Description
An Indispensable
Part of Society
“The care of human life and happiness…
is the first and only legitimate object
of good government.”
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Third President of the United States
(1743–1846)
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OVERVIEW
• Introductions
• Syllabus Review
• Public Administration – History
• Essential Characteristics
• Truths and Myths
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INTRODUCTION
Who are public servants?
Identify three people who you think serve the public, including
their professions and how they serve the public.
• What do all these people have in common? What is their
common interest/goal?
• How does government serve and affect its citizens on a
daily basis through these professions?
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Government from an Organizational Perspective
• Federal
• State
• Municipal
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Government from a Financial Perspective
• Sources
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Government from a Financial Perspective
• Uses
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Government Services and Accountability
• Nonprofit
• Private
• Role of the Public Administrator
• Truths and Myths of Bureaucracies
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
Harness the Power of Public Service
(Exercise 1.3)
President Bill Clinton addresses Rutgers University students
regarding the value of public service and civic engagement.
Harness the Power of Public Service – September 29, 2009
• What key messages would you deliver concerning the
importance of public service?
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WRAP-UP
Public Administration:
An Indispensible Part of Society
• What is Public Administration?
• What are the Essential Characteristics of Government?
• What are the Truths and Myths?
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 2
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Organizational Theory
And Management
“When in charge, ponder; when in trouble,
delegate; when in doubt, mumble.”
JAMES H. BOREN
Author; Founder of the International Association
of Professional Bureaucrats, 1970
Organizational Theory and Management
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• Key Terms – Organization Theory
• Historical Perspective of Organization Theory
• Public Administration – Major Contributors
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INTRODUCTION
X-Y Theory Questionnaire
(Exercise 2.2)
Score the statements on a scale of 0 to 5.
• Is your current work situation X or Y ?
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EVOLUTION OF ORG THEORY
Classical
Era
Neo-Classical
Era
Humanizing
Theory
• Taylor
• Simon
• Parker-Follett
• Weber
• Merton
• Maslow
• Gullick & Urwick • Waldo
• Fayol
• McGregor
• Selznick
• Barnard
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The Contemporary Theories
• Structural
• Systems
• Quality
• Economic
• Culture
• NPR
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
Managerial Priorities
(Exercise 2.1)
Rate the most important managerial qualities.
• Discuss your results with the person next to you.
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WRAP-UP
Organizational Theory
and Management
• The Evolution of Organizational Theory
• Major Contributors
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 3
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Managing Human
Resources
“No duty the Executive had to perform
was so trying as to put the right man
in the right place.”
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Third President of the United States
(1743–1846)
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• Define Human Resources Management
• Identification, Recruitment, and Retention Strategies
• Public Service Motivation
• Strategies to Build a Motivated Workforce
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INTRODUCTION
What motivates you?
(Exercise 3.1)
Complete the sentences with the first words
that come to mind.
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HR Management
• A Definition – Tactical & Strategic
“Leadership is all about people. It is not about
organizations. It is not about plans. It is not
about strategies. It is all about people–
motivating people to get the job done.
You have to be people-centered.”
COLIN POWELL
U.S. Army General;
Former Secretary of State
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Recruitment
• External Strategies
• Internal Strategies
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Development
• Supervision
• Training
• Motivating
• Evaluating
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Employee Assistance
• Prevention
• Intervention
• Counseling
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Culture
• Creating Affirmative Culture
• Team Work
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
Exercise in Counseling
(Exercise 3.4)
Create your own model counseling session script to present to
the class.
• Are the goals of performance appraisals being met?
• Are the objectives of employee counseling being fulfilled?
• Does your script follow the guidelines for effective employee
counseling?
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WRAP-UP
Managing Human
Resources
• A Definition
• A Strategy for Recruitment – Retention
• A Strategy for Motivating
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 4
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Public Decision
Making
“Decision-making processes hold
the key to understanding organizations.”
HERBERT A. SIMON
Economist; Nobel Prize Winner
Public Decision Making
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• Decision Making: The Definition, Importance, and Impact
• The Process
• Theoretical Models
• Citizen Involvement
• The Dysfunctions
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INTRODUCTION
The Nature of Decision Making
• Definition
• Importance
• Implications
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Decision Making Theoretical Models
• Rational Model
• Administrative Model
• Implicit Favorite Model
• Garbage Can Model
• Participatory Model
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The Dysfunctions
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
The Town of Twin Creeks Considers a New Law
(Exercise 4.1)
Explore the political, personal, administrative, and economic
issues involved with the pending decision to eliminate
motorized vehicles on the town’s 100-acre lake.
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WRAP-UP
Public Decision Making
• Process
• Models
• Dysfunctions
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 5
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Politics and
Public Administration
“A theory of public administration means
in our time a theory of politics also.”
JOHN GAUS
Political Scientist; Public Administration Expert
(1894–1969)
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• The Nature of Politics and Administration
• Bureaucratic Politics
• The Iron Triangle
• The Role of Discretion in Administration
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INTRODUCTION
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Intersection of Politics and Administration
• Spoils System: Andrew Jackson
• Reformers: Woodrow Wilson
• Legislation: The Pendleton Civil Service Act 1883
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Bureaucratic Politics – The Realism
“There is no doubt that the development of the
administrative agency in response to modern
legislative and administrative need has placed
severe strain on the separation-of-powers principle
in its pristine formulation.”
BYRON WHITE
Football Player; Supreme Court Justice
(1917–2002)
• The Politics School
• Wilson vs. Simon
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Bureaucratic Discretion – Administrative Law
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
Tobacco Settlement Distribution Simulation
(Exercise 5.1)
A $2.5 billion settlement from a tobacco company is awarded
to the State.
In your roles, determine how it would be distributed in your
state.
Remember: No decision = No money
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WRAP-UP
Politics and Public Administration
• The Spoils System
• The Legislative Reform
• The Iron Triangle and Discretion
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 6
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Intergovernmental
Relations
“We’re hearing how Pennsylvania municipalities
are furloughing employees, cutting services
or taking other drastic measures to pay
their bills…If they shared services, the
financial pain would not be so great.”
KEN KLOTHEN
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• Federalism
• Shared Government
• Improving Performance
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INTRODUCTION
Intergovernmental Relations
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Federalism – The Models
Layer Cake
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Federalism – The Models
Marble Cake
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Federalism – The Models
Picket Fence
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Shared Government
Personnel
–
Equipment
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Services
–
Expertise
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Improving Government Performance
• Intra Government Competition
• Inter Government Competition
• Privatization
• Shared Services
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
The Road to the Real Salt Lake Stadium Deal
(Exercise 6.2)
What are the factors in this case that are important to our
discussion on inter-governmental relationships?
Think of your answer in terms of opportunities or threats.
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WRAP-UP
Intergovernmental Relations
• Federalism
• Shared Services
• Competition
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 7
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Public
Performance
“An acre of performance is worth
a whole world of promise.”
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
American Author
(1837–1920)
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• Improving Government Performance
• Total Quality Management
• Measuring to Improve
• Citizen Driven Performance Measurement
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INTRODUCTION
What is a Performance-Driven
Management System?
• Citizens – Customers – Clients – Owners
• Effectiveness – Efficacy – Equity
• Administrators
• Employers
• Founders
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Improving Performance
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Improving Performance
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TQM – Total Quality Management
• History – W.E. Deming
• The Key Elements
• Assumptions:
– The Customer
– Continuous Improvement
– Commitment and Leadership
– Empowerment and Teamwork
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Responsiveness
• The Value of Responsiveness
“The only man I know who behaves sensibly
is my tailor; he takes my measurements each
time he sees me. The rest go on with their old
measurements and expect me to fit them.”
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Playright; Critic; Nobel Prize Winner
(1856–1950)
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Performance Improvement Indicators
“What gets measured gets done,
what gets measured and fed back gets done well,
what gets rewarded gets repeated.”
JOHN E. JONES
American Attorney
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Performance Improvement Indicators
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Citizen Driven
Performance
Measurement
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
City of Deficitprone–Improving Public
Performance (Simulation)
(Exercise 7.1)
Identify unrealized opportunities for productivity improvements
and the obstacles to them.
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WRAP-UP
Public
Performance
• Why Measure?
• TQM
• Performance Management Strategies
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 8
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Program
Evaluation
“Evaluation is the process of determining
the merit, worth, and value of things.”
MICHAEL SCRIVEN
Evaluation Theorist
Program Evaluation
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• Defining and Valuing Program Evaluation
• Collecting Data
• Types of Program Evaluation
• Ethics and Evaluation
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INTRODUCTION
A Definition
“Program evaluation is the use of social science research
methods in an effort to determine whether a public program
is worthwhile.”
• Systematic
• Applied Research
• Client and Organizational Focused
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Collecting Empirical Data
• Surveys
• Interviews
• Focus Groups
• Observations
• Experiments
• Existing Data
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Evaluation Types – Assessments
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Needs
Theory
Process
Impact
Efficiency
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Ethics and Evaluations
• Informed Consent
• Evaluator Bias
• Client Centered
• Confidentiality
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Logic Models
Logic Model for a High School Mathematics Tutoring Program
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
Logic Model Lingo
(Exercise 8.2)
Place the appropriate number or letter code on each line. Be
prepared to explain your choices.
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WRAP-UP
Program Evaluation
• Why Evaluate?
• What Data and How?
• Models for Program Evaluation
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 9
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Public
Budgeting
“A budget tells us what we can’t afford,
but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.”
WILLIAM FEATHER
American Publisher; Author
(1889–1981)
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• What is Budgeting?
• The Budgeting Process
• Understanding the Federal Budget
• Budget Types
• Budget Sources/Uses
• Budget Theory
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INTRODUCTION
What is Public Budgeting?
“Whatever else they may be, budgets are
manifestly political documents. They engage
the intense concern of administrators, politicians,
leaders of interest groups and citizens interested
in ‘who gets what and how much’ of
governmental allocations.”
AARON WILDAVSKY and ARTHUR HAMMOND
Authors
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The Budgeting Process
1. Budget Preparation
2. Governor’s Recommendation
3. Appropriations Bills
4. Appropriations Subcommittees
5. Full Appropriations Committee Action
6. House or Senate Floor
7. Sent to Other Chamber
8. House and Senate Vote on Conference Report
9. Conference Report Adopted
10. Budget Bill Enrolled, Ratified, and sent to Governor
to be signed into law
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The Federal Budget
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Types of Budgets
• Operational vs. Capital
• Line-Item
• Performance Based (PB)
• Zero Based (ZBB)
• Program Based (PPBS)
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Resources – Sources
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Budgeting Theories
• Wildavsky
• V.O. Key
• Whicker
• Swedlow
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
Budget Hero (Simulation)
(Exercise 9.2)
Take the budgeting process for the U.S. into your own hands
and feel the impact of your distribution and taxation decisions
in real time.
Budget Hero
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WRAP-UP
Public Budgeting
• Definition
• Process
• Theories
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 10
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Public-Sector
Leadership
“You can only govern men by serving them.”
VICTOR COUSIN
French Philosopher
(1792–1867)
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• Leading People
• Managing People
• Theories of Leadership
• Leadership and Power
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INTRODUCTION
Qualities of a Poor Leader vs. an Excellent Leader
(Exercise 10.1)
Think of a manager you have worked for that you considered
to be an excellent leader. List the qualities that made you feel
he or she was excellent.
Think of a manager you have worked for that you considered
to be a poor leader. List the qualities that made you feel he or
she was poor.
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Leading
• Planning
• Organizing
• Directing
• Coordinating
“A good leader is a person
who takes a little more
of his share of the blame
and a little less than his
share of the credit.”
JOHN C. MAXWELL
Pastor; Author;
Leadership Expert
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Managing
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Implement
Sensitivity
Negotiate
Cultivate
Respond
Oversee
Alert
Represent
Life-Work Balance
“Leadership
As
Followership”
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Leadership Theories
• Trait
• Skills
• Style
• Situational
• Contingency
• Path-Goal
• Transformational
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Leadership and Power
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“Leadership is a combination of strategy
and character. If you must be without one,
be without strategy.”
H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
U.S. Army General
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
Path-Goal Questionnaire
(Exercise 10.4)
Indicate how often each statement is true of your own
behavior.
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WRAP-UP
Public-Sector Leadership
• Definitions
• Characteristics – Theories
• Power and Leadership
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 11
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Ethics and
Public Administration
“Always do right. This will gratify
some people and astonish the rest.”
MARK TWAIN
Author; Satirist
(1835–1910)
Ethics and Public Administration
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• Administrative Ethics
• Bureaucracy and Ethics
• Formal Rules and Discretion
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INTRODUCTION
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Administrative Ethics
“ A set of normative guidelines directed at resolving
conflicts of interest so as to enhance societal
well-being.” (Zinkham, etd. 2007)
• Rights and Duties
• Policies and Practices
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Bureaucracy and Ethics
• The Need for Administrative Ethics
• Condoning Corruption
• Combating Corruption
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
Employee Conduct: Ethical or Unethical?
(Exercise 11.2)
After reading each scenario, indicate if the employee was
acting ethically or unethically.
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Formal Rules and Discretion
“It is naïve to believe that ethic rules will prevent
an administration from using its bureaucratic
power to favor special interests that support
its public policy and political agendas.”
ROBERT ROBERTS
Professor; Author
• The Fourteen Principles of Ethical Conduct for Federal
Employees
• Leading by Example
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
Your Values and Ethics
(Exercise 11.3)
Learn where you fall on the values/ethics continuum.
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WRAP-UP
Ethics and
Public Administration
• Defining Ethics
• Valuing Ethics
• Accountability
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 12
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Technology and
Public Administration
“The new information technology–Internet
and e-mail–have practically eliminated
the physical costs of communications.”
PETER DRUCKER
Economist; Management Guru; Author
(1909–2005)
Technology and Public Administration
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• High Tech Government
• Technology Organization
• Security
• Knowledge Management
• Innovation – Trends
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INTRODUCTION
The Benefits of Technology
“The number one benefit of information technology
is that it empowers people to do what they want
to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people
be productive. It lets people learn things they
didn’t think they could learn before, and so
in a sense it is all about potential.”
STEVE BALLMER
CEO, Microsoft
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High Tech Government
The Investment:
• $71 B – Federal
• $52.8 B – State and Local
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Tech Organization
• Chief Information Officer
• Chief Technology Officer
• Security
• Management
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Knowledge Management – E-Governance
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
SimProcess: Modeling and Simulations
(Exercise 12.1)
Experience firsthand how technology can be utilized to
improve efficiency and effectiveness in public administration.
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WRAP-UP
Technology and Public Administration
• Definition
• Organization – Accountability – Management
• E-Governance
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 13
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Public Service
and Popular Culture
“Service is the rent we pay to the living.
It is the very purpose of life and not
something you do in your spare time.”
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
Attorney; Activist; Founder, Children’s Defense Fund
Public Service and Popular Culture
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• Public Servants
• The Value of Community Service
• Networks and Professional Associations
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INTRODUCTION
What is Public Service?
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Public Servants
• The Stereotypes
• The Real Public Servant
• Who Are Your Role Models?
“It is a grand mistake to think of being great without
goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there
was never a truly great man that was not at the
same time truly virtuous.”
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
American Statesman; Ambassador; Patriot
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
A Career in Public Service
(Exercise 13.1)
• Why is public service important?
• How can you contribute?
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Young People and Public Service
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Networks and Professional Development
• ASPA
• Alliance 4 Public Service
• ICMA
• Affinity Groups
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WRAP-UP
Public Service and Popular Culture
• What is Public Service?
• Who are Public Servants?
• How do you grow Community Service Commitment?
Preparation for next class: Read Chapter 14
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The Future of
Public Administration
“The future is not fixed, it’s fluid…
It’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.”
BONO
Musician; Activist
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OVERVIEW
• Review Last Class – Key Topics
• Create Your Own City – Class Exercise
• The Evolution of PA
• Networks
• Performance Management
• Citizen Participation
• Globalization
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INTRODUCTION
City Creator (Simulation)
(Exercise 14.1)
Build a city and explain your choices on placement of roads,
homes, green spaces, medical facilities, schools, and shops.
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The Evolution of Public Administration
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful
committed citizens can change the world;
indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
MARGARET MEAD
Cultural Anthropologist
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Governance Networks
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Performance Measurement
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Inputs
Outputs
Outcomes
Efficiency
Productivity
7 Steps
1.Identification
2.Purpose
3.Indicators
4.Targets
5.Monitoring
6.Reporting
7.Evaluation
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Citizen Participation
“I always wondered why somebody
didn’t do something about that.
Then I realized I was somebody.”
LILY TOMLIN
Actress; Comedian; Writer
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Globalization
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WRAP-UP
The Future of Public Administration
• Performance
• Citizens
• Globalization
Preparation for next class: Study for Final!
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