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Course description
This course approaches POSI 3316 “Introduction to Public Administration (PA)” a bit differently. I believe that one learns how to be a good public administrator by first learning to be a good citizen. Our Introduction to PA class will practice the skills it takes to participate in public life and, over the course of the semester, I will do my best to challenge you to think critically and to apply these ideas to your professional life (in public service or any other job).

This class, then, takes a broader approach than most to preparing you for a career in public service; training students to become “professional citizens.” You may not be familiar with this term. A professional citizen, according to Lester Salamon, is “a person who works, and is trained to work, whether in a paid or volunteer capacity, on public problems—to identify them, to analyze them, to devise solutions to them, and to implement actions that alleviate them—whether they are employed in governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, or even for profit companies in roles that focus on the solution of public problems.” I think this philosophy responds to a central concern in 21st century public administration—meeting the rising demand for graduates who are prepared to work closely with citizens and possess skill in democratic and collaborative governance.

Much of public administration education and practice focuses on the development and application of technical expertise— particularly management skills useful for directing large, bureaucratic, and hierarchical organizations. As a class we will explore the contention that the realities of modern public administration such as eroding trust in government, decreasing hierarchy within and among organizations, and a growing recognition that government alone cannot solve public problems have exposed limitations to traditional management skills. Much (if not most) of the work of government is now accomplished thorough a wide variety of networks and partnerships often referred to as collaborative governance. We will evaluate the impact of this shift and you will have a chance to decide whether or not approaching "Introduction to Public Administration" as learning to become a “professional citizen” meets the needs of contemporary public service.

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