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88. A disscussion on the Role of the Media
BEGINNING SERIES INDIAN MEDIA: RAGS TO RICHES STORY OFCOMPROMISE Once a well known journalist remarked, ‘isit wrong to make money?’ being in a masters course with full enthusiasm forlanding in a good job by one of your prospective employers, I replied anemphatic ‘no’. We are being taught the economics of running a media house and […]
84. Discussion on Motivation continued 2
Continuing our discussion on the Theories of Motivation we shall now take up Chester Barnard and Douglas Mc Gregor Chester Barnard: Functions of the Executive Douglas Mc Gregor: Theory X and Theory Y Study materials in Test 6 […]
71. State versus Market Debate: For discussion.
Material for this is available in Test 5 Enter your responses after studying the essay. […]
57. Weberian Theory of Bureaucracy: a discussion
Weber developed a theory of Bureaucracy which is a model for bureaucacies all over the world. Here is an attempt to look at the theory crtitically. Read the material on Weber given in Test 3 in your notes. Weber Html, PPt, track Test 3. […]
55. Judicial Activism: a Discussion
We have an active Judiciary and a passive Executive. Parliament is involved in endless bickering. It is no doubt true that the Judiciary must confine itself with enforcing the Constitution and the laws. But it is also true that while interpreting the Law and the Constitution they expand the meaning of both. This lead to […]
53. Judicial Accountability I : a Discussion
In Blog 24 we discussed an article by one of the eminent Jurists of India: Mr. Soli Sorabjee and Published in the Indian Express on 12 Nov. 2011. We ought to be grateful to the Great Jurist who has reproduced Justice Ruma Pai’s lecture and commented on it. Also a big Thank you to the […]
52. Citizen and Administration: Discussion Questions
We shall discuss the following questions in this lesson: 1. Direct democracy is no longer possible; hence we have Participatory democracy 2. Democracy requires that we should keep a careful watch over the activities of the Administration. 3. Bureaucracy has a tendency to become a law unto itself. 4. Enlightened leadership is an essential element […]
51. Citizen’s Charter : Discussion Questions
The Citizen’s Charter is very much in the news these days. Anna Hazare wants it to be included in the Lok Pal Bill but Government wants to bring in a separate bill for this purpose. I want you to expect a question on this. Mr. Arun Patrick has sent a mail on this and I […]
46. Accountability and Transparency: a Discussion
Bureaucratic Accountability is absolutely important in a democracy. Officials are paid by the State and hence answerable for all their activities. Whatever they do (except in cases where secrecy is necessary in the interests of security of state) they must be answerable to the people. That is they are immediately answserable to the agencies of […]