PADM 700 Public Administration Ethics, Statesmanship, & Governance 6

Discussion Thread: Governance in Public Administration — Case Study

Apply concepts related to governance in a specific, researched public administration case study. Whatever source is used for the actual case study must focus on a real-world public administration situation that is being discussed and analyzed in the chosen article.

The article can be qualitative or quantitative in nature, but it must specifically focus on the public administration context.

Remember to synthesize your research and findings with the required readings and presentations for this week and a Biblical/covenantal model of statesmanship, leadership and organizational behavior.

And with all assignments you will see my comment/questions—how are you going to make this new knowledge 1) personal and 2) actionable. I always encourage each of to ask these questions of each assignment and knowledge: 1) What am I learning? 2) So What? What is the value of this information or knowledge? Is it important to me? and 3) So What? If so, how will I apply it to my life and work?

Overview

In this module you will explore governance in public administration. Additionally, this module will discuss the interaction of governance (transitional and permanent) and public policy, guided by core ethical principles. 

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

· Evaluate the practice of governance in the public administration context.

· Build upon the analysis of classmates with new research and ideas.

· Synthesize a Biblical/covenantal model of statesmanship, leadership and organizational behavior with the above.

Learn

· Read: Fischer: pp. 63 — 69

· Read: Shafritz and Hyde: Chapter 21

· Read: Collaborative Governance: Integrating Management, Politics, and Law

· Read: From Responsiveness to Collaboration: Governance, Citizens, and the Next Generation of Public Administration

· Watch: Lesson 8 — Structure and Culture

Apply

Apply concepts related to governance in a specific, researched public administration case study. Whatever source is used for the actual case study must focus on a real-world public administration situation that is being discussed and analyzed in the chosen article.

The article can be qualitative or quantitative in nature, but it must specifically focus on the public administration context.

Remember to synthesize your research and findings with the required readings and presentations for this week and a Biblical/covenantal model of statesmanship, leadership and organizational behavior.

Here are my recommendations for this assignment:

Asks/Assignment: Seek out a peer-reviewed academic journal article that addresses a real-world public administration governance situation being discussed and analyzed in the chosen article. Introduce the topic to the professor and student colleagues in a robust discussion board post briefing the professor, and the class, on the governance challenges inherent within your selected case study topic. 

In your posting (and   label/title each section):

Post: 

· Definition: What is “governance”? Please share your definition of governance. 

· Section 1: The context of your selected case study—what the rest of us need to know so we will understand the case study and your analysis. 

· Section 2: Present and assess the governance challenge inherent in the article. 

· Section 3: What could have been done differently to maximize results, i.e., what would you have done to improve the outcomes of the case study? 

Post Thread Details: 

Students will take part in 4 Discussions in which you will conduct a case study of an observed study in a public administration context. The analysis will be based upon the concepts you learned and discussed in the previous module’s essay assignment, writing 450-500 words in the initial thread.

For the case study, students are welcome to cite a scholarly source, but if they do, it must not be merely a theoretical/philosophical discussion. Instead, whatever source is used for the actual case study must focus on a real-world public administration situation that is being discussed and analyzed in the chosen article. Students will in turn apply concepts discussed in the previous Module: Week’s essay to analyze the situation, in addition to the required reading and presentations from the current Module: Week. Remember: it will be important to do both!

· 450-500 words 

· Ideas and citations from all the required reading and presentations from the Module/Week (listed above)

· Ideas and citations from  two scholarly sources 

· In this course, Discussions play an exceptionally important role. Consider these threads and replies to be formal communications on the same level as those you would conduct with employers, clients, or colleagues in the professional, political, or academic world. As such, they must be free of grammatical errors, must be properly formatted in current APA style, and must consist of well-reasoned, contemplative, and substantive posts and replies, rather than mere ipse dixit. These threads and replies must be adequately supported by citations of the sources or support for your ideas as well as any quoted materials.

· Open, courteous discussion will yield the greatest opportunities for growth in this class. Both responding to other students and responding to the instructor will count as 1 reply post. Remember that the art of communication is in many ways the lifeblood of effective political leadership. Everything you write—every paper, post, and email—creates or reinforces an impression of you. Begin to cultivate the communication skills of the statesman and stateswoman—the ability to speak the truth logically and persuasively with compassion and respect. Each response post must include new research and analysis and must build upon the ideas communicated in the original post. Thus, they must go beyond merely restating and affirming what a classmate has said and instead bring in more depth, research, and analysis. Accordingly, each response post must include citations from the required reading and presentations.

· Cite the case study and reference.

· Briefly explain/ summarize the case study/example you chose—to help us understand the context (what agency, where, when, who are the stakeholders, what is the context, what actions were taken, what results, etc.)

· Identify the ethical questions/issues obvious in the case example.

· Assess whether that person (or persons) acted ethically; and

· Put yourself in that person’s shoes.  What would you have done?