GHANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION GRADUATE SCHOOL OF gOVERNANCE & lEADERSHIP MASTERS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FALL 2014 SYLLABUS Instructor: Agyemang Frimpong‚ PhD Email: afrimpong@gimpa.edu.gh Phone: Ext. 1041 Office Location: School of Governance & Leadership‚ Room 8 Office Hours: Tues/Wed(11am-2pm) & By Appointments
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Research Master in Public Administration and Organizational Science Master of Science in Public Administration and Organizational Science (MSc) Policy research? PhD? Find out by exploring core issues in public administration and organizational science. Combine theory with training in methods‚ and practice‚ working under prominent researchers. Combine work on the theory of public administration‚ policy‚ organizations‚ and public management with in-depth training in research methods‚ philosophy
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Public Administration Mind Map Draft Tara E. Green Capella University MPA5002/Survey of Research and Practice in Public Administration Dr. Jean Hunt September 4‚ 2011 References Fry‚ Brian R.(2008). Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Charles Lindblom. CQ Press Goodnow‚ Frank J. (1900) Politics and Administration: A Study in Government. New York: Macmillan. -” A classic work in American political science and Public Administration. Ostrom‚ V. (1989)
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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Names | Country/Date/Era | Theory/Definition/Statement | 1-Aristotle | Greek/384 BC –322/Ancient philosophy | He was of the approach that administering society’s public decision and allocating its public resources. The approach recognizes the ambiguity of administrative discretion and the fact that administrators depend on substantive norms (values) to guide their interpretation of law and their allocation of resources. | 2-John Locke | England
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Today’s public administrators face many dilemmas in regard to ethical conduct. This is not because today’s public administrators are inherently evil. This is mainly due to the elevated level of scrutiny placed on today’s public administrators. Network television and the emergence of the internet have facilitated this scrutiny; however the blame cannot be solely attributed to these forms of media. Some public administrators make questionable moral decisions that help amplify the public perception
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laws; judicial and to interpret the and to execute or carry out those laws. There is a separate organ which will look after each function function‚ but the separation is not rigid. A complete separation would lead to perpetual deadlocks in administration. Thus there are various points of contact between all the three organs of the government to ensure smooth functioning of governmental programmes. With expanding complexity of the activities of the modern State‚ the Legislature is not in a
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the profession of public administration. Later‚ in 2005‚ the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) classified equity as the fourth pillar of public administration‚ alongside the well-established pillars of economy‚ efficiency‚ and effectiveness (Norman-Major‚ 2011). Already accustomed to the established pillars of public administration‚ the incorporation of equity has presented challenges for public administrators. Norman-Major (2011) argues that the primary reasons public administrators
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discretion and administrative law. Bureaucratic discretion factors heavily into the administrative process‚ as public administrators try to put into effect what Congress makes (politically) through broad and sometimes vague mandates. Agencies are granted considerable discretion to take Congressional mandates and funds and put them into practice so as to produce a specific outcome. How public sector employees do this varies from agency to agency; but the number of variables involved in programmatic design
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Makerere University College of Business and Management Sciences 2012 MBA YEAR II Public Sector Administration and Management MBS8118 (Nov 2013) Presented by . Francis Patrick Makayi Task Using your understanding of the knowledge of Uganda’s Public sector‚ what are the major challenges facing the country’s public sector? What prescriptions would you offer to address the challenges? Facilitator: Professor Basheka List of Acronyms HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus KCCA- Kampala
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structure of management and administration related to the Holocaust. The authors’ intent was to show the impact of state power‚ authority‚ and advances in the modern age. Adams and Balfour‚ were keen in presenting the influential implementation of technical-rational practice as it relates to administrative evil. Indeed‚ public administration tactics and infrastructure of the Nazis to overthrow all others in the acts of killing were a leading example of an advance administration compared to others in history
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