Meaning and definitions of development administration:

Weidner stated that Development Administration means “an action oriented and goal-oriented administrative systems.” Weidner emphasized that the study of development administration can help to identify the conditions under which a maximum rate of development is sought and obtained. He contended that existing models for comparison were limited in their usefulness because they made inadequate provision for social change. He suggested development administration as a separate focus for research, the end being to relate different administrative roles, practices, organizational arrangements and procedures to the maximizing of development objectives. Pai Panadikar identifies Development Administration with “administration of planned change.”