BALOCHISTAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION 2021
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER/SECTION OFFICER (B-17)
IN THE SERVICES & GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Total Marks: 150 July 08, 2021 Time Allowed: 03 Hours
NOTE: i Attempt any six questions. All questions carry equal marks.
ii All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
iii Candidate must write Q No in the Answer Book in accordance with Q No in the Q Paper.
iv No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
v Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
Q No 1 Explain the system of Project Planning in the Government of Pakistan and how does it extend to the provinces and local governments? (25)
Q No 2 Comparatively evaluate Taylor’s Scientific Management and Weber’s Ideal Bureaucracy and discuss their relevance to contemporary public organizations in Pakistan. (25)
Q No 3 Human Resource Management (HRM) is a contemporary approach to managing people in business organizations. What are the salient features of HRM model? Do you think this model is being applied to reform public personnel system in Pakistan? (25)
Q No 4 In the globalized public administration, hierarchy creates more ethical problems than it solves. Discuss. (25)
Q No 5 Structural theory is, by and large, grounded in classical principles of efficiency, effectiveness and productivity. Explain. (25)
Q No 6 “Public interest is still inadequate as a ground concept to evaluate public policy.” Discuss. (25)
Q No 7 Elaborate the features of the grievance redressal mechanism of the civil services in Pakistan. Does this mechanism satisfy the objectives of its creation? (25)
Q No 8 Explain how the National Disaster Management Plan provides a framework and direction to the government agencies for all phases of disaster management cycle. (25)
Q No 9 If there is ever to be a science of Public Administration, it must derive from an understanding of man’s behavior. Explain. (25)
Q No 10 With the entry of the concept of ‘good governance’ the discipline of Public Administration has shed its static character. Explain. (25)
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