COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT APPROACHES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 3018 CURRENT APPROACHES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET NACI SEVKAL

Offered to

Public Administration
Public Administration

Course Objective

To learn and analiys current conceptual debates of social, economic and political changes developed in the globalistaion process and to interpret the changes and policies applied in public administration system.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to relate the changes in public administration theory and practice with historical perspective.
2   Being able to classify current developments in public administration
3   Being able to compare the capital accumulation process
4   Being able to questioning the purpose of being and fundamental values of public administration
5   Being able to interpret connection between the variables

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Conceptual analysis of the globalization process
2 Describe the basic characteristics of Fordism. From Fordist management model transition to Postfordist management model
3 Basic features of post fordism; flexibility in admnistration
4 Public administration model in fordist period; the integrity in administration
5 Public administration model in postfordist period; component in the administration
6 The process of privatization and public administration
7 The process of globalization and new public management approaches. Approach to public preferences and public administration
8 Midterm Exam
9 Midterm Exam
10 Agency theory and the Independent Administrative Authorities
11 Public management approach (public management).
12 Application of total quality management in public administration, exemplifying the application of total quality management in public administration in Turkey.
13 The new public management approach(new public management).
14 Network organization and governance in public administration. As a application of Governance: "Entrepreneurial Government" model.

Recomended or Required Reading

Ilker BELEK, Postkapitalist Paradigmalar, Sorun Yayınları, Istanbul, 1997.
Inönü Üniversitesi
Gencay ŞAYLAN, Değişim Küreselleşme ve Devletin Yeni Işlevi, Imge Kitabevi, No:109, Ankara, 1995.
Birgül A. GÜLER, Yeni Sağ ve Devletin Değişimi, TODAIE, No:266, Ankara, 1996
David HARVEY, Post Modernliğin Durumu, çev. Sungur Savran, metis y., Istanbul, 1997.
E. Ahmet Tonak (der) Küreselleşme, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara, Nisan 2000.
Gencay ŞAYLAN, Postmodernizm, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara, 1999

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical
At the end of the course, discussion based on questions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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