"Administrative Theory has been an exciting area of the wider field of Public
Administration. There have been a number of significant approaches, models, foci
and theories that represent and explain administrative phenomena in myriad
situations, nations and times. Although most of these conceptual constructs in
the field of Public Administration have evolved in the West, particularly in the
United States of America, these have been modified and modernized on the basis
of empirical experiences gained in the non-Western world. This present anthology
deals with issues and concerns of Administrative Theory during the past hundred
years. Not only the various approaches and models have been analyzed in the
context