Course Outline
(reading must be done prior to day assigned)
Week I (2/3):
Introduction Stillman ch. 1 & Online
The Search for Scope and Purpose in Public Administration; Stillman
ch. 16
Week II (2/10):
The Bureaucracy of Public Administration; Bureaucracy &
Public Interest;
Stillman ch. 2 & 15; Theodoulou
& Cahn chs. 1-4;
The
Environment of Public Administration;
Stillman
ch. 3; Theodoulou
& Cahn chs. 5-6;
Week III (2/17):
Administrative Responsibility & Ethics; Stillman ch. 4;
Intergovernmental Relations; Stillman ch. 5
Week IV (2/24):
Informal Groups; Stillman
ch. 6;
Subsystems
and Issue Networks;
Stillman
ch. 7, 14; Theodoulou &
Cahn 7;
Week V (3/2):
Incrementalism; Stillman
ch. 8; Theodoulou & Cahn ch. 11-15;
Information Networks; Stillman
ch. 9;
Week VI (3/9):
Issues in Public Leadership;
Stillman ch. 10; Theodoulou
& Cahn 25, 26, 35, 42, 43, 44
Personnel
and Budgeting; Stillman
ch. 11 - 12;
Week VII (3/16):
Implementation; Stillman
ch. 13; Theodoulou &
Cahn 16-18;
Week VIII (3/23):
Formal Presentations of Papers
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