Public Administration - List of Major Scholars & Concepts [UPSC]

Public Administration is among the optional subjects for UPSC IAS Mains exam. It is a good optional subject for UPSC Civil Service Mains exam as the subject deals with governance and administrative theories. This article concentrates on briefly helping you understand the names of public administration scholars, a brief information on their background and an few important points on the important theories they were associated with.

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Public Administration Scholars – Introduction & Their Theories

The below table gives a list of 20 Scholars of Public Administration, a brief snippet on their background and important concepts they worked on.

Name	Who	Important Concepts
Abraham Maslow 1908-1970	American Psychologist and Motivation Theorist	Hierarchy of needs Self-actualisation Peak experiences
Chester, I. Barnard 1886-1961	American Executive and Management Thinker	Acceptance theory of authority and “Zone of Indifference” Functions of the executive
Chris Argyris	American Behavioural Theorist and Management Writer	Maturity – Immaturity theory T-Group Techniques Single loop and Double loop learning Organisational learning
Douglas McGregor 1906-1964	American Social Psychologist and Management Consultant	Theory “X” and Theory “Y” Management education from cosmology to reality Transactional influence
Dwight Waldo 1913-2000	American Political scientist and “Defining figure” in public Administration	Public administration as political approach Professional orientation to public administration New Public Administration
Fred W. Riggs 1917-2008	Political Scientist and Administrative Model Builder	Prismatic society Sala model of administrative Development as diffraction and integration
Frederick Herzberg 1923-2000	American Psychologist and Management Consultant	Hygiene – Motivation theory Job loading Job-enrichment
Frederick Winslow Taylor 1865-1915	Engineer, Inventor and Consultant	Principles of scientific management Functional foremanship
George Elton Mayo 1880-1949	Australian social Psychologist	Human relations approach to organizations Hawthorne effect Role of informal organizations and groups in affecting the behaviour of individuals at work
Henri Fayol 1841 – 1925	French Administrative Theorist	Principles of management General theory of management Gang plank jumping
Herbert A. Simon 1908-1970	American Psychologist and motivation Theorist	Administration as decision-making Bounded rationality Zone of acceptance
Karl Marx 1818-1883	German Revolutionary Philosopher and Political Economist	Bureaucracy as an exploitative class instrument Materialistic interpretation of history Alienation of bureaucracy
Kautilya 350 – 283 B.C.	Adviser to King Chandragupta Maurya and Ancient Indian Philosopher	Monarchy as the best form of government Absolute powers to King Saptanga theory of elements of state Principles of public administration
Luther Gulick 1892-1993	American Expert on Public Administration	Structure-based ideologies of organization POSDCORB as functions of executive
Mary Parker Follett 1868-1933	American Political Scientist, Social Worker and Management Consultant	Constructive conflict Integration Depersonalizing orders
Max Weber 1864 – 1920	German Sociologist and Political Scientist	Form of authority Legal-rational bureaucracy Protestant ethic
Peter Drucker 1909-2005	American Management Thinker, Professor and Consultant	Management by objectives Restructuring Government or New Public Management Knowledge society and knowledge workers
Rensis Likert 1903 – 1981	American Organisational Psychologist and Educator	Management systems Linking pin model
Woodrow Wilson 1856-1924	Former President of America and Political Scientist	Significance of study of administration as science Politics – administration dichotomy Public administration as ‘Government in action’
Yehezkel Dror	Israeli Political Scientist and Pioneer in policy studies	Societal direction system as a mega-knowledge system “Optimal Model” of policy making Paradigms of policy science

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Public Administration Scholars - Table of Introduction & Theories [UPSC Exam]

Public Administration Scholars – Introduction & Their Theories

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