Bureaucracy, organisational behaviour, and development

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Bureaucracy, organisational behaviour, and development

Prayag Mehta

Sage, 1989

  • India

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This study examines the interface of development performance and the bureaucracy, together with organizational and political behaviour. An analysis of development performance suggests that Indian bureaucracy has been neither `goal-directed' nor `action-oriented' as far as alleviation of poverty, the promotion of social equity and social development of the people are concerned. The author has collected wide-ranging data through interviews with officers of the Indian Administration Service at the central government secretariat and with officers from various states. He derives six important development-related behavioural orientations. Significant inter-relations between political behaviour and work behaviour also emerge.

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Development Strategy and Performance in India Bureaucracy in India Government's Senior Management, Politics and Development Middle Level Managers in Government Development Related Bureaucratic Behaviour Construct Analysis and Validation Perceived Quality of Work-Life, Personality and other Measures Construct Development and Validation Variance in Development Related Bureaucratic Orientations Explaining Variance in Perceived Quality of Work-Life Administrative Structure, Posting and Bureaucratic Behaviour Summary and Conclusions Appendices Development Questionaire (DEQ) Work Questionaire (WQ) Socio-Political Outlook General Opinion Questionaire (GOQ) Factor Matrix

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