专业英语 刘亚平 专业英语

1、编辑pptIntroduction to Public AdministrationFall,2013编辑ppt Instructor: Liu Yaping Class Times: Fri Office Hours: Fri Electronic mail is the preferred method of communication for this course. Please resort to telephone contact only in the case of an emergency. 编辑pptorientation Course Goals and Requirem

2、ents Overview of Course Content What is Public Administration?编辑pptCourse Goals and Requirements编辑pptCourse Objectives and Description The course introduces the principles and concepts that frame public administration as a discipline. During the semester we will review topics generally associated wi

3、th its study and practice. Through class discussion, group work, reading and assignments, students will gain an understanding of the major public administration theories influencing the discipline. Students will gain English proficiency necessary for them to understand literatures and making present

4、ations in the field of public administration. 编辑ppt It is impossible to cover in one course all of the material from the academic discipline of public administration. Therefore, this course attempts to familiarize you with the various complexities of the field of public administration other courses

5、are offered by the School that allow you to continue your study and increase your skills.编辑pptRequired text Grover Starling, Managing the Public Sector, 中国人民大学出版社，2005 Nicholas Henry, Public Administration and Public Affairs，北京大学出版社，2006编辑pptReferences Shafritz, Jay M., Albert C. Hyde, and Sandra J.

6、 Parkes, eds. 2004. Classics of Public Administration. 中国人民大学中国人民大学出版社出版社2010年第年第5版版编辑ppt Introduction to Public Administration: A book of readings. J. Steven Ott and E. W. Russell 北京大学出版社编辑ppt Grades for the course Students will be given credit for making presentations, answering questions in class

7、. Scores are based on the group performance, individual performance will also be considered. Class Participation 30% Presentation 30% Final Exam 40%编辑pptClass Participation and Attendance (30%) Each student is expected to fully participate in class discussion and is encouraged to ask questions durin

8、g class. In order to meaningfully participate (i.e. receive credit), each student must be prepared for class. Attending class is a prerequisite for participation. Each student is expected to have read the material prior to coming to class. If an absence is essential, the student is responsible for a

9、ny assignments made or due during his/her absence. Because of the time limit in class, you are also encouraged to ask and answer questions via the website.编辑pptClass Presentation 30% Group Work. Choose an article from the textbook (subfields of PA), and make a 20 minutes presentation in class. Group

10、 members evaluate each others contribution to the presentation.编辑pptFinal Exam 40% Read an article in the field of PA, and write an essay. The essay should describe the primary message(s) or theme(s) of the article, how does the author develops the idea, why you think it is interesting, and how does

11、 this article enlighten you.编辑ppt Pay attention to terminologies. Understanding: Cooptation Discriminating Immigrant and emigrant; borrow and lend Translation Public Administration; Public Management Espoused theories(Argris,1978) The case for bureaucracy Grasp the main themes Think critically编辑pptO

12、verview of Course Content编辑pptCLASS SCHEDULE Introduction (22nd,Sep) Topic 1: The discipline of Public Administration Topic 2: The political context of Public Administration Topic 3: Bureaucracy and Organization Theory Topic 4: Public Management Presentation by students编辑pptTopic 1: The discipline o

13、f Public Administration (22nd, Sep- 11th, Nov) Required Readings: Woodrow Wilson.1887. The Study of Administration. (22nd, Sep) Dwight Waldo.1948.The Administrative State: Conclusion (27th, Sep) H. George Frederickson.1971.Toward a New Public Administration. (29th, Sep) David H. Rosenbloom.1983.Publ

14、ic Administrative Theory and the Separation of Powers. (11th, Nov)编辑pptTopic 2: The Political Context of Public Administration (18th, Oct to 1st , Nov) Frank J. Goodnow. 1900. Politics and Administration Alice M. Rivlin. The Evolution of American Federalism Norton E. Long. Power and Administration (

15、18th, Oct) Herbert Kaufman.1969. Administrative Decentralization and Political Power (25th, Oct) Deil S. Wright. 1990. Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, and Intergovernmental Management (1st, Nov)编辑pptTopic 3: Bureaucracy and Organization (8th,Nov to 29th, Nov) Required Readings: Max Weber. 1

16、922. Bureaucracy Robert K. Merton.1940. Bureaucratic Structure and Personality. (8th, Nov) Anthony Downs.1967. The Life Cycles of Bureaus(15st, Nov) Michael Lipsky.1980.Street-Level Bureaucracy: The Critical Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats(22nd, Nov) Michael Barzelay and Babak.J.Armajani.1992. Brea

17、king Through Bureaucracy Martin Landau. 1969. Redundancy, Rationality, and the Problem of Duplication and Overlap (29th, Nov)编辑ppt Required Readings: Frederick W. Taylor. 1912. Scientific Management. Mary Parker Follett. 1926. The Giving of Orders. Luther Gulick. 1937. Notes on the Theory of Organiz

18、ation. Chester I. Barnard. Informal Organizations and Their Relation to Formal Organizations. Herbert A. Simon. 1946. The Proverbs of Administration Philip Selznick. 1949. The Cooptative Mechanism Daniel Katz &Robert L.Kahn. 1966. Organizations and the System Concept. Warren Bennis.1967. Organiz

19、ations of the Future.编辑pptTopic 4: Public Management (6th, Nov) Required Readings: Graham T. Allison. 1980. Public and Private Management: Are they Fundamentally alike in all Unimportant Respects? Camilla Stivers.1990.Toward a Feminist Perspective in Public Administrative Theory. (6th, Nov) Ronald C

20、. Moe. 1987. Exploring the Limits of Privatization(13rd, Nov) Terry L. Cooper. 2006. Citizen-Centered Collaborative Public Management, Public Administration Review(20th, Nov)编辑ppt Presentation by Students From 27th, Nov编辑ppt Note: The schedule might be modified from time to time at my discretion.编辑p

21、ptWhat is Public Administration?编辑ppt What does public administrator do? How can a theorist reasonably and concisely define a field so interrelated with all of society?编辑pptThe importance or the significance of public administration The welfare, happiness, and very lives of all of us rest in signifi

22、cant measure upon the performance of administrative mechanisms that surround and support us. From the central matters of food and shelter to the periphery of our intellectual activity, the quality of administration in modern society touches our daily lives. Today your life may depend upon the admini

23、stration of purity controls in a pharmaceutical house, tomorrow it may depend on the decisions of a state department of motor vehicles, next week it may rest with the administrative wisdom of an official in the Department of State. Willy-nilly, administration is everyones concern. If we wish to surv

24、ive, we had better be intelligent about it. Dwight Waldo (The Study of Public Administration,1955,p.70)编辑ppt Public administration can be best identified with the executive branch of government. Public administrationis the action part of government, the means by which the purposes and goals of gover

25、nment are realized. Public administration as a field is mainly concerned with the means for implementing political values.编辑ppt Marshall Dimock. Public administration is the production of goods and services designed to serve the needs of citizens-consumers. Robert. B. Denhardt. Public Administration

26、 is concerned with the management of public programs.编辑ppt Public Administration can be portrayed as a wheel of relationships focused on the implementation of public policy. Public administration is the use of managerial, political, and legal theories and processes to fulfill legislative, executive,

27、 and judicial governmental mandates for the provision of regulatory and service functions for the society as a whole or for some segments of it.编辑ppt Traditionally, public administration is thought of as the accomplishing side of government. It is supposed to comprise all those activities involved i

28、n carrying out the policies of elected officials and some activities associated with the development of those policies. Public administration is all that comes after last campaign promise and election-night cheer.编辑ppt The process of public administration consists of the actions involved in effectin

29、g the intent or desire of a government. It is thus the continuously active, business part of government, concerned with carrying out the law, as made by legislative bodies (or other authoritative agents) and interpreted by the courts, through the processes of organization and management. Public admi

30、nistration: (a) is a cooperative group effort in a public setting; (b) covers all three branches- executive, legislative, and judicial- and their interrelationships; (c) has an important role in the formulation of public policy, and is thus part of the political process; (d) is different in signific

31、ant ways from private administration; and (e) is closely associated with numerous private groups and individuals.编辑ppt Waldo: Elephantine Problem公共行政公共行政研究者rope编辑pptA profession Law, medicine A profession, by definition, is a field in which practitioners prepare for their work by learning specialize

32、d skills and methods as well as the scientific, historical, and scholarly principles underlying them.Perhaps it is best that it (public administration) not be defined. It is more an area of interest than a discipline, more a focus than a separate science.(Mosher)There is really no such subject as “p

33、ublic administration”. No science or art can be identified by this title, least of all skill or coherent intellectual discipline. The term has no relation to the world of systematic thoughtIt does not, in itself, offer any promising opportunity to widen or make more precise any signle aspect of scientific knowledge.(Parker)编辑ppt Its professional in the sense that it rests upon a body of knowledge not easily obtained through simple on-the-job training. A practicing administrator without such knowledge would be no more successful than a practicing engineer ignorant of mechanics.编辑p