POS 709/809 Advanced Public Administration

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Course Outline
Introduction
This graduate-level course is intended to provide an introduction to the field as well as serve a basis for further advanced studies in Public Administration. The course assumes no prior background – academic or work-related – in Public Administration. It introduces students to the concepts and practices of Public Administration primarily from the standpoint of its institutional framework and intellectual development. Cases, conceptual material, administrative theorists’ profiles, and other secondary sources will be drawn upon as a means for understanding the central ideas, values, perspectives, and processes of Public Administration.
 A major research project/seminar work will be assigned to develop a current intellectual map of Public Administration. Its purposes aim to sharpen research skills plus enhance an appreciation of the complexity of public organizations. Drawing upon students’ work experiences as well as career interests will also supplement classroom learning about the current issues and realities of Public Administration.
The course critically examines various models or approaches to public administration. The aim is to enable students to understand and evaluate rival theoretical approaches and analytical arguments about the nature and functioning of public administration. The theoretical arguments of the course are closely linked to empirical evidence. The course is comparative: the students should draw on empirical material from more than one country.
Topics
1. Conceptual Analysis
2.  Public Administration Theories
3.   Personnel Administration
4. Public Financial Administration
5. Governance Models
6. Public enterprises
7.  Globalisation and Governmental Administration
8. Decentralisation and Intergovernmental Relations.
9. Human Resource Management
Case Studies
Nigeria, Britain, United States of America and France  

Recommended Textbooks
1. Heady, Ferrel.  2001.  Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective.  (6th Ed.) New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.
2. Fox, C.J., & Miller, H.T. (1995). Postmodern public administration: Bureaucracy, modernity, and postmodernity. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press.
3.  Ladipo Adamolekun (2002) Public Administration in Africa: Main Issues and selected Country Studies, Ibadan: Spectrum Books
4. Pfiffner, J.M and R.V. Presthus (1960) Public Administration, New York, Ronald Press.
5. Stillman,   H.R.J.   (1980)  Public   Administration:   Concepts   and   Cases, London, Houghton Mifflin.
6. Waldo, Dwight (1955) The Study of Public Administration, New York, Random House
7. Feit, E. et at (1978) Government and Leaders:  An approach to Comparative Politics, Houghton, Mifflin Company


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