ADM4204 COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
| Course Code: | 3104204 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. AYŞE AYATA |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course the student will learn:
- the diversity of perspectives on administration structures, procedures and practice.
- the implications of the different styles of public administration for the provision of public services, public ethics, public accountability, the ‘ideal-type’ public administrator, and the administrative reform agenda.
- the style of public administration adopted in a selection of countries that have been informed by different public administration principles.
Course Content
This course is focused on public administration as a concept-the diversity of guiding general politico-administrative principles that determines how a government can administer the affairs of state within a governance framework-and as praxis-the diversity of perspectives on administration structures, procedures and practice. It explores the implications of the different styles of public administration for the provision of public services, public ethics, public accountability, the ideal-type public administrator, and the adminstrative reform agenda. It also reviews the style of public administarion adopted in a selection of countries that have been informed by different public administration principles.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
• explain the relationship between the different modes of societal governance and the styles of public administration
• explain and critically assess the contending approaches to public administration:
• explain the implications of the contending styles to public administration for:
• the style of public services provision
• the basis of public ethics
• the basis of justice
• the ‘ideal-type public administrator’
• the administrative reform agenda;
• describe the public administrative systems in a selecrtion of countries
• communicate ideas and information clearly and effectively English; and
• work effectively with others in the pursuit of common objectives
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to reach the information they need in their daily lives, and to interpret it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being in command of the basic concepts of law | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, economical, and social transformations that occur in a wide range of areas including local and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Defining and solving problems encountered in political, social, and economic life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being conscious, effective and rational citizens who can comprehend the transformations taking place in Turkey and in the world today | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being professionals who can operate as productive participants in any public organization | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having the knowledge about how public organizations function and how their decision making processes and mechanisms work | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Developing original solutions to the problems faced in relation to their own area of interest | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Critical thinking ability | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being in command of the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution