Semester I

Public Administration has come to engage a central place in the complex and fast-changing modern society. Its genuine role consists in the provision of services and regulation of intergroup relations in society. The following study materials such as Historical background of Civil service of Sri Lanka, Constitutional changes and civil service, Colonial Bureaucracy and Civil Service, Administrative Decentralization, Planning System, Sri Lanka Administrative system, Public Personal Management, Public Finance, Cast and Family background in Civil Service and Public Enterprises are concerned.