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Designing training for development administration: Lessons from India's experience
Author(s) -
Sanwal Mukul
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230080307
Subject(s) - training (meteorology) , government (linguistics) , work (physics) , management training , psychological intervention , public relations , administration (probate law) , service (business) , business , public service , training and development , knowledge management , process management , public administration , computer science , marketing , political science , economics , management , engineering , medicine , nursing , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , physics , meteorology , law
This paper is based on a programme being carried out by the Government of India to provide regular in‐service training for administrators. The experience shows that an effective training design is to be based on the requirements of the development paradigm, to improve interaction between government agencies and the public and between agencies themselves. There is need for caution in transposing prescriptions from management, since the nature of the problems, environment and work, all differ. It is also not sufficient to say that the training should improve knowledge, skills and attitudes. There is a need to be more specific in these interventions–how much of each input is needed; for whom and with what objectives; in what manner and by whom; how frequently? The paper argues that the training content for all levels of administrators should concentrate on organizational rather than functional needs. The paper concludes with an outline of a training policy framework for administrative management, and observes that effective demand must be created for such training. The Indian example provides a possible model for developing countries designing training for public administrators.