“…Although specialization is not a strong point of the Indian Foreign Service, T.P. Sreenivasan has been able to specialize in multilateral diplomacy, having dealt with various aspects of the United Nations in New York , New Delhi, Geneva, Nairobi and Vienna. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Functions of Personnel Administration -- Bureaucracy and Civil Services -- Basic Features of Civil Service -- Professionals -- Hierarchy -- Legal Basis -- Personnel Agency -- Established Procedure of Work -- Impartiality and Anonymity -- Functions of Civil Service -- Advice -- Programme Planning -- Production -- Organisation and Methods -- Max Weber's Model of Bureaucracy -- The Weberian Model of Bureaucracy -- Criticism of the Weberian Model -- Position Classification -- Different Categories of Classification -- Method of Classification -- Advantages of Classification -- The Classification System of Civil Service in India -- Position Classification in USA -- Recruitment of Employees: Spoils Versus Merit System -- Defects of the Spoils System -- The Merit System -- Advantages of the Merit System -- Location of the Appointing Power -- Methods of Recruitment -- Qualifications of Employees -- Methods of Determining Qualifications -- Administrative Machinery for Determining Qualifications -- Recruitment System in India -- Age -- Written Examination -- Interview -- Central Secretariat Services -- The Current Selection Method of the UPSC -- Public Service Commission -- Composition of the Public Service Commission -- Independence of the Public Service Commission -- Functions of the Public Service Commission -- Annual Report of the Commission -- Defects in Our Recruitment System -- Probation System -- Training -- Meaning of Training -- Need for Training -- Objects of Training -- Types of Training -- Methods of Training -- Videotape Recording -- Essentials of Training for Administrative Officers -- Training in India -- Training System During the British Rule -- Training System After Independence -- Training for the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) -- Training for the Indian Police Service (IPS) -- Training for the Indian Foreign Service (IFS)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Suggestions for Better Working of the Finance Commission -- Notes -- Chapter 14: Centre-State Relations -- Legislative Relations -- The Doctrine of Pith and Substance -- The Doctrine of Harmonious Construction -- Conclusion -- Administrative Relations -- The Governor As An Agent of the Centre -- The Implementation of Central Laws -- States to Entrust Functions to the Union -- All India Services -- Power of Adjudication -- Inter-State Comity -- Inquiry Commissions Against State Chief Ministers -- Constitutional Bodies/Institutional Arrangement for Consultation -- Financial Relations -- Scheme of Distribution of Sources of Revenue -- Grants-In-Aid -- Power of Borrowing -- Financial Emergency -- Control By the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India -- Tension Areas In Practice -- Planning and Centre-State Relations -- Notes -- Chapter 15: Union Public Service Commission -- Historical Background -- Provisions for Independent Working of the Upsc -- Composition -- Functions -- Working of the Commission -- Evaluation of the Working of the Upsc -- Present Position of the Upsc -- Notes -- Chapter 16: Public Services -- Historical Background -- Constitutional Base -- All-India Services -- The Need for All-India Services -- Legal Framework -- Recruitment -- The Scheme of Competitive Examination -- Recruitment Through Promotion -- Central Civil Services -- Central Secretariat Service -- Management of Central Services -- State Services -- Management of State Services -- Some Issues for Attention -- Inter-Services Tensions -- The Problem of Domicile or Residence Requirement -- Reservation System -- Local Services -- Comparison of All Three Systems -- Rural Services -- Training of Civil Services -- Types of Training -- Ias Probationers Course (Phase I) -- Indian Foreign Service (Ifs) -- Indian Police Service -- Training for the Indian Audit and Accounts Service…”