UNIVERSITY OF ESWATINI: DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND

ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES: FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

COURSE OUTLINE: FEBRUARY TO MAY, 2020

LECTURER: MS. DUMISILE SHABANGU

COURSE: PAD 102: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The course is an introductory course to the study of Public Administration. It is
designed to achieve the following objectives:

1. Introduce students to the study of Public Administration. This will entail

introducing the students to the basic theories, concepts and approaches in
Public Administration, mainly from the perspective of developing countries.
2. Introduce the students to the different administrative systems of modern
societies as a result of administrative reforms in public administration
3. Introduce the students to key challenges facing the civil services with special
emphasis on Africa.

2. TOPICS:

2.1. Nature and scope of Public Administration

2.2. Bureaucracy and Organization of Public Administration

2.3. Principles of Governance

2.4. Decentralisation and Local Government Urban Government and the Tinkhundla
system of government.

2.5. Public Administration in Developing countries: Problems and Future

Perspectives

3. PRESCRIBED TEXTBOOK:

Hughes, O.E.: Public Management and Administration (4 th Edition), 2012

4. COURES ASSESSMENT:

There will be a Continuous Assessment of students comprising 50% of course

marks. This Continuous Assessment will be based on three (3) pieces of work, two
(2) tests and one essay. The Final Examination will account for the other 50%.
5. READING LIST:

5.1. Nature and scope of Public Administration

Adamolekun, L. Public Administration: A Nigerian and Comparative Perspective

Bartholomew, P.C. Public Administration

Hanekom, S.X. Et Al (Ed) Key Aspects of Public Administration

Nigro F. A. & L.G. Nigro: Modern Public Administration

Nnoli O : Introduction to Politics

5.2. Bureaucracy and Organization of Public Administration

Albrow, M.: Bureaucracy

Blau, Peter, M. and W. Meyer: Bureaucracy in Modern Society

Kramer, F.A.: (ed) Perspectives on Public Administration

Kramer, F.A. (ed) Dynamics of Public Bureaucracy

Turner, Mark & David Hulme: Governance, Administration and Development: Making
the State Work. Palgrave, USA 1997 (Ch.4)

5.3. Decentralisation and Local Government

Cheema, Shabbir G. & Denis Rondinelli (eds) Decentralization and Development:

Policy Implementation in Developing Countries. Sage London 1983

Mawhood, Phillip (ed) Local Government in the Third World: The Experiences of
Tropical Africa

Reddy P.S. (ed) Local Government: Democratization and Decentralization: A Review

of Southern Africa

Turner, Mark & David Hulme: Governance, Administration and development: Making
the State Work

Patrick Bongani Mkhonta: Local Government in Swaziland: Requirements for

Competent Administration in Urban Areas: Submitted in partial
fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Philosophiae Doctor
(Public Affairs) in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences:
Pretoria, 2007.

5.4. Public Administration in Developing countries: Problems and Future

Perspectives

Adamolekun, L. Public Administration: A Nigerian and Comparative Perspective

Caiden, G.E. & N. Caiden: “Administrative Corruption”: Public Administration Review:
Vol 37, 1977

Muganda, A.A. “The Corruption Scourge in Africa: Its Causes, Impact and Control”:
In Kwame Frimpong, and Gloria Jaques (eds) Corruption, Democracy and Good
Governance in Africa: Essays on Accountability and Ethical Behaviour

Oyugi, W.O.: The African Public Services: Challenges and Prospects: Indian Journal
of Public Administration: Vol Xxxvl No.3 1980

Riggs, F.W. Administration in Developing Countries

Rweyemamu, A.H. & G. Hyden (eds) A Decade of Public Administration in Africa