Adopting Specialist Approach:

♤ In a developing economy specialists should be right at the top in the line authority rather than in a staff-cell attached to the generalist line authority. The advantage is the government would become less bureaucratic, more programme-oriented and committed.

♤ The generalist administrator usually does not develop a sustained interest in any particular field of activity. Even in exceptional cases when he does develop such an

interest, this becomes infructuous because by the time he has learnt the job he is transferred to some other job.

♤ The management and the administration (such as that of PSUs) should be well- trained in the know-how of the enterprises that they manage. The emphasis should shift from mere theoretical, bureaucratic control to a self-contained knowledgeable set-up.

♤ It is said that generalists are prisoners of rules, regulations and precedents and there is too much stress on continuity, caution, and red tape.

♤ Understanding amongst experts (i.e. people with similar domain expertise) is better and it may result in conducive work environment and better policy.