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Description: This course
includes a “laboratory.” The goal of the
laboratory is to provide a forum that simulates decision-making processes in
the context of public administration.
The purpose of the exercise is to apply principles of public
administration to a particular set of real world public policy problems. The exercise has the benefit of providing
a forum for interaction among members of the class, enhancing group learning
and peer reinforcement. Thematic: The focus for this semester’s laboratory
is electric market reform. Procedure: Each week students
will meet with their colleagues in groups to address a specific problem or
task. Each laboratory session will
start with an analysis of the particular problem. Students will be required to submit a written response (on the
forms provided or downloaded from the web) each session for the previous
session’s problem set. Students will
be organized into “Sector Groups”.
The Sector Groups allow the students to work in a team setting to
integrate their knowledge with that of their colleagues. General Assembly: Later in the semester the Sector Groups will compete against one
another to promote the adoption of a specific set of policies to address one
of the semester’s high priority problems.
The Sector Group will prepare and submit a report to the
instructor. The report will consist
primarily of the individual problem sets submitted earlier by the students as
laboratory problem sets. The Sector
Group report will be graded. The
General Assembly session will feature presentations by each of the Sector
Groups. The entire class will then
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