Public Administration 500

Public Management and Policy

Spring 2006

Monday and Tuesday 7-9:30

Dane Smith Hall 132

 

        Course syllabus

*  Course Calendar

*  Supplementary Reading

*  Transparencies

*  Presentations

*  Questions

*  Midterm

*  Course Final

 

 

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News and Update

The Course Final is now available.  The concluding student presentations are scheduled for March 6th.  March 7th will be devoted to summarizing the general propositions of the course and surveying the general field of public administration.

The final is due on March 10, 2006. 

 

Course Description:   Principles and methods of public management and policy analysis including such topics as: bureaucracy, organizational theory, human resources, policy formulation and implementation,  institutional development, administrative process and public sector ethics.

 

Introduction:    The main goal of this course is to provide students with an appreciation of the study and practice of public administration or what Woodrow Wilson called “government in action”, some have called “the people’s business”, and others have termed “public management”.  Appreciation is a key term in the goal of this course in both of its senses: an “understanding” or an “improvement” (value added) of something.  In particular this course will focus on:

 

       The History and Ideology of Modern American Public Administration.

       The Policy and Institutional Environment of American Public Administration

 

Administration:   The instructor can be contacted at gleasong@unm.edu or at 277-5447.  The instructor’s office is Rm 2064 Social Science Building on the main UNM campus.  Office hours are Tues and Thursday 10:00-11:00 and 5-6 on Mondays.  Full information about the course is available in the course syllabus.

 

Compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act    Qualified students with disabilities needing appropriate academic adjustments should contact the instructor as soon as possible to ensure their needs are met in a timely manner. Handouts are available in alternative accessible formats upon request.

Reading material identified for this class is intended for purposes of analysis; there is no endorsement of material on other servers.

 

Gregory Gleason   Social Science Bldg. Room 2064 Albuquerque, NM 87131 505-277-5447 and 505-277-2821 (fax) 

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