Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET December 2014 Political Science
Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and choose the correct option:
List I
- I. The Administrative State
- II. The Art of Administration
- III. Public Administration
- IV. Organisation and Management
List II
- a. Ordway Tead
- b. Pfiffner and Presthus
- c. Dwight Waldo
- d. Seckler-Hudson
AI-a, II-c, III-d, IV-b
BI-d, II-b, III-c, IV-a
CI-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d ✓ Correct
DI-b, II-d, III-a, IV-c
Correct answer: (C) I-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d — The correct match is I-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d, so the answer is option C.
Explanation
★The correct match is I-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d, so the answer is option C.
★Dwight Waldo wrote 'The Administrative State' (1948), on how democratic states rest on bureaucracy, hence I-c.
★Ordway Tead wrote 'The Art of Administration' (1951), stressing goals, public opinion and human cooperation, hence II-a.
★Pfiffner and Presthus wrote 'Public Administration', defining it as directing human and material resources to set goals, hence III-b.
★Seckler-Hudson wrote 'Organization and Management' (1955), hence IV-d.
★Waldo and Tead both pushed beyond a narrow efficiency view of administration.
★Pfiffner, Presthus and Seckler-Hudson are remembered for systematising the study of organisation and management.
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