Administrative issues, like control, accountability, and efficiency, as well as policy issues, like effectiveness, are involved. Greater involvement by the private sector dramatically alters patterns of public administration. Examine and apply public-private cooperation methods in a field or work setting. Focus on the implications and issues of public-private cooperation in a policy, program, or administrative area. While many of the readings focus on the process and issues of public-private cooperation on the national or international level, there will also be considerable discussion on the state and local level.
Public administration trends like third party government and privatization.
The partnership of government and business in public policy implementation. Accordingly, several learning techniques are employed in this course. In addition to lectures and assigned readings, there are structured discussions that follow a graduate seminar format, small group and focused discussions of readings, a self-directed small group research project, and independent research. Since this is a graduate course, lectures are limited in scope. The instructor will usually summarize and add material not included in assigned readings.