UPSC Optional 2015Question 7Public AdministrationOrganizations250 words

“Contemporary Organisational theory seems further afield of Chester Barnard’s Functions of the Executive than of organisational ecology.” Examine the statement in the light of ecological elements in Barnard’s thought. (Answer in 250 words)

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