Readings

Most of the course readings are contained in the following books that can be purchased at local book stores or through vendors on the internet:
   
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Rainey, Hal. G.. Understanding and Managing Public Organizations. Fourth Edition (Edison, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009).

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Tompkins, Jonathan R. Organization Theory and Public Management (Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth, 2005). ISBN 0-534-17468-X

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Ashworth, Kenneth. Caught Between the Dog and the Fireplug, or How to Survive Public Service. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2001).

   

Reserve Readings

The following readings are on reserve in the library:
  
Reserve #1
Woodrow Wilson. "The Study of Administration." Political Science Quarterly 2 (no. 2, 1887): 197 - 222 (Available in JSTOR)
  
Reserve #2
Cole Blease Graham. Jr. and Steven W. Hays. "3: Organizing" in Managing the Public Organization. Second Edition (Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1993). pp. 69 - 106. 
  
Reserve #3
Michael T. Charles, "The Last Flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger" in Richard Stillman Public Administration: Concepts and Cases. Seventh Edition. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company). pp. 110 - 122
   
Reserve #4 - Recommended
Barbara S. Romzek and Melvin J. Dubnick. "Accountability in the Public Sector: Lessons from the Challenger Tragedy." in Frederick S. Lane (ed.) Current Issues in Public Administration. Fifth Edition (New York, NY: St Martin's Press, 1994). pp. 158 - 176.
  
Reserve #5

Cole Blease Graham. Jr. and Steven W. Hays. "5: Leadership" in Managing the Public Organization. Second Edition (Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1993). pp. 155 - 203.

   
Reserve #6

Garnett, James L. "Communicating Effectively." in James L. Perry (ed.) Handbook of Public Administration. Second Edition (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1996). pp. 665 - 681.

   
Reserve #7
Faerman, Sue R. "Managing Conflicts Creatively." in James L. Perry (ed.) Handbook of Public Administration. Second Edition (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1996). pp. 632 - 646. 
   
Reserve #8 - Recommended
Gardner, Gerald T. and Paul C. Stern. "Chapter 11: Human Interactions with Complex Systems: "Normal" Accidents and Counterintuitive System Behavior." in Environmental Problems and Human Behavior. Second Edition (Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2002). pp. 277 - 316.
  
Reserve #9

Salamon, Lester M.. "The New Governance and the Tools of Public Action: An Introduction." in Lester M. Salamon (ed.) The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2002). pp. 1 - 47.

  
Reserve #10
Barzelay, Michael with Babak J. Armajani. "Breaking Through Bureaucracy." in Jay Shafritz, Albert C. Hyde, and Sandra J. Parkes (eds.) Classics of Public Administration, Fifth Edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsorth/Thompson Learning, 2004). pp. 533 - 555.
  
Reserve #11

Eugene Bardach. "Turf Barriers to Interagency Collaboration" in Donald F. Kettl and H. Brinton Milward (eds) The State of Public Management (Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996). pp. 168 - 192.

   

Case Studies On Reserve

Reserve #12
John Bartlow Martin, "The Blast in Centralia No. 5: A Mine Disaster No One Stopped," in Richard Stillman (Ed.) Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, Eighth Edition (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005), pages 31 - 44.
   
Reserve#13
Laura S. Sims, "Reinventing School Lunch: Transforming a Food Policy into a Nutrition Policy," in Richard Stillman (Ed.) Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, Eighth Edition (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005), pages 451 - 463.
   
Reserve #14
George Lardner, Jr., "How Kristin Died," in Richard Stillman (Ed.) Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, Eighth Edition (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005), pages 64 - 75.
  
Reserve #15
William Langewiesche, "American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center," in Richard Stillman (Ed.) Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, Eighth Edition (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005), pages 168 - 177. 
   
Reserve #16
Maureen Hogan Casamayou, "The Columbia Accident," in Richard Stillman (Ed.) Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, Eighth Edition (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000), pages 112 - 121.
  
Reserve #17
Jack H. Nagel, "The MOVE Disaster,"in Richard Stillman (Ed.) Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, Eighth Edition (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005), pages 235 - 250.
  
Reserve #18
Susan Rosegrant, "The Shootings at Columbine High School: The Law Enforcement Response" in Richard Stillman (Ed.) Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, Eighth Edition (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005), pages 274 - 295.
   
 

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