucracy is still relevant today: Explain
NO330What do you understand by Inefficiency and lack of Initiative?
NO331Explain the types of chief Executive
NO332Identify the features of the chief executive
NO333Describe the administrative functions of the chief executive.
NO334State and explain the types of Executive that exist?
NO335Explain the features of Chief Executive.
NO336Explain Administrative functions of the Executive.
NO337Chief Executive is the master of all civil service: Explain
NO338Differentiate between the nominal, and the real chief executive.
NO339Differentiate between parliamentary and presidential types of Government.
NO340Discuss the various functions of the legislature.
NO341What are the functions of the legislature?
NO342How can the legislature facilitate the smooth running of a bureaucracy?
NO343How does a minister hold sway over administration?
NO344What is budgetary system?
NO345What is Executive Legislation?
NO346What is Administrative Responsibility all about?
NO347Define Executive control, and explain its significance.
NO348Administration is a means of public welfare: Comment.
NO349Explain law making process
NO350Discuss question-hour
NO351Explain the roles of audit and report
NO352Identify the importance of debate and discussion
NO353Explain the role of the appointment committees.
NO354The legislature makes the law which determines the organisation, functions and procedures of public administration: Explain.
NO355Explain the importance of question hour.
NO356Explain the duties of Auditor–General of Nigeria.
NO357Debates and discussion are known as the great annual national inquisitions: Discuss.
NO358Mention some of the important committees, and explain why committees are essential in the working of different departments.
NO359Would you say administration thrives on delegated legislation?
NO360The Question Hour has been described as a search-light turned on the activities of administration: Comment
NO361What is judicial intervention? Explain some of the grounds for judicial intervention.
NO362Explain the concepts of rule of law and Administrative law respectively.
NO363What happens when the rule of law is not observed or is violated?
NO364Review some of the limitations on judicial control.
NO365Define Ultra Vires? Why does a court declare acts as Ultra Vires.
NO366What is procedural Error?
NO367Explain how Rule of Law can facilitate a balance in judicial administration.
NO368Why is it necessary that those who hold important public officers should be elected directly by the people?
NO369What is recall? Does it hold sway in our society?
NO370The activities of the Pressure Group are sometimes useful to the administration: Discuss.
NO371What are the functions of advisory committees?
NO372What is eternal vigilance?
NO373What is a Pressure group? Explain some of its objectives?
NO374What are the formal methods of community control over administration?
NO375Explain the importance of authority or the power to control.
NO376Why it is that efficiency survey cannot be compromised in internal control of administration?
NO377What is professional code of ethics?
NO378Define Authority.
NO379For the achievement of high professional standards, the responsibility cannot be placed entirely upon the shoulders of the officials: Explain.
NO380Explain what management means.
NO381What are the main features of management?
NO382Explain the tasks of management according to Gullick, Terry, Fayal, Seckler Hudson, and Millet.
NO383What is input in management?
NO384Explain the true goals of management according to Gulick.
NO385What are the types of management that constitute the Nigerian administrative hierarchy?
NO386Define Management, and Make a distinction between Management and Organisation.
NO387Define ‘Efficiency.
NO388Write on the nature of Management.
NO389Explain the meaning of leadership
NO390Differentiate between leadership, power and authority
NO391List the functions of leadership enumerate the qualities of a good leader
NO392Mention the four leadership styles.
NO393According to Millet, leadership is often thought of being primarily person in character: Explain.
NO394Make a case between these concepts: Leadership vs Power, Leadership and Authority.
NO395What are the functions of leadership?
NO396Enumerate the qualities of a good leader.
NO397What are the four most important leadership styles?
NO398Define leadership and explain what makes certain people leaders
NO399Authority and leadership are closely related: Explain
NO400What is a welfare state?
NO401Name and explain at least ten (10) attributes of an effective leadership.
NO402Explain the meaning of policy
NO403Differentiate between policy and other concepts
NO404What is the basis of policy formation?
NO405Define Policy in the words of Dimock, O. Donnell and Terry.
NO406What are the three important ways of policy formation which Public officials are associated with?
NO407Explain the bases of policy formation in Nigeria.
NO408What is the meaning of Policy Formation?
NO409A Policy provides guidelines to the members in the organisation for choosing a course of action-throw more light on this thoughts.
NO410What is the meaning of decision
NO411What are the factors involved in decision-making
NO412Explain problems decision making
NO413Explain rationality in decision-making.
NO414Decision is a means to an end and not an end in itself: Explain.
NO415Do you agree with the opinion that intellectuals make no good administrators because they lack the capacity to make decisions?
NO416What is Bias?
NO417What are the problems that impede decision making?
NO418Explain Robert Heilbroner’s guidelines for making an intelligent decision.
NO419What is rationality in Decision-making?
NO420Who makes Decision?
NO421Explain the organization of civil service in Nigeria
NO422Explain the concept of social welfare
NO423Explain the role of military in administration since independence
NO424Explain problems and criticisms in Nigerian administration
NO425Explain the requirement of public relationship.
NO426Describe the organisation of Civil Service in Nigeria.
NO427How would you boast the moral of the civil servants?
NO428What are the Characteristic Features of Military Government?
NO429How would you access the nature and pattern of decision-making under the military regime in Nigeria?
NO430Military regimes in Nigeria had been described as an aberration: Discuss.
NO431What is the concept of Social Welfare?
NO432Explain the concept of Public Relationship.
NO433List the advantages and disadvantages of planning
NO434Define planning
NO435Explain the characteristics of planning
NO436Explain the types of planning
NO437Mention the pre-requisites for effective planning.
NO438Define planning. Why is planning neutral in itself, according to Millet?
NO439What are the characteristics of planning?
NO440What are the types of planning?
NO441What are the disadvantages of planning?
NO442What are the advantages of planning?
NO443What are the pre-requisites for effective planning?
NO444Explain meaning of co-ordination
NO445Discuss the need for co-ordination
NO446Explain types of co-ordination
NO447Discuss the techniques of co-ordination
NO448Explain the principles of co-ordination
NO449Discuss the hindrances to effective co-ordination.
NO450What is coordination according to D. White, Charles Worth, and Mooney?
NO451Explain the two types of coordination.
NO452What are the methods of coordination?
NO453What are the principles of coordination according to Mary Parker Follett?
NO454Mention 5 hindrances to effective coordination.
NO455Define coordination.
NO456Explain the need for coordination
NO457Discuss the need for delegation
NO458Explain the meaning of delegation
NO459List the characteristics of delegations
NO460State the reasons for inadequate delegation
NO461Enumerate the principles of delegation.
NO462Explain why delegation of authority is the first principle of good leadership.
NO463Explain in your own words the meaning of delegation.
NO464What are the characteristics of delegation?
NO465What causes the failure of adequate delegation according to Pfiffner?
NO466Mention some of the principles of delegation.
NO467What is devolution of power? Does this mean abdication of responsibility?
NO468Explain the meaning of communication
NO469Mention the types of communication
NO470List the essentials of communication
NO471Recognise some barriers of communication.
NO472What are the factors that make communication essential, according to Terry and Millet respectively?
NO473What are the barriers of communication?
NO474According to Terry, eight factors are essential for making communication effective, name these eight factors.
NO475Explain the meaning of supervision
NO476Discuss the phases of supervision
NO477List the qualities of a good supervisor
NO478Enumerate the duties of a supervisor.
NO479Supervision is something more than the use of authority: Explain
NO480Write about the phases of supervision.
NO481Explain why everybody cannot be a good supervisor.
NO482Enumerate the duties of a supervisor.
NO483Explain what led to the growth of Public Administration.
NO484Explain the acronym “POSDCORB”.
NO485Public administration is conceived in a comprehensive sense – comment.
NO486What does the “concept of efficiency” mean?
NO487Describe the concept of good life.
NO488Who were these eminent scholars – Gulick and Urwick
NO489Define the basic concepts of Public Administration
NO490What was Woodrow Wilson’s contribution to the development of Public Administration?
NO491From the time a child is born till his death, he remains under Public Administration: Explain.
NO492Why should administration have to exist in any organisation set up for a defined purpose and objective?
NO493Define Public Administration by Negro and Negro.
NO494Explain the importance of Public Administration
NO495Explain why the motive of private administration is profit making?
NO496Public administration is riddled with bureaucracy and red-tapism: Comment.
NO497Explain in great detail at least, six (6) points for the study of public Administration.
NO498Why is it that in Public Administration, officials remain incognito?
NO499Differentiate Publiceness from Privateness
NO500Relate Public Administration to other social sciences
NO501Understanding that Politics is a key to understanding of Public Administration
NO502Discover what has influenced the study of Public Administration
NO503What are the basis on which departments are organized
NO504What are the approaches to the study of public administration
NO505Why is Bureaucracy greatly needed now?
NO506Identify if the civil servants in Nigeria have honestly endeavoured to implement the policies and programmes of government.
NO507Express what is collective responsibility in a parliamentary system of Government
NO508Explain why legislative control on administration is indirect
NO509Why should administration have to exist in any organisation set up for a defined purpose and objective?
NO510Why did the early writers call Public Administration as the “Science of public Administration”?
NO511Explain how Public Administration constitutes an art?
NO512In your own view, is public administration a science?
NO513Can the art of administration be acquired?
NO514describe how public administration is closely related to other social sciences
NO515Explain the influence of science and technology on public administration
NO516Discuss why an understanding of politics is the key to understanding of public administration.
NO517What was Woodrow Wilson’s view in 1887 on the field of Public Administration and Political Science?
NO518Is history a mere record of past events? Explain this in relation to Public Administration and History.
NO519How could you prove that psychology has much contribution to make, to the study of Public Administration?
NO520Explain the influence of science and technology on Public Administration.
NO521Politics is about laying down policies whereas administration is concerned to execute these policies economically and efficiently: Expatiate
NO522Explain Administrative Law.
NO523How does public administration relate to political science.
NO524Identify why the term why New Public was used to describe this trend in the field of public administration.
NO525Explain the concept of “New Public Administration.
NO526Explain the importance of Development Administration as a means of carrying out socio-economic- political change.
NO527What is international Administration?
NO528Name some of the universal principles of public administration.
NO529Explain some of the organs of international administration.
NO530What is the meaning of development Administration?
NO531What are the bases of Public Administration?
NO532Is Nigeria a Federal State or University State? Explain this in the light of administrative implication of Federalism.
NO533What is a Scalar process?
NO534Explain your understanding of Localisation of Administration.
NO535What are the various approaches to the study of Public Administration?
NO536Comment why Public Administration has been approached from various angles.
NO537Define institutional approach of public administration.
NO538What is efficiency or scientific management approach?
NO539Who was Frank J. Goodnow?
NO540Public administration is incomplete without the study of its interaction with external environments, discuss.
NO541Discuss the importance of the study of Environment
NO542How do political and constitutional environment of a country inter- linked with its public administration system
NO543Discuss the impact of economic environment on public administration
NO544Discuss the roles of language, education, values and communication system on administration etc.
NO545Administrative system, organisations and processes do not develop in a vacuum; Explain this in relation to Environment and Public Administration.
NO546Explain extensively why the Public Administration of a country is influenced by political and constitutional set up?
NO547Explain how Public Administration and social organisations have close relationships with each other.
NO548State how political and constitutional environments of a country are inter-linked with its public administration system.
NO549Discuss the impact of economic environment on public administration.
NO550State the importance of the study of environment for the study of public administration.
NO551Enumerate the principles of administration.
NO552Analyse how the principles approach may serve as a means of prediction of how public administration should perform. Explain the following principles (a) Principle of political direction (b) Principle of public relations, and (c) Principle of Efficiency
NO553What is authority?
NO554Discuss two theories of authority you know.
NO555Differentiate between authority and responsibility.
NO556Discuss the historical development of bureaucracy
NO557There is the need to bridge the gap between people and bureaucracy, discuss.
NO558Discuss the difference in bureaucracy and political development.
NO559What are the characteristics of Bureaucracy?
NO560Why is expert administration inevitable?
NO561Discuss the contributions of Max Weber to the study of bureaucracy.
NO562Discuss the contributions of Laski to the study of bureaucracy.
NO563Discuss the contributions of Vincent de Gournay to the study of bureaucracy.
NO564Explain the reasons for the lack of Development Administration
NO565Discuss violations of Administrative responsibility in Nigeria.
NO566The role of bureaucracy as an agent of socio-economic change had been questioned by so many thinkers, explain.
NO567Discuss some of the violations found in Administrative responsibility in Nigeria.
NO568List some of the changes that may be helpful to fit bureaucracy into developmental tasks.
NO569Explain the reasons for the failure of Bureaucracy in Nigeria.
NO570Bureaucracy is still relevant today: Explain