Public Management

Course Syllabus

Yooil Bae, Nguyen Quy Tam

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Week

Date

Time

Activity

Monday, 26/02/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 1. Introduction and Organizational Meeting

Sandel, Michael J. 2012. "What Isn't for Sale?" The Atlantic Magazine, April 2012. Available at https://www.theatlantic.com/

Wednesday, 28/02/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 2. Big Questions of Public Management

Behn, R. 1995. "The Big Questions of Public Management" Public Administration Review 55(4): 313-324. http://www.jstor.org/stable/977122.***
Mintzberg, Henry. 1996. "Managing Government, Governing Management." Harvard Business Review, May-June Issue, Available at http://hbr.org/1996/05/managing-government-governing-management.

Monday, 05/03/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 3 (March 5) Public vs. Private: Principles and Values of Public Sector

Boyne, G. A. 2002. "Public and Private Management: What's the Difference?" Journal of Management Studies 39(1): 97-122. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-6486.00284/full.***

[Recommended]

Jorgensen, Torben B. and Barry Bozeman. 2007. "Public Values: An Inventory." Administration and Society 39: 354-381.
Rothestein, Bo and Jan Teorell. 2008. "What is Quality of Government? A Theory of Impartial Institutions." Governance 21(2): 165-190.

Wednesday, 07/03/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 4. Nature of Public Management

Bower, Joseph L. 1977. "Effective Public Management." Harvard Business Review March, 1977, available at https://hbr.org/1977/03/effective-public-management.
Shalala, D. E. 1998. "Are Large Public Organizations Manageable? Public Administration Review 58 (4): 284-89. http://www.jstor.org/stable/977557.***

Monday, 12/03/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 5 (March 12) Public Management 'Old' and 'New'

Van der Wal, Z. 2017. "Ch 2. 'Traditional' versus 'New'." The 21st Century Public Manager. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.17-36.***
Dunleavy, P. and Christopher Hood. 2009. "From Old Public Administration to New Public Management." Public Money and Management 14(3): 9-16. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09540969409387823?journalCode=rpmm20.

Wednesday, 14/03/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 6. Discussion - Future of Public Management?

Discussion Paper: Tierney, C. S. Cottle and K. Jorgensen. 2015. "GovCloud: The Future of Government Work." The Atlantic Magazine, Available at http://www.theatlantic.com/***

Monday, 19/03/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 7. Public Organizations and Bureaucratic Structure

Olsen, Johan P. 2005. "Maybe It Is Time to Rediscover Bureaucracy." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 16: 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mui027.***
Wilson, James Q. 1989. "Chapter 7. Constraints." Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It? New York: Free Press, p.113-136.***

Wednesday, 21/03/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 8. Organizational Culture

Holt, Troy. 2014. "Creating a Great Organizational Culture in the Public Sector." PA Times, at http://patimes.org/creating-great-organizational-culture-public-sector/"***
Case: Hofstede's Insight on National Culture, https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison/vietnam/ (please compare with other countries). Before you come to this class, please choose one specific country and tell your classmates why you choose them.

Monday, 26/03/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 9. Managing and Motivating People: Public Service Motivation

Ko, Kilkon and Kyu-Nam Jun. 2015. "A Comparative Analysis of Job Motivation and Career Preference of Asian Undergraduate Students." Public Personnel Management 44(2): 192-213. ***
Moynihan, Donald P. and Sanjay Pandey. 2007. "The Role of Organizations in Fostering Public Service Motivation." Public Administration Review 67(1): 40-53. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00695.x/full.

[Recommended]

Perry, J. L. 2000. "Bringing Society In: Toward a Theory of Public-Service Motivation." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 2: 471-488. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3525652.

Wednesday, 28/03/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 10. Benefit and Challenge of Meritocracy

Case: Bellows, Thomas J. 2009. "Meritocracy and the Singapore Political System." Asian Journal of Political Science 17(1): 24-44. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02185370902767581.***

Monday, 16/04/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 11. Managing Long-Term Time Horizons

Moore, Mark H. 1995. Creating Public Value: Strategic Management in Government. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.13-21, p.27-56.***
Brown, T. L. 2010. "The Evolution of Public Sector Strategy." Public Administration Review, Special Edition, p.212-14. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02275.x/abstract ***

Wednesday, 18/04/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 12. Strategic Planning in Public Sector

Boyne, G. A. and Walker R. M. 2010. "Strategic Management and Public Service Performance: The Way Ahead." Public Administration Review, Special Edition, p.s185-s92. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02271.x/abstract. ***

Monday, 23/04/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 13. Private Sector and Government Contracting

Prager, Jonas. 1994. "Contracting Out Government Services: Lessons from the Private Sector." Public Administration Review 54(2): 176-84. http://www.jstor.org/stable/976527 ***
Florini, Ann N. 2013. "The Public roles of the Private Sector in Asia: The Emerging Research Agenda." Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies 1(1): 33-44. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app5.1/pdf

Wednesday, 02/05/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 14. Performance Measurement and Business Principles

Hodge, Graeme A. and Ken Coghill. 2007. "Accountability in the Privatized State." Governance 20(4): 675-702. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0491.2007.00377.x/full ***

Monday, 07/05/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 15. Performance Measurement and Business Principles

Behn, R. D. 2003. "Why Measure Performance: Different Purposes Require Different Measures." Public Administration Review 63(5): 586-606. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1540-6210.00322/abstract. ***
Fountain, Jane E. 2001. "Paradoxes of Public Sector Customer Service." Governance 14(1): 55-73. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/0952-1895.00151/abstract. ***

Wednesday, 09/05/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 16. Managing Cross-Sectoral Collaboration

Van der Wal, Z. 2017. "Ch 11. Managing Cross-Sectoral Collaboration." The 21st Century Public Manager. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ***

Monday, 14/05/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 17. Case Discussion – Tri-Sector Leadership

Case: "Dealing with Unexpected Opposition: The Singapore Tourism Board and the Chinatown Enhancement Plan." Harvard Kennedy School Case at https://case.hks.harvard.edu/dealing-with-unexpected-opposition-the-singapore-tourism-board-and-the-chinatown-enhancement-plan/ ***
Lovegrove, N. and M. Thomas. 2013. "Why the World Needs Tri-sector Leaders," Harvard Business Review 13 February 2013. https://hbr.org/2013/02/why-the-world-needs-tri-sector.
Short Case: Eggers, W. D. and P. MacMillan. 2013. "Five Cross-Sector Partnerships Innovating to Solve Social Problems." The Guardian, 3 October 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2013/oct/03/five-ways-develop-solution-economy.
Video Interview: "What Does a Master's in Tri-Sector Collaboration Look Like?" by Ann N. Florini, available at https://youtu.be/O2CaAZ4OuuI (4:38).

Wednesday, 16/05/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 18. Managing Organization Change and Innovation

Donahue, A. K. and O'Leary R. 2012. "Do Shocks Change Organizations? The Case of NASA." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory." 22(3): 395-425 https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mur034. ***
Kotter, J. P. 2007. "Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail." Harvard Business Review, 96-103. https://hbr.org/2007/01/leading-change-why-transformation-efforts-fail.

Monday, 21/05/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 19. Cases and Discussions: Innovation and Artificial Intelligence

Mehr, Hila. 2017. "Artificial Intelligence for Citizen Services and Government." Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard University, Available at https://ash.harvard.edu/files/ash/files/artificial_intelligence_for_citizen_services.pdf
Case: Gwee, June and Neo Boon Siong. 2013. "A Library for the People: A Case Study of the National Library Board." Singapore: Civil Service College. https://www.cscollege.gov.sg/Knowledge/Pages/A-Library-for-the-People-A-Case-Study-of-the-National-Library-Board.aspx – *** This is a case of Singapore Library Reform. Similar case study is available at Harvard Business School.

Wednesday, 23/05/2018

13:30 - 15:00

Session 20. Public Management in Developing Countries

Brinkerhoff, D. W. and Brinkerhoff J. M. 2015. "Public Sector Management Reform in Developing Countries: Perspectives beyond NPM Orthodoxy." Public Administration and Development 35(4): 222-237. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.1739/full. ***
Painter, M. 2002. "Public Administration Reform in Vietnam: Problems and Prospects." Public Administration and Development 23(3): 259-271. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.249/abstract. ***

Readings 20.1. Public Sector Management Reform in Developing Countries: Perspectives Beyond NPM Orthodoxy (Internet access)

Derick W. Brinkerhoff, Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

Date: 14/02/2019 17:44; File size: 7,954 bytes

Readings 19.2. A Library for the People: A Case Study of the National Library Board (Internet access)

June Gwee, Neo Boon Siong

Date: 14/02/2019 17:43; File size: 7,976 bytes

Readings 19.1. Artificial Intelligence for Citizen Services and Government (Internet access)

Hila Mehr

Date: 14/02/2019 17:41; File size: 7,977 bytes

Readings 18.2. Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail (Internet access)

John P. Kotter

Date: 14/02/2019 17:40; File size: 8,314 bytes

Readings 17.3. Five Cross-Sector Partnerships Innovating to Solve Social Problems (Internet access)

William D. Eggers

Date: 14/02/2019 17:39; File size: 8,394 bytes

Readings 17.2. Why the World Needs Tri-Sector Leaders (Internet access)

Nick Lovegrove & Matthew Thomas

Date: 14/02/2019 17:39; File size: 7,984 bytes

Reading 16. The 21st century public manager : challenges, people and strategies. Chapter 11

Zeger van der Wal

Date: 01/03/2018 15:09; File size: 85,376 bytes

Reading 15.2. Paradoxes of Public Sector Customer Service (Internet access)

Jane E. Fountain

Date: 14/02/2019 17:38; File size: 7,871 bytes

Reading 13.2. The Public roles of the Private Sector in Asia: The Emerging Research Agenda (Internet access)

Ann Florini

Date: 14/02/2019 17:37; File size: 7,996 bytes

Reading 11.1. Creating public value: strategic management in government. Pages 13.-21, 27-56

Mark H. Moore

Date: 01/03/2018 15:12; File size: 85,376 bytes

Reading 9.3. Bringing Society in: Toward a Theory of Public-Service Motivation (Internet access)

James L. Perry

Date: 14/02/2019 17:34; File size: 8,470 bytes

Reading 8.2. Country Comparision: Vietnam (Internet access)

Hofstede’s Insight on National Culture

Date: 14/02/2019 17:33; File size: 7,913 bytes

Reading 8.1. Creating a Great Organizational Culture in the Public Sector ((Internet access)

Troy Holt

Date: 14/02/2019 17:32; File size: 8,026 bytes

Reading 5.1. The 21st century public manager : challenges, people and strategies. Chapter 2

Zeger van der Wal

Date: 01/03/2018 14:47; File size: 85,376 bytes

Reading 4.2. Are Large Public Organizations Manageable? (Internet access)

Donna E. Shalala

Date: 14/02/2019 17:32; File size: 8,018 bytes

Reading 4.1. Effective Public Management (Internet access)

Joseph L. Bower

Date: 14/02/2019 17:31; File size: 7,938 bytes

Reading 3. Public and Private Management What's the Difference (Internet access)

G. A. Boyne

Date: 14/02/2019 17:31; File size: 8,384 bytes

Reading 2.2. Managing Government, Governing Management (Internet access)

Henry Mintzberg

Date: 14/02/2019 17:30; File size: 7,982 bytes

Reading 1. What Isn’t for Sale (Internet access)

Michael J. Sandel

Date: 14/02/2019 17:29; File size: 29,349 bytes

Lecture 18-20. Managing Innovative Culture and Public Administration in Developing Countries

Yooil Bae

Date: 23/05/2018 14:12; File size: 845,738 bytes

Lecture 16. Managing Cross-Sectoral Collaboration

Yooil Bae

Date: 14/05/2018 11:15; File size: 631,011 bytes

Lecture 15. Using Business Strategies in Public Organizations

Yooil Bae

Date: 09/05/2018 10:53; File size: 557,358 bytes

Lecture 14. Accountability

Yooil Bae

Date: 02/05/2018 12:47; File size: 461,452 bytes

Lecture 13. Private Sector and Government Contracting

Yooi Bae

Date: 23/04/2018 13:30; File size: 401,565 bytes

Lecture 11 & 12. Managing Short-term and Long-term Horizon

Yooil Bae

Date: 18/04/2018 13:47; File size: 552,582 bytes

Lecture 10. Meritocracy: Good and Bad

Yooil Bae

Date: 28/03/2018 11:31; File size: 234,259 bytes

Lecture 9. Public Service Motivation

Yooil Bae

Date: 26/03/2018 11:38; File size: 513,666 bytes

Lecture 8. Organizational Culture

Yooil Bae

Date: 21/03/2018 10:21; File size: 449,838 bytes

Lecture 7. Bureaucracy and Public Organizations

Yooil Bae

Date: 19/03/2018 14:53; File size: 491,840 bytes

Lecture 6. E-government (Future)

Yooil Bae

Date: 14/03/2018 11:04; File size: 431,758 bytes

Lecture 5. Public Management: Old and New

Yooil Bae

Date: 12/03/2018 15:23; File size: 569,790 bytes

Lecture 4. Public vs. Private (cont.)

Yooil Bae

Date: 07/03/2018 10:28; File size: 588,142 bytes

Lecture 3. Public vs. Private

Yooil Bae

Date: 05/03/2018 16:04; File size: 348,409 bytes

Lecture 2. Big Questions of Public Management

Yooil Bae

Date: 27/02/2018 14:56; File size: 276,206 bytes

Lecture 1. Introduction

Yooil Bae

Date: 27/02/2018 14:56; File size: 544,021 bytes

This course is designed to explore significant developments and themes in the field of public management. This course serves the needs of those who wish to learn how public, private, and non-profit sectors as well as general citizens work together in producing 'public goods.'

The objective of this course is for students to gain an overview of both issues and practices related to public management while acquiring skills for working in small groups. Detailed course objectives are:

Provide students with a clear understanding of the characteristics of public management
Enhance student’s understanding of core competences required to comprehend public organizations’ environment and strategically manage their stakeholders and their operations.
Increase students’ awareness and expertise of managerial strategies, tools and practices they may enact to reach public organization’s objectives and to improve their performances.
Enable students to develop their skills and techniques needed to be successful public managers.
Provide students with comparative methods & the examples of best practices.

Instructor: Bae Yooil

Teaching Fellow: Nguyen Quy Tam

Tutor: Tran Huong Giang

MPP2019-543

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