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Readings
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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). |
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Reserve Readings
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The following readings are on reserve in
the library: |
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Reserve #1 |
Woodrow Wilson. "The Study
of Administration." Political Science Quarterly 2 (no. 2,
1887): 197 - 222 (Available in JSTOR) |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Case Studies On Reserve
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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