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Case Studies Questions:

***All Case Studies are attached individually***

Case Study 3: Exemplar of Politics and Public Management Rightly Understood

· What were the chief elements of John Gaus' administrative ecology that Robertson drew upon to run Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services?

· Explain how these elements were critical to achieving his goals?

· Were there any elements of Arnstein's ladder of participation in the discharge of street services function?

Case Study 5:

Read Case Study 5 in your textbook and answer the following questions:

· Identify the various actors of intergovernmental relations involved in the case

· In general, what does this case tell you about the complexity of IGR in this country and the work of public administrators in the 21st century?

Case Study 7: The Decision to Go to War in Iraq

Case Study 7:

· Who were the key actors involved in the decision-making to go to Iraq and how did their ideas evolve?

· Why were some actors involved and others excluded from the decision-making to go to Iraq and did the exclusion of some actors affect the decision that was made?

· How did professional careerists and political appointees who opposed the war attempt to influence the thought about going to war and why did they fail?

Case Study 10: Government as Catalyst:  Can It Work Again with Wireless Access

Read Case Study 10 in the textbook and respond to the following questions. 

· Describe examples from the case of the essential dimensions of collaborative management discussed earlier in Chapter 10

· Explain how the officials of Philadelphia identified the problems, framed options for solving the problem and finally created a workable plan of action to implement the MWN

Case Study 12: Death of a Spy Satellite Program

Read Case 12 in your textbook and respond to the following questions:

· Identify and explain the role of key actors who have influence over the budgetary process

· Explain how the budgetary constraints led to the outcome of the case

· Discuss the politics involved with the budgetary process

Case Study 13: The Tides of Reform Revisited:  Patterns in Making Government Work

Read Case Study 13 in your textbook and respond to the following questions:

· Identify and discuss how the expectations of the various actors in the case influenced the reforms and the setbacks to the reforms

· Discuss the general advantages and disadvantages of administrative reforms and use example to support your argument

Case Study 9:  The Shootings at the Columbine High School:  The Law Enforcement Response

Read Case Study 9 and respond to the following questions:

· Use this case to discuss the importance of effective administrative communications to decision making and performance and assess if the communication in the shooting incident was effective or not.  Be sure to cite relevant examples from the case to support your arguments