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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ONE LINER MCQS

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ONE LINER MCQS

  1. Who is regarded as the father of Public Administration?
    Answer: Woodrow Wilson

  2. Who wrote the essay “The Study of Administration”?
    Answer: Woodrow Wilson

  3. In which year was “The Study of Administration” published?
    Answer: 1887

  4. Who defined Public Administration as “government in action”?
    Answer: L.D. White

  5. Who is credited with the Politics-Administration Dichotomy?
    Answer: Woodrow Wilson

  6. Who is regarded as the father of scientific management?
    Answer: Frederick Winslow Taylor

  7. Who introduced POSDCORB in Public Administration?
    Answer: Luther Gulick

  8. POSDCORB stands for?
    Answer: Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting, Budgeting

  9. Who wrote “Principles of Public Administration”?
    Answer: W.F. Willoughby

  10. Who is regarded as the father of bureaucracy theory?
    Answer: Max Weber

  11. Who introduced the concept of hierarchy in organizations?
    Answer: Max Weber

  12. The concept of “Unity of Command” was given by?
    Answer: Henri Fayol

  13. Who said, “Administration is the art of getting things done”?
    Answer: Mary Parker Follett

  14. Who is called the father of modern management theory?
    Answer: Henri Fayol

  15. Who emphasized “informal organizations” in administrative theory?
    Answer: Chester I. Barnard

  16. The Hawthorne experiments were conducted by?
    Answer: Elton Mayo

  17. Who is associated with the Human Relations Movement?
    Answer: Elton Mayo

  18. Who described Public Administration as a “cooperative group effort”?
    Answer: Herbert A. Simon

  19. Who introduced the concept of “bounded rationality”?
    Answer: Herbert A. Simon

  20. Who wrote “Administrative Behavior”?
    Answer: Herbert A. Simon

  21. Who gave the concept of “Decision-making theory” in Public Administration?
    Answer: Herbert A. Simon

  22. Who classified decision-making into programmed and non-programmed?
    Answer: Herbert A. Simon

  23. Who is associated with the “New Public Administration” movement?
    Answer: Dwight Waldo

  24. The Minnowbrook Conference (1968) is associated with which movement?
    Answer: New Public Administration

  25. Who emphasized social equity in Public Administration?
    Answer: Dwight Waldo

  26. Who wrote the book “Public Administration in a Time of Turbulence”?
    Answer: Dwight Waldo

  27. Who wrote “Introduction to the Study of Public Administration”?
    Answer: Leonard D. White

  28. Who is known for the Classical Theory of Administration?
    Answer: Henri Fayol

  29. Who is considered the founder of scientific management?
    Answer: Frederick Taylor

  30. Who introduced the concept of “Functional Foremanship”?
    Answer: Frederick Taylor

  31. “Principles of Scientific Management” was published in which year?
    Answer: 1911

  32. Who emphasized “time and motion studies”?
    Answer: Frederick Taylor

  33. Who introduced the “span of control” concept?
    Answer: V.A. Graicunas

  34. Who gave the concept of “line and staff authority”?
    Answer: Luther Gulick

  35. Who wrote “The Functions of the Executive”?
    Answer: Chester I. Barnard

  36. Who is known for the Theory X and Theory Y in management?
    Answer: Douglas McGregor

  37. Who introduced the concept of “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs”?
    Answer: Abraham Maslow

  38. Who is associated with the Ecological Approach to Public Administration?
    Answer: Fred Riggs

  39. Who introduced the “Prismatic-Sala model”?
    Answer: Fred Riggs

  40. Fred Riggs is associated with which school of thought?
    Answer: Comparative Public Administration

  41. Who is regarded as the pioneer of Comparative Public Administration?
    Answer: Fred Riggs

  42. The term “Comparative Public Administration” gained prominence in which decade?
    Answer: 1960s

  43. Who is associated with the “development administration” approach?
    Answer: Edward Weidner

  44. Who introduced the concept of “merit system” in Public Administration?
    Answer: Charles Eliot

  45. Who introduced the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (1883)?
    Answer: George H. Pendleton

  46. Which commission is known for introducing merit-based recruitment in the USA?
    Answer: Pendleton Commission

  47. Who is known for the Politics-Administration Dichotomy theory?
    Answer: Woodrow Wilson

  48. Who emphasized “efficiency” as the core value of Public Administration?
    Answer: Frederick Taylor

  49. Who wrote “Democracy and Bureaucracy”?
    Answer: Carl J. Friedrich

  50. Who argued for the “responsibility of administrators to public opinion”?
    Answer: Carl J. Friedrich

  51. Who argued that administrators should follow legislative intent strictly?
    Answer: Herman Finer

  52. Who is associated with the concept of “Public Choice Theory”?
    Answer: Vincent Ostrom

  53. Who is called the founder of Public Choice Approach?
    Answer: James M. Buchanan

  54. Who wrote “The Logic of Collective Action”?
    Answer: Mancur Olson

  55. Who introduced the concept of “satisficing” in decision-making?
    Answer: Herbert Simon

  56. Who emphasized the “garbage can model” of decision-making?
    Answer: Michael Cohen, James March, Johan Olsen

  57. Who developed the “Incremental Model” of decision-making?
    Answer: Charles E. Lindblom

  58. The “Science of Muddling Through” was written by?
    Answer: Charles E. Lindblom

  59. Who introduced the concept of “policy cycle”?
    Answer: Harold Lasswell

  60. Who is considered the father of policy sciences?
    Answer: Harold Lasswell

  61. Who gave the concept of “bounded rationality”?
    Answer: Herbert Simon

  62. Who is associated with “participative management”?
    Answer: Rensis Likert

  63. Who developed the “Four Systems of Management”?
    Answer: Rensis Likert

  64. Who wrote “The Functions of the Executive”?
    Answer: Chester Barnard

  65. Who introduced the concept of “zone of indifference”?
    Answer: Chester Barnard

  66. Who is considered the father of organizational theory?
    Answer: Chester Barnard

  67. Who emphasized “authority of acceptance”?
    Answer: Chester Barnard

  68. Who developed “Need hierarchy theory”?
    Answer: Abraham Maslow

  69. Who gave the concept of “ERG theory”?
    Answer: Clayton Alderfer

  70. Who proposed the “Two-Factor Theory of Motivation”?
    Answer: Frederick Herzberg

  71. Who developed the “Expectancy Theory”?
    Answer: Victor Vroom

  72. Who is associated with the “Equity Theory”?
    Answer: J. Stacy Adams

  73. Who wrote “Administrative Man”?
    Answer: Herbert Simon

  74. Who is considered the first to separate politics from administration?
    Answer: Woodrow Wilson

  75. Who introduced “Open and Closed Systems” in administration?
    Answer: Ludwig von Bertalanffy

  76. Who is associated with the “Systems Approach”?
    Answer: David Easton

  77. Who wrote “A Framework for Political Analysis”?
    Answer: David Easton

  78. Who introduced the concept of “feedback” in systems theory?
    Answer: Norbert Wiener

  79. Who developed the “Decision-Making Theory”?
    Answer: Herbert Simon

  80. Who introduced the term “Administrative State”?
    Answer: Dwight Waldo

  81. Who is associated with the “Clientele Agencies” concept?
    Answer: Leonard D. White

  82. Who emphasized “communication” in organizations?
    Answer: Chester Barnard

  83. Who introduced the “principle of scalar chain”?
    Answer: Henri Fayol

  84. Who introduced the principle of “discipline” in administration?
    Answer: Henri Fayol

  85. Who emphasized “Esprit de Corps” as an administrative principle?
    Answer: Henri Fayol

  86. Who is associated with the “rational-legal authority”?
    Answer: Max Weber

  87. Who gave the concept of “charismatic authority”?
    Answer: Max Weber

  88. Who emphasized “traditional authority”?
    Answer: Max Weber

  89. Who wrote “Economy and Society”?
    Answer: Max Weber

  90. Who is regarded as the father of modern sociology and bureaucracy?
    Answer: Max Weber

  91. Who is regarded as the father of modern sociology and bureaucracy?
    Answer: Max Weber

  92. Who introduced the “iron law of oligarchy”?
    Answer: Robert Michels

  93. Who introduced the “principle of bureaucracy dysfunctions”?
    Answer: Robert Merton

  94. Who is associated with the “trained incapacity” concept?
    Answer: Thorstein Veblen

  95. Who introduced the “Peter Principle”?
    Answer: Laurence J. Peter

  96. Who wrote “The Functions of the Executive”?
    Answer: Chester Barnard

  97. Who emphasized “cooperation and communication” in administration?
    Answer: Chester Barnard

  98. Who introduced the “neutral competence” principle in bureaucracy?
    Answer: Leonard White

  99. Who argued that bureaucracy is indispensable for democracy?
    Answer: Max Weber

  100. Who gave the concept of “managerialism” in public administration?
    Answer: Christopher Hood

  101. Who popularized the term “New Public Management”?
    Answer: Christopher Hood

  102. Which decade saw the rise of New Public Management (NPM)?
    Answer: 1980s

  103. Who is considered the father of Development Administration?
    Answer: Edward Weidner

  104. Who introduced the concept of “good governance”?
    Answer: World Bank

  105. In which year did the World Bank popularize “good governance”?
    Answer: 1989

  106. Who is known for the concept of “reinventing government”?
    Answer: David Osborne and Ted Gaebler

  107. The book “Reinventing Government” was published in which year?
    Answer: 1992

  108. Who introduced the concept of “Entrepreneurial Government”?
    Answer: Osborne and Gaebler

  109. Who gave the “Managerial Grid Model”?
    Answer: Robert Blake and Jane Mouton

  110. Who is associated with “Total Quality Management (TQM)”?
    Answer: W. Edwards Deming

  111. Who developed the “14 Points of Quality Management”?
    Answer: W. Edwards Deming

  112. Who is known for “Zero Defects” quality theory?
    Answer: Philip Crosby

  113. Who developed the “JIT (Just in Time)” production concept?
    Answer: Taiichi Ohno

  114. Who wrote “Public Administration: An Action Orientation”?
    Answer: Robert T. Golembiewski

  115. Who is regarded as the father of Administrative Law?
    Answer: A.V. Dicey

  116. Who introduced the concept of “Rule of Law”?
    Answer: A.V. Dicey

  117. Who emphasized the principle of “Separation of Powers”?
    Answer: Montesquieu

  118. Who wrote “The Spirit of Laws”?
    Answer: Montesquieu

  119. Who is associated with the principle of “Checks and Balances”?
    Answer: James Madison

  120. Who is regarded as the father of the US Constitution?
    Answer: James Madison

  121. Who developed the “organizational equilibrium theory”?
    Answer: Chester Barnard

  122. Who emphasized “efficiency and economy” as the core values of administration?
    Answer: Frederick Taylor

  123. Who introduced the concept of “organizational culture”?
    Answer: Edgar Schein

  124. Who gave the “Three Levels of Culture” in organizations?
    Answer: Edgar Schein

  125. Who developed the concept of “learning organizations”?
    Answer: Peter Senge

  126. Who wrote “The Fifth Discipline”?
    Answer: Peter Senge

  127. Who introduced the concept of “public value management”?
    Answer: Mark Moore

  128. Who wrote “Creating Public Value”?
    Answer: Mark Moore

  129. Who gave the concept of “governance without government”?
    Answer: R.A.W. Rhodes

  130. Who is associated with the concept of “network governance”?
    Answer: R.A.W. Rhodes

  131. Who introduced the concept of “hollow state”?
    Answer: H. George Frederickson

  132. Who emphasized “social equity” as a pillar of public administration?
    Answer: H. George Frederickson

  133. Who is associated with “Ethics in Public Administration”?
    Answer: Terry Cooper

  134. Who wrote “The Responsible Administrator”?
    Answer: Terry Cooper

  135. Who developed the “Iron Triangle” concept in policy-making?
    Answer: American Political Scientists

  136. The “Iron Triangle” involves which three actors?
    Answer: Bureaucracy, Congress, Interest Groups

  137. Who developed the “policy networks” approach?
    Answer: R.A.W. Rhodes

  138. Who wrote “Administrative State”?
    Answer: Dwight Waldo

  139. Who described Public Administration as “value-laden”?
    Answer: Dwight Waldo

  140. Who criticized the Politics-Administration Dichotomy?
    Answer: Dwight Waldo

  141. Who introduced the concept of “delegated legislation”?
    Answer: A.V. Dicey

  142. Who is associated with the concept of “ombudsman”?
    Answer: Sweden (first established in 1809)

  143. Who introduced the concept of “administrative tribunal”?
    Answer: Great Britain

  144. Who gave the “Comparative Public Administration” approach?
    Answer: Fred Riggs

  145. Who wrote “The Ecology of Public Administration”?
    Answer: Fred Riggs

  146. Who introduced the “Agraria-Industria model”?
    Answer: Fred Riggs

  147. Who wrote “Public Administration and Policy”?
    Answer: Nicholas Henry

  148. Who is known for dividing Public Administration into five paradigms?
    Answer: Nicholas Henry

  149. According to Nicholas Henry, Public Administration has how many paradigms?
    Answer: Five

  150. Who is regarded as the father of Organizational Humanism?
    Answer: Elton Mayo

  151. Who is considered the father of Decision-Making Approach?
    Answer: Herbert Simon

  152. Who introduced the concept of “Administrative Man”?
    Answer: Herbert Simon

  153. Who wrote “Organization and Management”?
    Answer: Luther Gulick

  154. Who is associated with the “POSDCORB” formula?
    Answer: Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick

  155. Who is called the father of classical organization theory?
    Answer: Henri Fayol

  156. Who introduced the “principle of equity” in management?
    Answer: Henri Fayol

  157. Who emphasized “stability of tenure” in administration?
    Answer: Henri Fayol

  158. Who gave the principle of “initiative” in administration?
    Answer: Henri Fayol

  159. Who developed the “Management by Objectives” (MBO) approach?
    Answer: Peter Drucker

  160. Who wrote “The Practice of Management”?
    Answer: Peter Drucker

  161. Who is regarded as the father of modern management consulting?
    Answer: Peter Drucker

  162. Who introduced the concept of “knowledge worker”?
    Answer: Peter Drucker

  163. Who developed the “Public Interest Theory”?
    Answer: H. George Frederickson

  164. Who emphasized the principle of “Social Equity”?
    Answer: H. George Frederickson

  165. The “First Minnowbrook Conference” was held in which year?
    Answer: 1968

  166. Who organized the Minnowbrook Conference?
    Answer: Dwight Waldo

  167. The “Second Minnowbrook Conference” was held in which year?
    Answer: 1988

  168. The “Third Minnowbrook Conference” was held in which year?
    Answer: 2008

  169. Who introduced the concept of “public service motivation”?
    Answer: James L. Perry

  170. Who emphasized “collaborative governance”?
    Answer: John Bryson

  171. Who developed the “institutional approach” in Public Administration?
    Answer: John M. Gaus

  172. Who wrote “Reflections on Public Administration”?
    Answer: John M. Gaus

  173. Who emphasized the importance of “administrative ecology”?
    Answer: John M. Gaus

  174. Who is associated with “riggsian ecology”?
    Answer: Fred Riggs

  175. Who is known for the “fusion model” in comparative administration?
    Answer: Fred Riggs

  176. Who introduced the concept of “differentiation and integration” in organizations?
    Answer: Lawrence and Lorsch

  177. Who gave the concept of “contingency theory”?
    Answer: Joan Woodward

  178. Who developed the “leadership continuum model”?
    Answer: Tannenbaum and Schmidt

  179. Who introduced the “Fiedler Contingency Model”?
    Answer: Fred Fiedler

  180. Who developed “Path-Goal Theory of Leadership”?
    Answer: Robert House

  181. Who is associated with “transactional and transformational leadership”?
    Answer: James MacGregor Burns

  182. Who developed the concept of “servant leadership”?
    Answer: Robert K. Greenleaf

  183. Who wrote “Servant Leadership”?
    Answer: Robert K. Greenleaf

  184. Who emphasized the concept of “administrative ethics”?
    Answer: John Rohr

  185. Who wrote “Ethics for Bureaucrats”?
    Answer: John Rohr

  186. Who developed the concept of “bureaucratic accountability”?
    Answer: Carl Friedrich

  187. Who opposed Friedrich’s view and emphasized external control?
    Answer: Herman Finer

  188. Who introduced the “representative bureaucracy” concept?
    Answer: J. Donald Kingsley

  189. Who wrote “Representative Bureaucracy”?
    Answer: J. Donald Kingsley

  190. Who developed the “ecological approach to administration”?
    Answer: Fred Riggs

  191. Who developed the “cultural approach” in comparative administration?
    Answer: Dwight Waldo

  192. Who introduced the concept of “administrative development”?
    Answer: Edward Weidner

  193. Who is associated with “decision-making as the heart of administration”?
    Answer: Herbert Simon

  194. Who introduced the “rational choice model”?
    Answer: William Riker

  195. Who developed the “public choice theory”?
    Answer: James Buchanan

  196. Who wrote “The Calculus of Consent”?
    Answer: James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock

  197. Who emphasized “collective action problems”?
    Answer: Mancur Olson

  198. Who wrote “The Rise and Decline of Nations”?
    Answer: Mancur Olson

  199. Who developed the “principal-agent theory”?
    Answer: Michael Jensen and William Meckling

  200. Who emphasized “information asymmetry” in administration?
    Answer: Michael Spence

  201. Who introduced the concept of “reinvention labs” in government?
    Answer: Bill Clinton’s National Performance Review team

  202. Who led the US National Performance Review (1993)?
    Answer: Al Gore

  203. Who emphasized “performance measurement in public services”?
    Answer: Harry Hatry

  204. Who introduced the “Balanced Scorecard” model?
    Answer: Robert Kaplan and David Norton

  205. Who developed the “Benchmarking in Public Sector” concept?
    Answer: Robert Camp

  206. Who is associated with “public accountability”?
    Answer: Robert Behn

  207. Who introduced the concept of “performance-based budgeting”?
    Answer: Allen Schick

  208. Who is associated with “planning-programming-budgeting system (PPBS)”?
    Answer: Robert McNamara

  209. PPBS was introduced in which decade in the USA?
    Answer: 1960s

  210. Who developed “rational planning model”?
    Answer: Robert McNamara

  211. Who gave the concept of “zero-based budgeting”?
    Answer: Peter Pyhrr

  212. Zero-based budgeting was introduced in which decade?
    Answer: 1970s

  213. Who emphasized “financial accountability in administration”?
    Answer: Herbert Emmerich

  214. Who developed the “public expenditure management” framework?
    Answer: Allen Schick

  215. Who wrote “Public Administration: An Interdisciplinary Approach”?
    Answer: Nicolas Henry

  216. Who classified Public Administration into paradigms?
    Answer: Nicolas Henry

  217. Who described Public Administration as “government in action”?
    Answer: L.D. White

  218. Who wrote “Introduction to the Study of Public Administration”?
    Answer: Leonard D. White

  219. Who introduced the concept of “good governance and development”?
    Answer: World Bank

  220. Who gave the concept of “networked governance”?
    Answer: R.A.W. Rhodes

  221. Who emphasized “public value” as an administrative goal?
    Answer: Mark Moore

  222. Who developed “governance theory”?
    Answer: R.A.W. Rhodes

  223. Who introduced “collaborative governance” model?
    Answer: Ansell and Gash

  224. Who is associated with the “deliberative democracy” approach?
    Answer: Jürgen Habermas

  225. Who developed the “public deliberation theory”?
    Answer: Jürgen Habermas

  226. Who emphasized “communicative rationality” in governance?
    Answer: Jürgen Habermas

  227. Who introduced the “cybernetics theory” of control?
    Answer: Norbert Wiener

  228. Who applied cybernetics to organizations?
    Answer: Stafford Beer

  229. Who introduced the “viable system model”?
    Answer: Stafford Beer

  230. Who is considered the father of cybernetics?
    Answer: Norbert Wiener

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