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Critical Perspectives on Public Systems Management in India

This book analyzes the effectiveness of district administration from a critical management perspective. Using classical organizational theory and leadership competency framework, the authors conducted a comparative study of two exemplary districts with distinctive traits in India a rural district in the developed state of Maharashtra and an urban district from the underdeveloped state of Madhya Pradesh. The book delves into the dynamics of district administration by breaking down the processes further and mapping the role of the district magistrates on the UNDP competency framework.

Given the changing scope and challenges of public service, this comparative analysis of the two districts would provide insights into district administration and would be of significant relevance to administrators and management professionals across the globe in assessing their effectiveness.

The book provides an eclectic framework for public administration from an overall sustainability perspective.

Amar KJR Nayak is Professor and Chairperson, Centre for Sustainable Ecological Systems, XIM Bhubaneswar . Amars research primarily has been toward understanding asymmetries in human actions and the antecedent issues of control and freedom. Amar adopts action research from an all interacting dynamic systems science perspective in both rural and industrial ecosystems to test his hypothesis and theories. His action research includes sustainability of organizations, institutions, production (primary-secondary-tertiary), governance, ecology, and relationships in small ecosystems. He has published over 100 journal articles, cases, monographs, books, and research reports.

Ram Kumar Kakani is Professor and Head, Centre for Governance, IIM Kozhikode . Ram started as a technocrat in the corporate sector and moved toward the academic world with a focus on finance-performance-strategy. Earlier, Ram was a faculty at XLRI Jamshedpur and LBSNAA Mussoorie. Abroad, he worked as an academic scholar in Denmark, Nigeria, Singapore, and U.A.E. Lately, Ram has moved toward the leadership domain, with focus on public administrators as Director of the Government of Indias National Center for Leadership Development and Competency Assessment (NCLDCA). Rams areas of interest include public policy and leadership development.

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Through the Lens of District Administration
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Critical Perspectives on Public Systems Management in India

Through the Lens of District Administration

By
Amar KJR Nayak and Ram Kumar Kakani

First published 2021
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Contents

The Indian Administrative Service has been one of the most sought after services in India since its inception. Among all the positions that the bureaucrats of this service serve, the post of District Magistrate or District Collector has been the most coveted position for most in this service. Millions of young graduates dream to join the Indian Administrative Service with a genuine interest to serve the country. Out of these, less than 200 of the best of them finally get selected every year to this public service.

These young, energetic, intelligent, and enthusiastic young officers eagerly look forward to taking charge of the position of District Collector, where they wish to unleash all their energy and creative imagination to solve the problems of the country and the people of their respective districts. Indeed most of them act out their dreams as the District Collector and head of the district administration. The eight case studies of the two District Collectors in Osmanabad and Bhopal districts in the book are examples of energetic, untiring, enthusiastic, and creative young officer who did everything to live their dream of serving the people during their tenure as District Collectors.

While a lot of people in a district benefit from the simple kind act of these young officers, the overall change in the districts and country at large is far from the intent and hard work that these young talented officers put in. The outcome is far from the personal sacrifice that some of these young officers make by having given up their high-paying jobs or lucrative careers in other fields to join the service. Empirically, we observed that despite the great amount of efforts that these officers put in as District Collectors, the overall situation of the people in the district seem to be little impacted. The Collectors seem to be firefighting all through their tenure in the district, and they find little time to undertake reflective action in the district.

The above observations and realization grew sharper as we both worked as Professors in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, the nodal training academy in India that trains the top bureaucrats of India. We were involved in training of hundreds of officers and had the opportunity to deeply interact with many of them for hundreds of hours about their work, challenges, and life.

As we were getting a 360 degree view of the officers and the challenges they encountered and outcomes of their efforts to public at large, the intriguing question was how could the district administration be improvised for the benefit of both the young officers, the overall bureaucracy, for whom the real battlefield of success of their policies and programmes were the districts, and for the citizens of the country who increasingly rely on their respective state governments and district administration.

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