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Introduction

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Introductions

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Review Syllabus

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Public Administration - Art vs. Science

  

Readings

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Rainey, 3 - 23

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Tompkins, 1 - 8

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Ashworth, 34 - 44, 152 - 167, 178 - 184

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Handout - Bureaucratic problems

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Handout - Top 10 mistakes managers make

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Handout - Advice to young professionals

         

Lecture Notes

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Web Resources

Some of you may be interested in joining professional associations targeted at public administrators, local officials, coastal managers, or nonprofit agencies
bulletAmerican Society of Public Administration
bulletAssociation for Public Policy Analysis and Management
bulletThe Coastal Society
   

Movies that Might Be of Interest

An excellent movie (especially for those of you who are Frank Capra fans) that will help to get you in the spirit of the class is:

 

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) staring  Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Beulah Bondi:  It is the story of a young, naive congressman who goes to Washington to do good and ends up fighting what he thinks is wrong about the system.  What is interesting when you watch the film today is to watch the attitude of the press and how they report the news.  Have things really changed all that much?  Ranked 29 on the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movies.

  

Books that Might Be of Interest

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