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Difficulty: EasyControl of Civil Service and Bureaucratic Problems

Under modern democratic administration, which executive control mechanism enables a government minister to ensure administrative efficiency and political accountability within a government ministry?

  1. Issuing administrative directives and policy guidelines to civil servantsAnswer
  2. B
    Issuing a writ of mandamus against civil servants who fail to perform duties
  3. C
    Auditing departmental financial accounts through legislative standing committees
  4. D
    Investigating citizen petitions through the Ombudsman institution

Answer

Issuing administrative directives and policy guidelines to civil servants is the primary internal executive mechanism through which a minister controls civil service administration within a department.
Ministers serve as political heads of government ministries and exercise internal executive control by issuing administrative policies, regulations, and departmental directives that civil servants are obligated to carry out.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the controlling organ specified in the prompt
The prompt asks specifically about executive control exercised directly by a government minister.
Different organs of government (legislative, executive, judicial, extra-ministerial) exercise distinct controls over the civil service.
2
Evaluate the mechanism matching internal executive control
Directives, departmental policies, and ministerial oversight represent direct executive supervision over non-elected bureaucrats.
Administrative directives ensure that civil servants execute public policy in alignment with executive policy priorities.

Key Concept

Executive Control over Civil Service
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