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CSS Public Administration Syllabus 2025

CSS Public Administration 2025 Group 3

CSS Public Administration Syllabus 2025

This article covers the CSS Public Administration complete Syllabus and curriculum 2025.

The syllabus of CSS Public Administration consists of 12 parts of a collective 100 marks.

The examination for CSS Public Administration is the Group 3 exam for CSS candidates.

CSS Public Administration Syllabus 2025

(Marks-100)

Public Administration: Concepts, Approaches and Context 

    • Definitions; Role and Scope of Public Administration in Society; 
    • Issues in Public Administration Theory and Practice: Democracy versus Bureaucracy, Politics versus Administration, Efficiency versus Equity; 
    • Core Values of Public Administration: Rule ofLaw, Efficiency, Equity and Fairness, Responsiveness; 
    • Traditional Public Administration; 
    • New Public Management; 
    • New Public Service; 
    • Governance Approach to Public Administration; 
    • Islamic Concept of Public Administration; 
    • Historical roots of Public administration in Pakistan

Public Administration: Classical and Contemporary Theories and Concepts 

    • Bureaucracy; 
    • Scientific Management; Human Relations Approach; 
    • Leadership, Motivation, Network Governance; 
    • Strategic Management; 
    • Public Choice Theory;
    • Types of Organizational Structure; 
    • Organization of Federal, Provincial, and Local Government in Pakistan;
    • Administrative Culture of Pakistan; 
    • Inter-governmental Relations at Federal and Provincial level in Pakistan.

Public Policy Planning, Implementation and Evaluation 

    • Strategic Planning and Management; 
    • Planning Process;
    • Policy Analysis; 
    • Policy Implementation; 
    • Program Evaluation; 
    • Planning Machinery; 
    • Role of Donors and International Institutions in Public Policy and Management; Policy making and implementation in Pakistan.

Budgeting and Financial Management 

    • Budget as a Policy Tool; 
    • The Budget as a Managerial Tool; 
    • Principles of Budgeting, Audit and Accounting in Government; 
    • Line-Item Budgeting; 
    • Performance Budgeting; 
    • Program Budgeting; 
    • Zero-Base Budgeting; 
    • Outcome-Based Budgeting. 
    • Planning and Budgeting in Pakistan.

Managing Human Resources 

    • Spoil system versus Merit System in Public Employment; 
    • Personnel versus Human Resources Management; 
    • Close system versus Open System of Public Employment; 
    • Functions of Human Resources Management; 
    • Implementation of HRM in Public Sector;
    • Key Issues and Challenges.

Administrative Law 

    • Meaning; Scope and Significance; 
    • Nature and Contents of Administrative Law, 
    • Administrative Ethics, 
    • Delegation of Authority and Legislation, 
    • Administrative Tribunals; 
    • Administrative Law in Pakistan.

Public Management Skills

    • Planning; 
    • Decision Making, 
    • Conflict Management; 
    • Leading, Communication, Administrative Buffering; 
    • Managing Change;
    • Managing Diversity;
    • Stress Management; 
    • Delegation; Public Service Motivation; 
    • Creativity and Problem Solving;
    • Issues of Public Management

The Civil Service of Pakistan 

    • Historical Background of Civil Service,
    • The Structure of Civil Service; 
    • History of Civil Service Reform; 
    • Management of Civil Service; 
    • Institutional and Cultural Context of Civil Service; 
    • Role of Civil Service in Good Governance, 
    • Gender and Civil Service.

Organization of Provincial and Local Government

    • Governance Structure of Provincial Administration; 
    • Organization of Provincial Secretariat; 
    • Organization and Functions of Provincial Authorities and Agencies and their Relationship with Government Departments; 
    • Post-devolution Local Governance; 
    • Organization and Functions of District Government and Administration;
    • Organization and Structure of City District Government; 
    • Issues and Challenges of Local Governance.

Governance and Administrative Reforms 

    • Theories of Administrative Reforms; 
    • Types of Administrative Reforms; 
    • Privatization; 
    • Regulation; 
    • De-regulation; 
    • Decentralization; 
    • Partnerships and Collaboration; 
    • Business Re-engineering, Quality Assurance; 
    • Administrative Reform in Pakistan. 

Public Administration Accountability & Control 

    • Bureaucratic Responsiveness; 
    • Representative Bureaucracy; 
    • Citizens Engagement in Public Service; 
    • Accountability & Control; 
    • Concept and Approaches to Public Accountability; 
    • Institutional Framework for Administrative Accountability; 
    • Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control over Administration; 
    • Administrative Corruption; 
    • Role of Civil Society in Good Governance; 
    • Media, Interest Groups and Civil Society Organizations; 
    • The Situation in Pakistan.

Public Administration and Development 

    • Role of Public Administration in Development; 
    • Concept of Development Administration; 
    • Difference Between Development Administration and Development Management;
    • Changing Role of Public Administration in Development, Issues and Challenges of Public Administration in Pakistan

This is the complete syllabus and curriculum for preparation of CSS Public Administration.

The Candidates should prepare thoroughly to succeed in the examination.

Therefore, here are a few suggested books you can buy for better learning about CSS Public Administration from your favorite Multan Kitab Ghar online bookstore.

Suggested Reading Books for CSS Public Administration Syllabus 2025

  • Public Administration 7th Ed by Denhardt Robert 
  • Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics and Law 8th Ed by David Rosenbloom 
  • Public Administration 2nd Ed by Caiden, Gerald E. 
  • Public Administration for the twenty first century by Cooper Et Al, 
  • Organization Theory for Public Administration by Harmon Michael & Mayer Richard 
  • Public Administration and Public Affairs 12th Ed by Nicholas Henry 
  • Classics of Public Administration 7th Ed by Shafritz Jay 
  • Reinventing Government by Osborne D 
  • Evolution of Pakistan’s Administration System by Braibanti, Ralph 
  • Human Development in South Asia by Mahbub-ul-Haq 
  • Bureaucracy, basic books by Wilson, James Q 
  • Bureaucracy in Pakistan by Kennedy, Charles H 
  • Public Administration and Law by Julia Beckett 
  • Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective 6th Ed by Ferrel Heady 
  • Public Administration and Public Management:The Principal Agent Perspective by Jan-Erik Lane 
  • Governance: South Asian Perspectives by Hasnat Abdul Hye 
  • Governance, economic policy and reform in Pakistan:Essay in political economy by Abdus Samad 
  • Government and Administration in Pakistan by Jameelur Rehman Khan 
  • Public Administration with special reference to Pakistan by Sultan Khan 
  • Public Administration in Asia Vol. I & II by Srinivasan Kalyanaraman 
  • Organizational Theory and the Public Sector by Tom Christensen Per Laegreid
  • Public Administration in South Asia: India, Bangladesh and Pakistan by Meghna Sabharwal, Evan M. Berman
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