The following is the list of materials which one should be thoroughly prepared for PubAd prelims . One needs to be thorough with definitions/ statements and meanings of statements of Thinkers . For eg If you know “Acess to Boss” was concept forwarded by Urwick , its not enought ..you should be able to identitfy that “Acess to boss ” was framed by Urwick in refrence to describe factors acffecting span of control and under “Space” . Such a clarity can come only by repeated repeition .

This list is complete . In the sense any serious Pub Ad student is expected to follow and is followed by Mohanty , Manocha or Brain Tree .

1> LakshmiKanth — complete

2> Stephen Robbins [ 9th edition . Not latest ]. Chapters to be read

1. Decision Making             — Pg No ( 84-94) .
2. Motivation                       —- ( 97 -112)
3. Motivation from Comcept to Application — ( 118 -120)
4. Emotional Intelligence —-[144]
5. Group Decision Making Techniques –[165]
6. Commmunication –[186-199]
7. Leadership –[203-216]
8. Foundations of Org Structure [257-273]

3> Nicholas Henry [ 10th Edition]

Chptr 2 ,3,4,5,6,8,9,10

4> Mohit Bhattacharya

1. Minnowbrook II  , Public Choice Approach and Public Service —- (19-28)
2. privitisation Movement –(39-41)
3. Gender Issues in Bureaucracy –(89-90)
4. Neo Human Relations and Tech (94-110)
5. Models of Public Policy ( 125-140)
6. NPM ( 387-404)
7. Post Modernisation and Pub Ad–(449)

5> India Year Book

1. Polity

• Ministry and Dept
• All India Services
• CAG
• Admin Reforms and public Greviance
• Election Commison

2. Ministry of Defence

• Defence Undertakings

3. Ministry Of Finance

• Public Debt , Pension Reforms , Controller General of Accounts

4. Justice and Law

• Lok Adalats and enforcement Agencies

5. Labour

• Employee Provident Fund Scheme

6 . Welfare

• National Commision for Women

For Prelims this is the exhaustive List . So if you are thorough with these then you are bound to clear PubAd in prelims . The stratergy for mains is a bit different . However the reading which you have put in the prelims is not going to be waste , the infos should be organised in a bit diff manner . So All the best .