RC48 - Administrative Culture

Chair

Jeremy Lewis, USA
jlewis@huntingdon.edu / drpolitix@gmail.com

 

Officers

Leonid Smurgunov, Russia (Vice-chair)
lvsmorgunov@gmail.com

Ashok Basu, India (Vice-chair)
drarbasu@gmail.com / ladyivy@rediffmail.com

Arunoday Bajpai, India (Secretary)
arunodaybajpai@gmail.com

 

Board Members

Dr. Nittam Chandel, India
nittam@gmail.com

Dr. Tek Nath Dhakal, India
dhakaltn@gmail.com

Dr. Nemi Chand Goliaya, India
NemiChand@gmail.com

Dr. Erica Gorbak, Argentina
ericagorbak@yahoo.com

Dr. Renu Kapila, India
rennuganesh@gmail.com

Dr. Mamta Mokta, India
mamtamokta@yahoo.co.in

Prof. Miguel Rocha de Sousa, Portugal
miguelrochasousa@gmail.com

Prof. Lidiya Timofeeva, Russian Federation
timofeeva-Lidiya@inbox.ru

 

Background

 

Recognised as study group in 1995; granted research committee status in 1999.

 

Objectives

Aims to evolve a new conceptual and analytical tool for the evaluation of the performance of an administrative system. It explores possibilities of making “administrative culture” one of the evaluative criteria for purposes of evolving a conceptual framework for comparing administrative systems operating in different cultural settings (regions and continents).

It thus strives to explore the possibility and devise the feasibility of introducing a “cultural approach” to the study of administrative systems. It studies behavioural patterns, orientations, value structures and belief-systems of administrators and the impact of these variables in modifying and influencing administrative performance.