Monday 8 September 2014

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST FOR POLI 203/2I3: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION



                                      DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
                                                   UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
                                                FIRST SEMESTER, 2014/2015
                                     COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST
                       LECTURERS: Dr. Emmanuel Debrah & Dr. Ransford Gyampo
                                 
COURSE OUTLINE AND READINGS
COURSE TITLE
INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
COURSE CODE
POLI 203/213
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

Public administration can simply be explained in terms of the management of public programmes. The course examines the conceptual and practical facets of public administration; examines the work of public administrators in many different kinds of organizations; and defines the political as well as the historical context within which public organizations operate. The course also focuses on the public bureaucracy and analyzes government operations and their impact on the individual and society in general.

WEEK NO.
DATE &TIME
LECTURE TOPIC
TUTORIALS
VENUE
ASSESSMENT
1
A-8/9/2014
Mon 17.30-19.20

B-11/9/2014
Thurs 11.30-13.20
The nature and scope of Public Admin
Students to identify and explain the difference between public and private administration
NNB1 (Group A)


NNB 1
(Group B)

2
Nature and Scope of Public Admin


3
Principles of Public Admin
Students to explain the Principles of Scientific Management

4
Principles of Public Admin


5
Theories of Public Admin
Students to Identify and explain the various theories of Public Admin

6
Theories of Public Admin


7
Administrative Centralization
Students to discuss the merits and demerits of a Centralized Administration

8
Decentralization
Students to explain the concept of decentralization and identify the factors that favors it


9
Administrative Leadership
Students to distinguish between leaders and managers

10
Administrative Leadership


11
E-Government
Students to discuss the impact of E-Government on Public Admin

12
E-Government


13
Re-cap of Semester



14
STUDENT REVISION
          15-17
EXAMINATION (70%)

COURSE READINGS

Denhardt R. and Denhardt J. 2009. Public Administration: An Action Orientation, Sixth Edition (Belmont: Thomson Higher Education)
Starling Grover 2008. Managing the Public Sector, Eighth Edition (Boston: Thomson Higher Education)
Shafritz J. and Hyde A. 2007. Classics of Public Administration, Sixth Edition (Boston: Thomson Higher Education)
Guy, P and Jon P (eds.) 2007. Handbook of Public Administration (London: Sage Publications)
Simon, H. 1997. The Public Administration Behaviour, Fourth Edition (New York: Free Press).
Polindaidu S. 2004. Public Administration (New Delhi: Galgotia Publications).
Trahair R. 2005. Elton Mayo: The Humanist Temper (New York: Transaction Publishers).
Kanigel R. 1997. The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency (New York: Viking).
Fitch L.C. 1996. Making Democracy Work: The Life and Letters of Luther Halsey Gulick, 1892-1993 (California: University of California Press).
Blackman D and Lejeune H. (eds.) 1990. Behaviour Analysis in Theory and Practice: Contributions and Controversies. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Green, D.P and Shapiro, I. 1994. Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science (New Haven: Yale University Press).
Ayee J.R.A. 1994. An Anatomy of Public Policy Implementation (Avebury: Aldershot).
Prud’homme, R. 1995. ‘The Dangers of Decentralization”, The World Bank Research Observer 10 (2) (August): 100-120.
Olowu D. 1995. “Centralization, Self-Governance and Development in Nigeria” in J.S Wunsch and D. Olowu (eds.) The Failure of the Centralized State: Institutions and Self-Governance in Africa (San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies Press).
Spillane James et al. 2004. “Towards a Theory of Leadership Practice” Journal of Curriculum Studies 36 (1): 3-34
Satyanarayana, J. 2004. E-Government: The Science of the Possible (India: Prentice Hall).
Walsham, G. 2001. Globalization and ICTs: Working Across Cultures (Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press).

REQUIREMENTS/ GENERAL INFORMATION
·        Extensive Reading (at least 70% of the required reading materials) is a MUST.
·    There would be 13 weeks of lectures and students must endeavor to attend all lectures. The course shall not be done by correspondence.
·        Students must be punctual in attending all lectures. No lateness would be tolerated.
·   Students MUST attend tutorials regularly and make MEANINGFUL contributions to class discussions.
·    An Interim Assessment would be conducted and would constitute 30% of the final grades of students.
·      Students MUST comport themselves during lectures. No acts of indiscipline such as ringing of mobile phones and all other acts that could distract the attention of other students while lectures are on-going would be tolerated

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