Course info
The instructor of this course is Prof. Dr. Hasan Engin Şener. To download the course outline, please click here.
Course Overview
This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the concepts, theories, and practices of public administration and organization including The Old Public Administration, The New Public Administration, Public Choice Theory, and The New Public Management, Governance, Postmodernism. Throughout the course, students will engage in discussions and debates on current issues and challenges facing public administration and organization. They will also be expected to complete readings, assignments, and a research paper related to the topics covered in the course. By the end of the course, students will have a solid understanding of the principles and practices of public administration, as well as a critical awareness of the complexities and challenges involved in managing public organizations.
Grading
Mid Term Exam Grade:
Mid Term Exam (50%) + Homework (40%) + Quiz (10%) + Bonus (if any)
Final Exam Grade:
Final Exam (50%) + Homework (40%) + Quiz (10%) + Bonus (if any)
Overall Grade:
40% of MTEG + 60% of FEG
Grading Scale:
Letter Grade | Percentage Range |
---|---|
AA | 90-100 |
BA | 85-89 |
BB | 80-84 |
CB | 75-79 |
CC | 70-74 |
DC | 65-69 |
DD | 60-64 |
FD | 50-59 |
FF | 0-49 |
Top Five Students
With great pleasure, I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations to the students listed below for their remarkable achievement of obtaining the highest grade. I truly appreciate their outstanding performance and believe they deserve recognition for their efforts. I would be more than happy to provide them with a reference letter to support their future endeavors and to acknowledge their hard work.Final Top Five of 2021
- Selin Bayrak and Cemal Eren Güçlükol
- Alperen Birlik
- Mert Can Demirkay
- Aise Nur Can and Melike Akbay
Average grade for the class: 75/CB (40 students)
Final Top Five of 2020
- Berke Tufan
- Ahmet Safa Güler, Ecem Karakuş, İrem Gürel
- Öykü Kurun, Umut Metiner, Aslı Ceren Lort
Average: 76/CB (44 students)
Final Top Five of 2019
- Ezgi Balcı, Tuğba Yaren Çarıklı
- Ulvi Kağan Dağdeviren
- Reem Eleyan
- İpek Şevval Esen
Average: 65/DC (40 students)
Homework Format Requirements
Week 1
Introduction to the course
Welcome to the first week of ADM1225 course. In this week, we will cover the basic concepts of public administration and its significance.
Homework for the next week
1: Read the following text called "Framing the public in public administration (in The Spirit of Public Administration, pages 27-43) by Frederickson" and choose one of the perspectives to public and explain why you have chosen that perspective.
Deadline: 25-Mar-2021, 13:30
Week 2
The concepts and their definitions about public administration: The questions of administration, public, public administration 1
Suggested reading in Turkish
Homework for the next week
2: Compare and contrast the term management and administration. (Deadline: 08-Apr-2021, 13:30)
Week 3
The concepts and their definitions about public administration: The questions of administration, public, public administration 2
Suggested BBC documentary
Homework for the next week
3: Read the following text called "Public Administrative Theory and the Separation of Powers by Rosenbloom" and choose one of the perspectives to public administration and explain why you have chosen that perspective. (Deadline: 15-Apr-2021, 13:30)
Week 4
Locus of public administration: Boundaries of public administration 1
Suggested BBC Drama
Homework for the next week
4.1. Please read the following short story called ("Poseidon by Kafka") and discuss what kind of a manager/administrator is Poseidon.
4.2. Please read the following short story called "The Overcoat by Gogol" (http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Over.shtml), and discuss what kind of a bureaucrat is Akakiy Akakievitch. (Deadline:22-Apr-2021, 13:30)
Week 5
Locus of public administration: Boundaries of public administration 2
Suggested readings in Turkish
Suggested books from the literature
Suggested videos in Turkish
- Ahmet Hamdi Tampınar bize ne öğretti?
- Kafka bize ne öğretti?
- Taylor, Frederick W. (1992 [1912]) “Scientific Management”, in Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde (eds) Classics of Public Administration, 3rd edition, California: Brooks-Cole Publishing Company, pages 29-32.
- Braverman, Harry (1984 [1974]), “The Real Meaning of Taylorism”, Frank Fischer and Carmen Sirianni (ed.), Critical Studies in Organization & Bureaucracy, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, pages 55-61.
- Şener, H.E. (2013) The Universality and Objectivity of the Capitalist Management Techniques in the Context of Taylorism and Market. Full text, TODAIE's Review of Public Administration, Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2013, pp.81-95.
- Henry, Nicholas (1975) Public Administration and Public Affairs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, pages 69-79 are must but it is recommended that you read from 55 to 79.
- Lipsky, Michael (1992 [1980]) “Street-Level Bureaucracy: The Critical Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats”, in Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde (eds) Classics of Public Administration, 3rd edition, California: Brooks-Cole Publishing Company, pages 476-484.
- Wilson, Woodrow (1992 [1887]) “The Study of Administration”, in Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde (eds) Classics of Public Administration, 3rd edition, California: Brooks-Cole Publishing Company, pages 11-24.
- Sayre, Wallace S. (1968 [1958]) “Premises of Public Administration: Past and Emerging” in A. M. Willms and W. D. K. Kernaghan (eds.) Public Administration in Canada: Selected Readings, Toronto: Methuen, pages 26-30.
- Yes, Minister
- Yes, Prime Minister
- Akbulut, Ö. Ö. (2005), Siyaset ve Yönetim İlişkisi-Kuramsal ve Eleştirel Bir Yaklaşım-, Ankara: TODAİE Yayını, sayfalar 75-82, 91-101, 106-114.
- Frederickson, H. George (1992 [1971]) “Toward a New Public Administration”, in Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde (eds) Classics of Public Administration, 3rd edition, California: Brooks-Cole Publishing Company, pages 368 - 381.
- Özgür, Hüseyin (2003) “Yeni Kamu Yönetimi Hareketi”, Çağdaş Kamu Yönetimi -I, (Editörler) Muhittin Acar ve Hüseyin Özgür, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, ss. 183-224.
- How America's public schools keep kids in poverty
- Hood, C. (1991). A public management for all seasons? Public Administration. 69, 3-19.
- Ostrom, V. and Ostrom, E. (1971) Public Choice: A Different Approach to the Study of Public Administration, Public Administration Review, 31(2):203-216.
- Akbulut, Ö. Ö. (2007), “Kamu Yönetiminde İşletmecilik Sorunu”, Mülkiye, Bahar, Cilt XXXI, Sayı 254, sayfalar 73-86.
- Aksoy, Şinasi (1995) “Yeni Sağ ve Devletin Değişimi”, Kamu Yönetimi Disiplini Sempozyumu Bildirileri 2. Cilt, Ankara:TODAİE Yayını, sayfalar 159-173.
- Şener, H. E. (2003). Yeni Sağın Yerellik Söylemindeki Değişimi Anlamlandırmak. Full text Kamu Yönetimi Dünyası Dergisi 4 (16), 2-8.
- Şener, H. E. (2004) Postmodern Dönemde Devleti Modernleştirmek: Yeni İşçi Partisi'nin Kamu Hizmeti Anlayışı. Full text, Amme İdaresi Dergisi 37 (3) 121-146.
- Şener, H. E. (2007). Kamu Yönetiminde Postmodernizm. Full text In Ş. Aksoy ve Y. Üstüner (Ed.) Kamu Yönetimi:
- Yöntem ve Sorunlar (pp. 27-44). Ankara: Nobel. Üstüner, Y. (2000) “Kamu Yönetimi Kuramı ve Kamu İşletmeciliği Okulu”, Amme İdaresi Dergisi, c. 33 (3), sayfalar 15–31.
- Rhodes, R. (1996). The new governance: Governing without government. Political Studies, 44(4): 652-667. (652-659 must, and the rest is recommended.)
- Bovaird, Tony (2002) “Public Management and Governance: Emerging trends and potential future directions” in Eran Vigoda (ed) Public Administration: An Interdisciplinary Critical Analysis, New York: Marcel Dekker, 345-356 must, but pages 345-376 are recommended.
- European Commission (2001) European governance - A white paper [COM(2001) 428 final - Official Journal C 287 of 12.10.2001].
Suggested Reading in Turkish:
- Üstüner, Yılmaz (2003) “Siyasa Oluşturma Sürecinde Ağ Yönetişimi Kuramı” (The theory of Network Governance in the policy-making process), Amme İdaresi Dergisi, c.36 (3), sayfalar 49-65.
- Frederickson, George H. and Kevin B. Smith (2003), The Public Administration Theory Primer, Oxford: Westviev Press, pages 127-159 [Postmodern Theory]
- Şener, H. E. (2005). Kamu Yönetiminde Katılım ve Çoğulculuk. Full text Amme İdaresi Dergisi, 38 (4), 1-22.
- Şener, H. E. (2007). Kamu Yönetiminde Postmodernizm. Full text In Ş. Aksoy ve Y. Üstüner (Ed.) Kamu Yönetimi: Yöntem ve Sorunlar (pp. 27-44). Ankara: Nobel.
- Şener, H.E. & Özcan, K. (2015) Post-yapısalcılıktan Post-modernizme: Kamu Yönetiminde Yeni Perspektifler [From Post-structuralism to Post-modernism: New Perspectives in Public Administration] (pp.11-46) in Ö. Köseoğlu & M.Z. Sobacı (Eds.) Kamu Yönetiminde Paradigma Arayışları: Yeni Kamu İşletmeciliği ve Ötesi, Bursa:Dora.
- Lost Highway (1997)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- The Matrix (1999)
- Death of Modern Architecture: Official Trailer - the Pruitt-Igoe Myth: an Urban History
- Black Mirror (TV Series 2011– )
- The first episode contains very disturbing images. So, you may prefer to start from the second episode.
- Heper, M. and Berkman, Ü. (2002) "Political Dynamics and Administrative Reform in Turkey," Administrative Reforms in Developing Nations, (Ed.) A. Farazmand, Greenwood: USA, pp. 151- 162.
- Şener, H. E. (2009) Administrative Reform as an Opportunity: The EU Accession Process in Hungary and Turkey. Full text (pp. 299-311). Ankara: Phoenix.
- The Constitution of the Republic of Turkey
- The Constitution of the United States
- Şener, H.E. (2013) Türkiye’deki Türkiye’deki Kamu Personel Politikalarının Bir Analizi. Full text., iç. Mete Yıldız ve Mehmet Zahid Sobacı (Der.). Kamu Politikası: Kuram ve Uygulama (s. 586-603). Ankara: Adres Yayınları.
- Turan, İlter (2003 [1999]) “Türk Bürokrasisinde Süreklilik ve Değişim”, Burhan Aykaç, Şenol Durgun ve Hüseyin Yayman (der.) Türkiye’de Kamu Yönetimi içinde, sayfalar 121 – 144.
Week 6
Focus of public administration: Public administration at work
Suggested book from the literature
Fyodor Mihayloviç Dostoyevski, Yeraltından Notlar (Notes from Underground)
Homework for the next week
6: Read the following parable called "Before the Law by Kafka" and explain and discuss the function or power of the gatekeeper. (Deadline: 16-May-2021, 23:59)
Week 7
Focus of public administration: Public administration at work 2
Week 8
Mid-Term Exam
Week 9
The history of administration and public administration: The past, the present and the future of the disciplin
Suggested satirical sitcoms
Suggested readings in Turkish
Homework for the next week
Compare and Contrast Old Public Administration and New Public Administration. (Deadline: 27-May-2021 13:30)
Video: Old Public Administration
Week 10
The New Public Administration
Suggested reading in Turkish
Suggested Ted Talk
Homework for the next week
Compare and Contrast New Public Administration (see Frederickson above) and New Public Management (see Hood below). (Deadline: 03-June-2021 13:30)
Compare and Contrast New Public Management and Governance. (Deadline: 10-June-2020 23:59)
Video: New Public Administration
Week 11
Public Choice Theory and The New Public Management
Required Readings
Suggested Readings in Turkish
Homework for the next week
Compare and Contrast New Public Management and Governance. (Deadline: 10-June-2020 23:59)
Video: New Public Management
Week 12
Governance
Homework for the next week
10: Compare and Contrast New Public Management and Postmodern Public Administration. (Deadline: 17-June-2021 13:30)
Compare and Contrast New Public Management and Governance. (Deadline: 10-June-2020 23:59)
Video: Governance
Week 13
Postmodernism
Suggested readings in Turkish:
Suggested movies:
Suggested documentary:
Suggested Netflix TV Series:
Compare and Contrast New Public Management and Governance. (Deadline: 10-June-2020 23:59)
Video: Postmodernism