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BPA 151

Development Administration

TU BPA · Semester 2 · BPA curriculum documents

Requirement
required
Credits
3
Syllabus
4 sections

Syllabus

What this course covers and how the teaching time is divided.

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Development Administration Syllabus

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Tribhuvan University

Faculty of Management

Office of the Dean

Bachelor of Public Administration (BPA)

Course Title: Development Administration

Course Code: BPA 151

Semester: Semester 2

Nature of Course: required

Full Marks: 100

Pass Marks: 50

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.

Curriculum: BPA curriculum documents

Course Objective

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The objective of this course is to impart basic knowledge of development management. In addition, this course aims to provide a theoretical understanding of the development and the role of development partners.

Course Description

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This course consists of introduction to development, theoretical approaches, organization and institution, development partners and issues of development.

Course Contents:

Lecture hours show the approximate classroom time allocated to each unit.

Unit 1.Introduction to Development

10 hours
  • Concept of Development
  • Development and growth, and modernization
  • Development administration- Concept and meaning
  • Difference between development administration and non-development administration

Unit 2.Theoretical Approaches:

10 hours
  • Comparative public administration
  • Bureaucracy, Prismatic Sala Model
  • Decentralization;People’s participation
  • Sustainable development

Unit 3.Organization and Institution:

8 hours
  • Concept of organization and Institution
  • Institution- building model
  • Nation building
  • Barrier to Nation building
  • and Nationalism

Unit 4.Development Partners:

10 hours
  • Role of government
  • Role of private sector
  • Role of third sector
  • Role of international organization (UNO and its specialized agencies, WB)
  • Role of regional organizations (SAARC, EU, ASIAN)

Unit 5.Issues of Development:

10 hours
  • Cross cutting issues- efficiency and performance
  • Citizen Charter
  • Maladministration and Corruption
  • Administrative reform
  • Environment management
  • Human rights
  • Impacts of ICT in society
  • Service delivery

Suggested Readings:

Bhatta , Bhim Dev (2005) Vikas Prashshan. Kathmandu: Indira Bhatta Bhatta , Bhim Dev(1979) Development Administration in Nepal. Kathmandu: Indira Bhatta Bhatta, Bhim Dev (1988) Development Management. 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) Developmental Aspects of Entrepreneurship. New Delhi:Response Books. Ed. Dreze, Jean And Sen ,Amrtya (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 Africa: 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: Deepand Deep Publications. Kafle, Naryan Prashad (2061) Vikasha Prashaashan. Kathmandu: Sharada Sharma Kafle. Kafle, Naryan 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: Vidyrthi Pustak Bhandar. (Nepalai bhasko) 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 Private Limited. Sen , Amartya (2006) Development as Freedom. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Singh, Anter (1981) Development Administration. Delhi: shree Publishing House.