Apter's Cultural Values in Development Administration
David Apter, in his 1965 work on development administration, distinguished between two types of cultural values based on their relationship with the modernization and development process.
Instrumental Values
Instrumental values are those that are perceived as means to achieve specific goals. In the context of development, these values prioritize efficiency, progress, rationality, and the achievement of desired outcomes. They inherently support the development process because they align with the objectives of change and modernization.
Consummatory Values
Consummatory values, conversely, are considered ends in themselves. They often relate to tradition, identity, ritual, and deeply held beliefs that are not easily changed or measured by developmental metrics. These values can potentially hamper development efforts if they create resistance to change or conflict with modernization goals.
Applying Apter's Concepts
Based on Apter's framework:
- Cultural values that support development are instrumental.
- Cultural values that hamper development are consummatory.
Therefore, the correct completion of the sentence is "instrumental ; consummation".
Important Questions from Public Administration
Arrange the following administrative thinkers/theorists chronologically
A. F. W. Willoughby
B. Max Weber
C. David Easton
D. Elton Mayo
Who among the following came out with an innovative idea of ‘constructive conflict’?
Match List I and List II
List I
List II
(A)
Administration in developing countries: The theory of prismatic society (I)
Herbert Simon (B)
Administrative benaviour (II)
Gerald E. Caiden (C)
The dynamics of public administration: Guidelines to current transformations in theory and practice (III)
Fred W. Riggs (D)
The human problem of an industrial civilization (IV)
Elton Mayo The paper entitled 'The study of administration’, published in Political Science Quarterly in 1887, was written by
\Who wrote the book- Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices?
