Personnel Administration

Personnel Administration

1 Concept, nature and scope of personnel administration

  1. Concept of Personnel Administration
  2. Meaning of Personnel Administration
  3. Nature of Personnel Administration
  4. Personnel Administration: Evolution and Development
  5. Scope of Personnel Administration
  6. Need for Reforms in Personnel Administration

2 Functions, significance and classification of personnel administration

  1. Manpower or Human Resource Planning
  2. Recruitment, Training and Promotion
  3. Salary Structuring
  4. Employeesโ€™ Welfare
  5. Significance of Personnel Administration
  6. Classification of Services โ€“ Meaning and Types

3 Public services and their role in administrative system

  1. Meaning of Public Services
  2. Relationship between the Government and Public Services
  3. Scope of Public Services
  4. Transition from โ€˜Traditionalโ€™ to โ€˜Modernโ€™ State
  5. Growth in the Functions of Public Services
  6. Role of Civil Services
  7. Changing Complexion of Public Services

4 Civil services in the changing context

  1. Meaning of Civil Service
  2. Meaning of Bureaucracy
  3. Types of Bureaucracy
  4. Features of Bureaucracy
  5. Role of Bureaucracy
  6. Growing Importance of Bureaucracy
  7. Merits and Demerits of Bureaucracy

5 Personnel agencies/UPSC/SPSC/SSC

  1. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
  2. Public Service Commission: Evolution
  3. Constitution of the Union and State Public Service Commissions
  4. Public Service Commission: Functions
  5. Staff Selection Commission (SSC): Genesis
  6. Structure of the Staff Selection Commission
  7. Staff Selection Commission: Role and Functions

6 Central and state training institutions

  1. Training: Significance
  2. Types of Training
  3. Central Training Institutes
  4. State Training Institutes
  5. State Training Institutes: Functions

7 Central and state administrative tribunals

  1. Administrative Tribunals: Evolution
  2. Structure of the Administrative Tribunals
  3. Composition of the Administrative Tribunals
  4. Administrative Tribunals: Jurisdiction, Powers, and Authority
  5. Procedure for Application to the Administrative Tribunals
  6. Advantages and Limitations of the Administrative Tribunals

8 Personnel Policy

  1. Policy-making: Meaning
  2. Public Personnel in India
  3. New Policy Perspective
  4. Central Bureau of Investigation and Lokpal & Lokayuktas Act, 2014
  5. Training Policy
  6. Right to Information

9 Recruitment (Reservation in Services)

  1. Meaning and Importance of Recruitment
  2. Process of Recruitment
  3. Types/Methods of Recruitment
  4. Merit System
  5. Methods of Testing Merit
  6. Recruitment System in India
  7. Need for Reservation
  8. Constitutional Safeguards
  9. Reservation of Posts in Public Services

10 Promotion

  1. Meaning and Importance of Promotion
  2. Need of Promotion in Civil Services
  3. Types of Promotion
  4. Principles of Promotion
  5. Methods of Testing Merit for Promotion
  6. Essentials of a Good Promotion Policy
  7. Promotion System in India

11 Training

  1. Meaning and Importance of Training
  2. Objectives of Training
  3. Types of Training
  4. Methods and Techniques of Training
  5. Indian System of Training

12 Salary administration

  1. Compensation: Meaning
  2. Principles of Pay Fixation
  3. Methods of Pay Fixation
  4. Job Evaluation
  5. Principles of Salary Administration

13 Performance management

  1. Understanding Performance Management
  2. Difference between Performance Appraisal and Performance Management
  3. Performance Management Techniques
  4. Performance Management Process
  5. New Trends in Performance Management

14 Employee unions

  1. Need for Employees Association
  2. Objectives of Employees Unions
  3. Growth of Employee Unions
  4. Important Functions of Employees Union
  5. Rules of Recognition

15 Rights of public servants

  1. Fundamental Rights Guaranteed to the Citizens
  2. Personal Rights
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Political Rights
  5. Trade Union Rights