MPA Second Semester Syllabus
MPA 506: Development Management-II
The objective of this course is to provide students with the fundamental knowledge of contemporary development efforts and their impacts. It also makes students able to analyze development goals, implementation mechanisms, and the issues related to development management.
Course Contents
Unit 1: System Capability, Development Theories and Strategies (LH 12)
- Political system capability
- Institutionalism and neo-institutionalism
- Basic needs approach
- Human right based approach
- Ecological approach
- Sustainable development approach
- Human development approach
- Inclusive approach
Unit 2: Global Development Agenda and Strategies (LH 8)
- Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Unit 3: Essentials of Development Management (LH 10)
- Administrative capability development (training management)
- Administrative reform
- Human resource development
- Uses of ICT/E-governance
Unit 4: Social Accountability Mechanisms (LH 8)
- Citizen charter
- Social audit
- Management audit
- Performance management
Unit 5: Issues of Development Management (LH 10)
- Corruption
- Poverty
- Migration
- Trust in public institutions
- Climate change
- Administrative culture
MPA 507: Public Policy-I
The objective of this course is to provide basic knowledge about the conceptual foundations and principles relating to the analytical and interdisciplinary field of public policy. The course intends to make the students to conceptualize policy making and public policy-decision making.
Course Contents
Unit 1: Basic Foundations (LH 14)
- Concept of public policy and policy analysis
- Nature and scope of public policy
- Typology of public policy
- Scope of public policy
- Analytical approaches to policy study
- Importance of policy study
- Limits of public policy
Unit 2: Policy Philosophies and Public Interest (LH 10)
- Forms of policy philosophies: protectorism, rationalism, brokerism, pragmatism, transferalism, egoism
- The concept of public interest: Public/collective goods and private goods.
Unit 3: Theoretical Approaches to Policy Making (LH 10)
- Political systems theory
- Elite theory
- Group theory
- Institutionalism
- Two way communication theory
Unit 4: Public Policy Decision Making (LH 10)
- Rational decision making
- Disjointed incrementalism
- Mixed scanning
- Public opinion model
- Concept of bounded rationality
Unit 5: Constraints on Decision Making (LH 4)
- Economic constraints
- Political constraints
- Social constraints
MPA 508: Administrative System in Nepal
The objective of this course is to acquaint students with the evolution and development of administrative system of Nepal so that students can analyze the administrative structure, process and spheres of Nepalese administration.
Course Contents
Unit 1: Administrative System in Ancient Period (LH 6)
- Kirat
- Lichhavi
- Malla
Unit 2: Administrative System in Post-Unification (LH 8)
- Shah administration
- Rana administration
Unit 3: Central and Sub-national Level Administrative System in Nepal (LH 16)
- Central level: constitutional bodies, ministries and departments
- Sub-national level – provincial level administration, and local level administration
- Interrelationship and coordination between central and sub-national level administration
Unit 4: Administrative Reform Efforts in Nepal (LH 12)
- Concept of administrative reform (AR)
- Efforts of AR in Nepal
- Implementation of AR and its challenges
Unit 5: Administrative Culture and Trends (LH 6)
- Administrative culture in Nepal
- Emerging trends and issues of administrative system
MPA 509: Statistics for Public Administration
The objective of this course is to familiarize the students with basic tools and techniques of statistics required to conduct social and behavioral research in public administration.
Course Contents
Unit 1: Introduction to Statistics (LH 4)
- Concept, nature, significance and scope of statistics
- General field of statistics: descriptive and inferential statistics
- Measure of central tendency: mean, weighted mean, median and mode
- Measures of dispersion: variance, standard deviation and coefficient of variation
Unit 2: Determining the Bi-variate Relationship (LH 4)
- Correlation analysis: Karl Pearson and Spearman’s Rank correlation methods
- Regression analysis: simple linear regression
Unit 3: Probability Theory (LH 10)
- Basic terminologies: combination, event and its type; sample space
- Approach to probability: classical, relative frequency and subjective approaches
- Laws of probability: additional rule, multiplication rule, conditional probability
- Theoretical probability distribution: binomial, and normal distribution.
Unit 4: Estimation (LH 5)
- Concept of estimation, sampling distribution, and standard error
- Criteria of a good estimator
- Type of estimates: Point and interval estimate (population mean and population proportion)
- Determining sample size
Unit 5: Test of Hypothesis (LH 25)
- Introduction to test of hypothesis: concept and significance
- Basic terminologies: null and alternative hypothesis, one tailed and two tailed test, type-I and type-II errors
- Steps in test of hypothesis
- Test of significance of large sample: mean (single and double sample), population proportion (single and double sample)
- Test of significance of small Sample: mean (independent and dependent), sample correlation coefficient, test of significance of two sample variances,
- Parametric and non-parametric test, chi-square test (goodness of fits and test of independence attribute)
- Kruskal Wallis Test: test of significance of more than two sample means
MPA 510: Organizational Behavior
The objective of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive knowledge on organizational behavior so as to make them competent and capable in understanding concepts, theories, tools and techniques of organizational behavior. This course intends to develop analytical and creative skills among the students so that they can practice it in actual working environment.
Course Contents
Unit 1: Fundamentals of Organization Behavior (LH 6)
- Concept and evolution of organization behavior
- Organization behavior and public administration
Unit 2: Basic Human Processes (LH 10)
- Perception: factor influencing perception perceptual set in organization, perceptual errors
- Personality, determinants of personality, theories of personality, major personality attributes and characteristics
- Theories of learning: social learning and reinforcement
Unit 3: Individual in Organizations (LH 12)
- Organizational commitment, job involvement and job satisfaction
- Motivation: concept, content theories (need theory, two factors theory, ERG theory), process theories (expectation theory, equity theory, goal setting theory)
- Power and organizational politics
- Conflict management
Unit 4: Group in Organizations (LH 12)
- Concept of group and group dynamic
- Group formation, formal and informal group
- Team work and effective team performance
- Communication: concept, formal and informal communication in organization, communication barriers, effectiveness communication
- Leadership: concept, leadership style and theories of leadership (trait theory, behavior theory and situational theory: Fielder’s contingency theory and path goal theory)
Unit 5: Organizational Change and Development (LH 8)
- Concept of change, resistance to change
- Managing organizational change
- Concept and techniques of organization development
- Problems in changing the organization