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Wichita Confronts Contamination case study
This is an assignment I did for one of my grad school classes -- I'm not particularly thrilled with the assignment since the constraints of it ended up stifling much of my creativity and I had to remove most of my favorite parts leaving it rather dry and redundant. On the upside, the case itself (see link below) is pretty interesting and provides some insight into crisis management and how legality and incentives came into play for Wichita, Kansas back in 1990...
Wichita Confronts Contamination Case Study
Introduction
The “Wichita Confronts Contamination” case study discusses the problems when a city discovers that it is located on a contaminated underground lake and the ensuing chaos that surrounds a city when its investors, creditors and residents all began moving away in the face of such adversity. These types of case studies are important to public administration because they are classic problems of public management and provide insight into how to effectively manage crisis that is literally beneath our feet and cannot be run away from. Crisis management is a major part of every leader’s job and understanding how other leaders have handled dire situations can help add new perspectives, techniques for managing unexpected events and also how to tactfully resolve major problems facing cities such as Wichita. The content areas of federalism and intergovernmental relations are important to public administration because a deep understanding of how these two concepts integrate together is required for any successful public administrator. Federalism is simply the separation of powers between different levels of government and intergovernmental relations is the process of how each unit of government interacts with one another as a cohesive whole. Federalism has many advantages and disadvantages but a comprehensive understanding of how these attributes interact with one another and influence how government is run is
This is an assignment I did for one of my grad school classes -- I'm not particularly thrilled with the assignment since the constraints of it ended up stifling much of my creativity and I had to remove most of my favorite parts leaving it rather dry and redundant. On the upside, the case itself (see link below) is pretty interesting and provides some insight into crisis management and how legality and incentives came into play for Wichita, Kansas back in 1990...
Wichita Confronts Contamination Case Study
Introduction
The “Wichita Confronts Contamination” case study discusses the problems when a city discovers that it is located on a contaminated underground lake and the ensuing chaos that surrounds a city when its investors, creditors and residents all began moving away in the face of such adversity. These types of case studies are important to public administration because they are classic problems of public management and provide insight into how to effectively manage crisis that is literally beneath our feet and cannot be run away from. Crisis management is a major part of every leader’s job and understanding how other leaders have handled dire situations can help add new perspectives, techniques for managing unexpected events and also how to tactfully resolve major problems facing cities such as Wichita. The content areas of federalism and intergovernmental relations are important to public administration because a deep understanding of how these two concepts integrate together is required for any successful public administrator. Federalism is simply the separation of powers between different levels of government and intergovernmental relations is the process of how each unit of government interacts with one another as a cohesive whole. Federalism has many advantages and disadvantages but a comprehensive understanding of how these attributes interact with one another and influence how government is run is