Miller, Manfred creator text xu| 1996 continuing ng p.185-196. In the context of demand for `lean' administration, ignoring benefits of effective administration, the author analytically surveys German administrative tradition with a brief conceptual input. He highlights commonalities, flowing from Prussian administrative tradition, as also the differences that arose between the two Germanys which persist even after unification, as reflected in tasks, roles and structure of government; civil service career levels; etc. He emphasises elimination of basic differences between public and private administrations for economic modernisation of public administration. - Reproduced Public administration - Germany Public administration Indian Journal of Public Administration 180718