DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

 

PhD POLITICAL SCIENCE

 

FIRST SEMESTER, 2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR

 

TIME: 10 AM – 12 NOON

 

POLI 707: FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

 

COURSE OUTLINE AND READINGS

                                                 

  Lecturer: Prof. Joseph Atsu Ayee

 

 

1.  Course Description

 

The course familiarizes students with the concepts, theories and emerging trends of Public Administration and Management. It also aims at encouraging the students to apply the methods used by the Administrators/Managers in the changed context.

 

The major topics of interest that will be discussed include the politics of government bureaucracy, managing and leading public organizations, the core functions of government administration such as budgeting, public policy implementation and human resources management, and current trends emerging from the 21st century that are directing and influencing public administration.

 

 

2.  Learning Objectives

 

The learning objectives of the course are at three levels, namely, knowledge, skills and behaviour. 

 

3.  Learning Outcomes

 

At the end of the course therefore, students will be able to:

 

•        Distinguish between the various theories, concepts and emerging trends in public administration and management;

•        Understand the challenges posed by the changing context of public administration;

•        Explore how relationships and decisions influence public policies and programmes;

•        Learn the critical skills and tools public administrators must master to be effective;

•        Explore the ethics and liabilities of public administration, and what it means to take part; and

•        Identify the challenges to effective public administration and strategies to address them.

 

 

4.  Instructional Methodology

 

This class will use a seminar/workshop format and will meet for three hours once a week. It will comprise a combination of lectures, discussions, student presentations and term papers.

 

5.  Evaluation

 

Seminar presentation by student                                                                                 25%

Term paper of 2,500 words on student’s choice of topic                                           25%

Written Examination (2,500 words for each question)                                               50%

Total                                                                                                                100

 

 

COURSE TOPICS AND READINGS

 

WEEK 1

 

1. Nature and Scope of Public Administration: From Public Administration to New Public

Administration to Public Management 

James, L. Perry and Robert K. Christensen (eds.) (2015) Handbook of Public Administration, 3rd edn. (New York: Jossey-Bass, 2015). 

Brian R. Fry & Jos C.N. Raadschelders Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo. (London/Los Angeles: Sage, 2014).

 

H.A. Simon, V.A. Thompson & D.W. Smithburg, Public Administration (New

Brunswick/London: Transactions, 1991).

 

R. Basu, Public Administration: Concepts and Theories, 5^th edn. (New Delhi: Sterling, 2004).

 

P. Collins (ed.) Applying Public Administration in Development: Guideposts to the Future (Chichester: Wiley, 2000).

 

J-E. Lane, The Public Sector: Concepts, Models and Approaches (London: Sage, 1993).

 

R.B. Denhardt, Public Administration: An Action Orientation (Belmont, Wadsworth, 1993).

 

P. Dunleavy and C. Hood, “From Old Public Administration to New Public Management”, Public Money and Management, Vol 14(3) 1994: 9-16.

 

R. S. Mukandala, African Public Administration: A Reader (Harare: AAPS, 2000).

 

A.L. Verma, Public Administration (New Delhi: Lotus Press, 2010)

 

K. Hanson, G. Kararach & T.M. Shaw (eds.) Rethinking Development Challenges for Public Policy: Insights from Contemporary Africa (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012).

 

M. Roll (ed.) The Politics of Public Sector Performance: Pockets of Effectiveness in Developing Countries (London/New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).

 

D.E. Uwizeyimana & K. J. Maphunye, “The Changing Global Public Administration and its

Theoretical and Practical Implications for Africa”, Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research, Vol. 6, No. 4 (2014): 90-101.

 

D.F. Kettl & H.B. Milward, The State of Public Management (Baltimore/London: The Johns Hopkins, 1996).

 

F. S. Lane, Current Issues in Public Administration 5^th edn. (New York: St Martins, 1994).

 

L. Adamolekun (ed). Public Administration in Africa: Main Issues and Selected Country Studies. Ibadan: Evans Brothers, 2011).

 

B. Guy-Peters & J. Pierre (eds.) The Handbook of Public Administration (London: Sage, 2012).

 

D.C. Menzel & H.L. White (eds.) The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2011).

 

P. Katsamumska, “Classical and Modern Approaches to Public Administration”, Economic Alternatives, Issue 1 (2012): 74-81.

 

M. Bhattacharya, New Horizons of Public Administration (New Delhi: Jawashar, 2006).

 

L.K. Oyedele, “Theories of Public Administration: An Anthology of Essays” International Journal of Politics and Good Governance, Vol. VI, No. 6.3 Quarter III (2015): 1-35.

 

J. Itika, K. de Rider & A. Tollenaar (eds.) Theories and Stories in African Public Administration (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2011).

 

WEEK 2

 

2. Political Context of Public Administration: values of public administration (political, legal, organizational and market values), the public interest; politicization; partisanship and identities

James, L. Perry and Robert K. Christensen (eds.) (2015) Handbook of Public Administration, 3rd edn. (New York: Jossey-Bass, 2015). 

Brian R. Fry & Jos C.N. Raadschelders Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo. (London/Los Angeles: Sage, 2014).

B. Guy-Peters & J. Pierre (eds.) The Handbook of Public Administration (London: Sage, 2012).

 

D.C. Menzel & H.L. White (eds.) The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2011).

 

L. Adamolekun (ed). Public Administration in Africa: Main Issues and Selected Country Studies. Ibadan: Evans Brothers, 2011).

 

Frank Ohemeng, Barbara Carroll, Joseph R.A. Ayee and Alexander Bilson Darku (eds.) The Public Policy Making Process in Ghana: How Politicians and Civil Servants Deal with Public Problems (New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2012), Chapter 2, pp. 19-51. 

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee, “Politicians and Bureaucrats as Generators of Public Policy in Ghana”, in Frank Ohemeng, Barbara Carroll, Joseph R.A. Ayee and Alexander Bilson Darku (eds.) The Public Policy Making Process in Ghana: How Politicians and Civil Servants Deal with Public Problems (New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2012), Chapter 3, pp. 53-68. 

 

J.R.A. Ayee, “Public Administrators under Democratic Governance in Ghana”, International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2013, pp. 440-452.

 

J.R.A. Ayee, “The Political Economy of the Creation of Districts in Ghana”, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 48 No. 5, October 2013: pp.  623-645.

M. Bhattacharya, New Horizons of Public Administration (New Delhi: Jawashar, 2006).

 

L.K. Oyedele, “Theories of Public Administration: An Anthology of Essays” International Journal of Politics and Good Governance, Vol. VI, No. 6.3 Quarter III (2015): 1-35.

 

J. Itika, K. de Rider & A. Tollenaar (eds.) Theories and Stories in African Public Administration (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2011).

 

WEEK 3

3. Bureaucracy

James, L. Perry and Robert K. Christensen (eds.) (2015) Handbook of Public Administration, 3rd edn. (New York: Jossey-Bass, 2015). 

Brian R. Fry & Jos C.N. Raadschelders Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo. (London/Los Angeles: Sage, 2014).

 

D.C. Menzel & H.L. White (eds.) The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. New York/London: ME. Sharpe, 2011.

 

R. Basu, Public Administration: Concepts and Theories, 5^th edn. (New Delhi: Sterling, 2004).

 

J-E. Lane, The Public Sector: Concepts, Models and Approaches (London: Sage, 1993).

 

B. Guy-Peters & J. Pierre (eds.) The Handbook of Public Administration (London: Sage, 2012).

 

M. Lipsky, Street- Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public  Services.  New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1980. 

 

Malcom Wallis, Bureaucracy: It Role in Third World Development. London: MacMillan, 1989.

 

 

WEEK 4

 

4. Development and Development Administration

 

R.K. Sapru, Development Administration (New Delhi: Sterling, 1994).

 

J.R.A Ayee, “Reflections on Some Dynamics of Development: Good Governance and Sustainable  Development Goals”, Ghana Social Science Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2 (December 2016), Introduction to Special Issue on “Good Governance and Sustainable Development Goals”.  

 

J.R.A. Ayee, “The Developmental State Experiment in Africa: The Experiences of Ghana and South Africa”, The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 102, No. 3 June (2013): 259-280.

 

K. Hanson, C, D'Alessandro & F. Owusu (eds.)  Managing Africa’s Natural Resources: Capacities for Development (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2014).

 

S. Corbridge, Development Studies: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995).

 

K. Hanson, G. Kararach, & T.M. Shaw (eds.)  Rethinking Development Challenges for Public Policy: Insights from Contemporary Africa (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012).

 

Hanson, K., D'Alessandro, C. & Owusu, F. eds. (2014).  Managing Africa’s Natural Resources: Capacities for Development. London: Palgrave MacMillan.

 

United Nations, Millennium Development Goals, 2000-2015 (New York: UN, 2000).

 

United Nations, General Assembly Resolution 70/1., 2015, Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (New York: UN, 2015).

 

UNDP, Human Development Reports (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994-2016).

 

World Bank, World Development Reports. Oxford: Oxford University Press (1978-2016).

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee and Emmanuel Debrah “Developmental Public Administration and Policy in

Ghana: The State of the Art” in E. Debrah, E. Gyimah-Boadi, A. Essuman-Johnson and K.A. Ninsin (eds.) Ghana: Essays in the Study of Political Science (Legon: University of Ghana, 2014), Chapter 10.

 

WEEK 5

 

5. New Public Management

James, L. Perry and Robert K. Christensen (eds.) (2015) Handbook of Public Administration, 3rd edn. (New York: Jossey-Bass, 2015). 

Brian R. Fry & Jos C.N. Raadschelders Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo. (London/Los Angeles: Sage, 2014).

J. de  Vries, “Is New Public Management Really Dead?” OECD Journal on Budgeting, Vol. 2010/1 (2010).

 

T. Gaebler and A. Miller, “Practical Public Administration: A Response to Academic Critique of the Reinvention Trilogy”, Halduskultuur, Vol 7 (2006): 16-23.

 

K.R. Hope, Sr. “The New Public Management: Context and Practice in Africa”, International Public Management Journal 4, 2001, pp. 119-134.

 

N. Manning, “The Legacy of the New Public Management in Developing Countries”, International Review of Administrative Sciences, 67 (2001): 297-312.

 

Institute of Development Studies, An Upside-down View of Governance. Brighton: IDS, 2010.

 

J.R.A. Ayee, “Public Sector Management in Africa”, Economic Research Working Paper (African Development Bank), No. 82, (November 2005): 1-60.

 

J. Itika, K. de Rider & A. Tollenaar (eds.) Theories and Stories in African Public Administration (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2011).

 

 

WEEK 6

 

6. Governance  

 

J. Jreisat, “Governance: Issues in Concept and Practice”, in D.C. Menzel & H.L. White (eds.) The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. New York/London: ME. Sharpe, 2011, Chapter 25, pp. 424-438.

 

J. Itika, K. de Rider & A. Tollenaar (eds.) Theories and Stories in African Public Administration (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2011).

B. Guy Peters, “Governance as Political Theory”, Jerusalem Papers in Regulation and Governance, Working Paper No. 22 August, 2010.

 

Y. Dror, The Capacity to Govern: A Report to the Club of Rome (London: Frank Cass, 2002).

 

G. Hyden, “Governance and the Study of Politics” in G. Hyden and M. Bratton (eds.)  Governance and Politics in Africa. Boulder, CO.: Lynne Rienner, 1992, Chapter 1: pp. 1-26.

 

G. Hyden and M. Bratton (eds.)  Governance and Politics in Africa. Boulder, CO.: Lynne Rienner, 1992.

 

Gerry Stoker, “Governance in Theory: Five Propositions”, Paris: UNESCO, 1998.

 

B. Levy, “Governance and Economic Development in Africa: Meeting the Challenge of Capacity

Building” in Brian Levy & Sahr Kpundeh (eds.) Building State Capacity in Africa: New Approaches, Emerging Lessons. Washington DC: World Bank, 2004, Chapter 1.

 

T.G. Weiss, “Governance, Good governance and Global Governance: Conceptual and actual Challenge”, Third World Quarterly, 21, 5, October 2000. 

 

J. Rosenau “Governance in the Twenty-First Century’, Global Governance, 1, 1, 1995.

 

V. Moharir, “Governance and Policy Analysis” in in Dele Olowu and Soumana Sako (eds.) Better Governance and Public Policy: Capacity Building and Democratic Renewal in Africa. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian, 2002, Chapter 7.

 

M. Andrews, “The Good Governance Agenda: Beyond Indicators without Theory”, Oxford Development Studies, 36, 4, December 2008.

 

World Bank, Sub-Saharan Africa: From Crisis to Sustainable Growth. Washington, DC: World Bank, 1989.

 

World Bank, Governance and Development.  Washington, DC: World Bank, 1992.

 

World Bank, Governance: The World Bank’s Experience. Washington, DC: World Bank, 1994

 

 

WEEK 7

 

7. Leadership

 

Y. Dror, Avant-Garde Politician: Leaders for a New Epoch (Washington, DC: Westphalia Press, 2014).

 

J.                   Itika, K. de Rider & A. Tollenaar (eds.) Theories and Stories in African Public Administration (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2011).

 

K.                Grint, (ed.) Leadership: Classical, Contemporary and Critical Approaches (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000).

 

J.L. Pierce and J.W. Newstrom, Leaders and the Leadership Process. 4^th edn.  (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006).

 

J.A. Raffel, P. Leisink & A.E. Middlebrooks, Public Sector Leadership: International Challenges and Perspectives. (Cheltenham/Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2009).

 

Baba G. Jallow (ed.) Leadership in Post-colonial Africa: Trends Transformed by Independence (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2014).

 

B.J. Avolio, F.O. Walumbwa & T.J. Weber, “Leadership: Current Theories, Research and Future Directions”, The Annual Review of Psychology, 60, (2009): 421-449.

 

W.J. Tettey, “Africa’s Leadership Deficit: Exploring Pathways to Good Governance and Transformative Politics” in K.T. Hanson, G. Kararach and T.M. Shaw (eds.) Rethinking Development Challenges for Public Policy: Insights from Contemporary Africa (London: Palgrave, 2012): Chapter 1: 18-53.

 

S.M. Makinda, “Africa’s Leadership Malaise and the Crisis of Governance” in in K.T. Hanson, G. Kararach and T.M. Shaw (eds.) Rethinking Development Challenges for Public Policy: Insights from Contemporary Africa (London: Palgrave, 2012): Chapter 4: 53-82.

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee, Leadership in Contemporary Africa: An Exploratory Study, Occasional Papers, Academic Series, No. 3.  Amman, Jordan: United Nations University Leadership Academy. December 2001, 140pp.

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee, “Leading Large States”, in Christopher Clapham, Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills (eds.) Big African States: Angola, Sudan, DRC, Ethiopia, Nigeria and South Africa. Johannesburg: Wits University Press: Johannesburg, 2006, Chapter 11: 256-272.

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee, “A Decade of Political Leadership in Ghana, 1993-2004”, in Kwame BoafoArthur (ed.) Ghana: One Decade of the Liberal State. New York/London: Zed Books/CODESRIA, 2007, Chapter 7: 165-187.

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee, “Traditional and Modern Leadership in Africa” in Takyiwaa Manuh and Esi Sutherland-Addy (eds.) Africa in Contemporary Perspective: A Textbook for Undergraduate Students. Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2013, Chapter 9: 181-198. 

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee, Leadership and the Ghanaian State Today: Reflections and Perspectives. 46^th JB Danquah Memorial Lectures organized by the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, 25-27 February, 2013 at the British Council Hall, Accra. (Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences: Accra) forthcoming.

 

WEEK 8

 

8. Collaborative Governance and Public Private Partnership 

 

J. Itika, K. de Rider & A. Tollenaar (eds.) Theories and Stories in African Public Administration (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2011).

 

C. Ansell and A. Gash, “Collaborative Governance: Theory and Practice”, Journal of Public Administration Research and Practice, Vol 18: 543-571.

 

E. Sørensen & J. Torfing “Introduction Collaborative Innovation in the Public Sector” The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, Vol 17(1), 2012: 1-14.

 

R.C. Crook and J.R.A. Ayee “Urban Service Partnerships, 'Street level Bureaucrats' and Environmental Sanitation in Kumasi and Accra, Ghana: Coping with Organisational Change in the Public Bureaucracy”, Development Policy Review, (on line) Vol. 24, No. 1 (2006): 51-73.

 

WEEK 8

 

9. State Capacity, Productivity and Performance Management; Pockets of Excellence

 

M. Roll (ed.) The Politics of Public Sector Performance: Pockets of Effectiveness in Developing Countries (London/New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).

 

E. T. Jennings. “Best Practices in Public Administration: How do we know them? How can we use them?” Administratie si Management Public, Vol. 9 (2007): 73-80.

 

B. Levy and S. Kpundeh (eds.) Building State Capacity in Africa: New Approaches, Emerging Lesson. Washington, DC.: World Bank, 2004).

 

K. Hanson, C, D'Alessandro & F. Owusu (eds.)  Managing Africa’s Natural Resources: Capacities for Development. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2014).

 

D. Leonard, ‘”Pockets’ of effective agencies in weak governance states: Where are they likely and why does it matter? Public Administration and Development Vol. 30(2) (2010): 91–101.

 

World Bank, World Bank Approach to Public Sector Management 2011–2020: Better Results from Public Sector Institutions (Washington DC: World Bank, 2012).

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee, Book Review of Michael Roll (ed.) The Politics of Public Sector Performance: Pockets of Effectiveness in Developing Countries, (Palgrave Macmillan: London/New York, 2014) European Journal of Development Research (vol. 27, no. 2, 2014): 333-335.

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee, “Status of Natural Resources Management in Africa: Capacity Development

Challenges and Opportunities” in Kobena Hanson, Cristina D'Alessandro, Francis Owusu.

Managing Africa’s Natural Resources: Capacities for Development (London: Palgrave MacMillan.2014), Chapter 2.

 

M.S. Grindle and M.E. Hilderbrand, “Building Sustainable Capacity in the Public Sector: What can be done?, Public Administration and Development, 15(5) 1995: 441-463.

 

WEEK 9

 

10. Public Service Provision and Delivery

 

J. Itika, K. de Rider & A. Tollenaar (eds.) Theories and Stories in African Public Administration (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2011).

 

B. W.Carroll and D. Siegel, Service in the Field: The World of Front-line Public Servants (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 1999).

 

J. Tendler, Good Government in the Tropics (Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins, 1997).

 

R.C. Crook and Joseph R.A. Ayee “Urban Service Partnerships, 'Street level Bureaucrats' and Environmental Sanitation in Kumasi and Accra, Ghana: Coping with Organisational Change in the Public Bureaucracy”, Development Policy Review, (on line) Vol. 24, No. 1 (2006): pp. 51-73.

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee and R.C. Crook, “‘Toilet Wars’: Urban Sanitation Services and the Politics of Public-Private Partnerships in Ghana”, Institute of Development Studies Working Paper, No. 213, University of Sussex, UK, December 2003: 1-34.

 

World Bank, World Development Report 2004: Making Services Work for Poor People (Washington DC: World Bank).

 

WEEK 9

 

11. Reform of and Innovations in Public Administration

 

G. E. Caiden and P. Sundaram, “The Specificity of Public Service Reform”, Public Administration and Development, Vol 24: 373-383.

 

Y. Dror, The Capacity to Govern: A Report to the Club of Rome (London: Frank Cass, 2002).

 

F. L.K. Ohemeng and J.R.A. Ayee “The ‘New Approach’ to Public Sector Reforms in Ghana: A Case of Politics as Usual or a Genuine Attempt at Reforms?” Development Policy Review, ISSN: 1467-7679, Vol. 34, No. 2 (2016): 277-300.

 

 

J.R.A. Ayee, “Public Sector Reform in Africa:  A State-of-the-Art”.  Commonwealth Innovations Review, Vol. 21, No. 3 September (2015): 14-28.

 

J.R.A. Ayee, “The Developmental State Experiment in Africa: The Experiences of Ghana and South Africa”, The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 102, No. 3 June (2013): 259-280.

 

J.R.A. Ayee, “Improving the Effectiveness of the Public Sector in Africa Through the Quality of Public Administration” in Kobena Hanson, George Kararach and Timothy M. Shaw (eds.) Rethinking Development Challenges for Public Policy: Insights from Contemporary Africa. London: Palgrave MacMillan: London, 2012), Chapter 3, pp. 83-116.

 

J.R.A. Ayee, Reforming the African Public Sector: Retrospect and Prospects, CODESRIA Green Book, Dakar: CODESRIA, 2008), vii+175pp.

 

J.R.A. Ayee, “Public Sector Management in Africa”, Economic Research Working Paper (African Development Bank), No. 82, (November 2005): 1-60.

 

J.R.A. Ayee, "Ghana" in Ladipo Adamolekun (ed.) Public Administration in Africa: Main Issues and Selected Country Case Studies, 2^nd edn. (Ibadan: Evans Publishers, 2011), Chapter 15,  pp.355-387.

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee and J.T. Dickovick, “Ghana: Decentralization in at Two-Party Democracy”, in J. Tyler Dickovick and James S. Wunsch (eds.) Decentralization in Africa: The Paradox of State Strength  (Boulder, CO.: Lynne Rienner, 2014), Chapter 5: 91-112.

 

WEEK 10

 

12. Public Financial Management

 

M. Andrews, “PFM in Africa: Where are we, how did we get here, where should we go? – Lessons from recent PEFA data and World Bank Public Financial Management Performance Reports”. Research study for Brookings Institution and World Bank, 2008.

 

M. Andrews, “Isomorphism and the Limits to African Public Financial Management Reform”, Faculty             Research          Working          Paper   Series, (2009) Harvard           Kennedy         School             at http://web.hks.harvard.edu/publications/getFile.aspx?Id=340 (Accessed 2/3/2015).

 

M. Andrews, “How Far Have Public Financial Management Reforms Come in Africa”, Harvard Kennedy             School,            Faculty            Research          Working          Paper   Series   (2010) at http://web.hks.harvard.edu/publications/getFile.aspx?Id=548 (1/3/2015).

 

D. Brautigam, O-H Fjeldstad and M. Moore (eds.) Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries: Capacity and Consent (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).

 

M. Cangiano, T. Curristine & M. Lazare (eds.) Public Financial Management and its Emerging Architecture. Washington, DC: IMF., 2013).

 

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) Public Financial Management: A Whole System Approach (volumes 1and 2) (London: CIPFA, 2010).

 

S. Fritz, S. Sweet & M. Verhoeven, “Strengthening Public Financial Management: Exploring Drivers and Effects”, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 7084 (2014): 1-53.

 

D.J. Fourie, “Technical Budgeting Problems in Anglophone African Countries”, African Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 9, No. 1 (March 2016): 70-85.

 

J. Itika, K. de Rider & A. Tollenaar (eds.) Theories and Stories in African Public Administration (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2011).

 

WEEK 10

 

13. Human Resources Management and Development

 

N.M. Riccucci, “Human Resources Management: Current and Future Challenges”, in D.C. Menzel

& H.L. White (eds.) The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities (New York/London: M.E. Sharpe, 2011), Chapter 8.

 

S.C. Selden, “Innovations and Global Trends in Human Resource Management Practices”, in B. Guy Peters and J. Pierre (eds.) The Handbook of Public Administration. (London: Sage, 2007), Chapter 3.

 

J.R. Thompson, “Labour Management Relations and Partnerships: Were They Reinvented? in B. Guy Peters and J. Pierre (eds.) The Handbook of Public Administration. (London: Sage, 2007), Chapter 4.

 

D. Olowu and L. Adamolekun, “Human Resources Management” in L. Adamolekun (ed.) Public Administration in Africa. (Ibadan: Evans Brothers, 2011), Chapter 7.

 

R.S. Dwivedi, A Textbook of Human Resource Management. (New Delhi: Vikas, 2007).

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee, “The Politics of Pay Reforms in Ghana”, Journal of African Political Economy and Development, Vol. 1, Issue 1 (December 2016), pp. 4-25.

 

 

WEEK 11

 

14. Ethics and Morality 

 

B. Guy-Peters & J. Pierre (eds.) The Handbook of Public Administration (London: Sage, 2012).

 

D.C. Menzel & H.L. White (eds.) The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2011).

 

L. Adamolekun (ed). Public Administration in Africa: Main Issues and Selected Country Studies. Ibadan: Evans Brothers, 2011).

 

J. Itika, K. de Rider & A. Tollenaar (eds.) Theories and Stories in African Public Administration (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2011).

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee, "A Code of Conduct for Public Officials: The Ghanaian Experience, 1992-96" International Review of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 63, No. 3 (September 1997): 369-375.

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee, Public Service in Africa: Ethics, in United Nations, African Public Service: New Challenges, Professionalism and Ethics ST/ESA/PAD/SER.E.20. (New York: United Nations, 2000): 65-72.

 

S.N. Woode, Values, Standards and Practices in Ghanaian Organizational Life (Accra: Asempa, 1997).

 

S.N. Woode, Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Temptations: Cases in Administration (Accra: Asempa, 1998).

 

S.N. Woode, Ethics in Business and Public Administration: Introductory Essays and Cases (Accra: Presbyterian Press, 2000).

 

S.N. Woode, Living the Values and Ethics of Public Service (Accra: Asempa, 2013).

 

WEEK 11

 

15. Globalization

 

Yilin Hou et.al. “The Case for Public Administration with a Global Perspective”, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 21 (January 2011): i45-i51. 

 

D.E. Uwizeyimana & K. J. Maphunye, “The Changing Global Public Administration and its Theoretical and Practical Implications for Africa”, Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research, Vol. 6, No. 4 (2014): 90-101.

 

J. Itika, K. de Rider & A. Tollenaar (eds.) Theories and Stories in African Public Administration (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2011).

 

C-K. Kim, “Public Administration in the Age of Globalization”, International Public Management Review, Vol 9(1) 2008: 39-54.

 

A. Farazmand, “Globalization and Public Administration”, Public Administration Review, Vol. 59(6) November/December 1999: 509-522.

 

 

 

WEEK 12

 

16. Gender 

 

M.J. D’Agostino & H. Levine, Women in Public Administration: Theory and Practice (Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett, 2011).

 

N.K. Weidenfeller, “Breaking through the glass wall: the experience of being a woman enterprise leader”.Human Resource Development International 15(3), 2012: 365–374.

 

M. Sbaharwal “From glass ceiling to glass cliff: Women in senior executive service”. Journal of Public             Administration             Research         and      Theory.                        2013.   Available         at: http://jpart.oxfordjournals.org/content/ early/2013/06/24/jopart.mut030.

 

N.O. Madichie,  “Breaking the glass ceiling in Nigeria: A review of women’s Entrepreneurship”. Journal of African Business 10(1), 2009, pp. 51–66.

 

M. Van Wart, “Public Sector Leadership: An Assessment”, Public Administration Review, 63(2), March/April, 2003, pp. 214-228.

 

WEEK 13

 

17. E-governance; E-government; and E-democracy

 

Andreasson, K. (ed.) Digital Divides: The New Challenges and Opportunities of e-Inclusion. Florida: CRC Press, 2015.

 

J.                   Itika, K. de Rider & A. Tollenaar (eds.) Theories and Stories in African Public Administration (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2011).

 

J.E. Awotwi & G. Owusu,  “Ghana Community Information Centers (CiCs): E-governance Success or Mirage?” Journal of E-Governance, 33(3) 2010: 157–167.

 

F. Ohemeng and K. Ofosu-Adarkwa, “Promoting Transparency and Strengthening Public Trust in

Government through Information Communication Technologies?: A Study of Ghana’s Egovernance Initiative”.  International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, 1(2), April-June: 25-42. 

 

Ojo, J.S. (2014). E-governance: an imperative for sustainable grass root development in Nigeria, Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research, 6(4): 72-89.

 

Otenyo, E. E., & Lind, N.S (2011). E-Government: The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Administration. New York: Teneo Press.

 

Joseph R.A. Ayee, “E-governance and Public Policy Making at the Local Level in Ghana”. Paper presented at a Symposium on “Using E-platform for Knowledge and Information Dissemination” at the 66^th Annual New Year School under the theme “Improving at the Performance of the Local Government System in the era of E-Governance” at the University of Ghana, Legon on 8^th January, 2015.

 

WEEK 13

 

18. Disaster Management 

 

Damon Coppola, Introduction to International Disaster Management 3edn. London: ButterworthHeinemann, 2015.

 

Jack Pinkowski, Disaster Management Handbook, Boca Raton, CRC Press, 2008.

 

Jeffrey B. Bumgarner, Emergency Management: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues) New York: ABC-CLIO, 2008.

 

D.C. Menzel & H.L. White (eds.) The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. New York/London: ME. Sharpe, 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEMINAR TOPICS

 

(1)       What is public administration? What are its features, strengths and weaknesses?

(2)       Examine the major approaches to the study of public administration.

(3)       Is there a difference between public administration, new public administration and public management? Illustrate your answer with concrete examples.

(4)       Examine the key values of public administration and how they have proved difficult to implement in African countries.

(5)       What contribution, if any, has Max Weber made to the study of bureaucracy? Illustrate your answer with examples.

(6)       The post-colonial state in Africa has largely been ineffective and inefficient. Discuss.

(7)       Comment on the view that the New Public Management has failed in Africa.

(8)       What is governance? What are its major features, forms, strengths and weaknesses?

(9)       What is leadership? What are its features, principles, strengths and weaknesses and how can the weaknesses be addressed?

(10)   What is public private partnership? What are its strengths and weaknesses? Give examples to illustrate your points.

(11)   Why is public service provision and delivery difficult in African countries and what can be done to address them?

(12)   Examine progress thus far made in implementing effective public financial management (PFM) in Africa.

(13)   Why and how can performance management improve productivity of staff in the public sector?

(14)   Examine pay reforms in the public sector in Ghana.

(15)   How can human resources be managed and developed in the public sector? Give examples to illustrate your points.

(16)   What is reform? What are its features, strategies, strengths and weaknesses? Give examples to illustrate your points.

(17)   Discuss the moral and ethical dilemmas facing public servants in Africa. Illustrate your answer with concrete examples.

(18)   What contribution, if any, has globalization made to the study of public administration?

(19)   Has the concept of gender enriched the study of the discipline of public administration? Give examples to illustrate your points.

(20)   Compare and contrast e-governance and e-government.

(21)   Define decentralization and local governance and explain why progress made by most African countries to achieving their objectives may be described as mixed.

(22)   Why are the concepts of accountability and transparency difficult to enforce in Africa?

(23)   Define corruption and discuss some of the key strategies implemented in Africa to address the canker.

(24)   What is Emergency/Crisis/Disaster Management? How relevant is the comprehensive approach to dealing with emergency management in Africa particularly, Ghana?