ADM1225: Administration and Organization in Public Context

Middle East Technical University: Political Science and Public Administration, Section 1

Course info

The instructor of this course is Prof. Dr. Hasan Engin Şener. To download the course outline, please click here.

Course Overview

This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the concepts, theories, and practices of public administration and organization including The Old Public Administration, The New Public Administration, Public Choice Theory, and The New Public Management, Governance, Postmodernism. Throughout the course, students will engage in discussions and debates on current issues and challenges facing public administration and organization. They will also be expected to complete readings, assignments, and a research paper related to the topics covered in the course. By the end of the course, students will have a solid understanding of the principles and practices of public administration, as well as a critical awareness of the complexities and challenges involved in managing public organizations.

Grading

Mid Term Exam Grade:

Mid Term Exam (50%) + Homework (40%) + Quiz (10%) + Bonus (if any)

Final Exam Grade:

Final Exam (50%) + Homework (40%) + Quiz (10%) + Bonus (if any)

Overall Grade:

40% of MTEG + 60% of FEG

Grading Scale:

Letter Grade Percentage Range
AA 90-100
BA 85-89
BB 80-84
CB 75-79
CC 70-74
DC 65-69
DD 60-64
FD 50-59
FF 0-49

Top Five Students

With great pleasure, I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations to the students listed below for their remarkable achievement of obtaining the highest grade. I truly appreciate their outstanding performance and believe they deserve recognition for their efforts. I would be more than happy to provide them with a reference letter to support their future endeavors and to acknowledge their hard work.

Final Top Five of 2021

  1. Selin Bayrak and Cemal Eren Güçlükol
  2. Alperen Birlik
  3. Mert Can Demirkay
  4. Aise Nur Can and Melike Akbay

Average grade for the class: 75/CB (40 students)

Final Top Five of 2020

  1. Berke Tufan
  2. Ahmet Safa Güler, Ecem Karakuş, İrem Gürel
  3. Öykü Kurun, Umut Metiner, Aslı Ceren Lort

Average: 76/CB (44 students)

Final Top Five of 2019

  1. Ezgi Balcı, Tuğba Yaren Çarıklı
  2. Ulvi Kağan Dağdeviren
  3. Reem Eleyan
  4. İpek Şevval Esen

Average: 65/DC (40 students)

Homework Format Requirements

  • Only the following word format is accepted for homework.
  • The annotation must have a title.
  • The manuscript should be one page long. (Minimum 500 words)
  • The font size should be 12-point.
  • The font should be Time New Roman.
  • The manuscript should be 1 spaced.
  • All margins should be 2,5 cm wide.
  • A cover page is not allowed.
  • Citations/Quotations (Turnitin similarity index) cannot be more than 30%.
  • All manuscripts should be submitted in due time.
  • All manuscripts should be uploaded via turnitin.
  • Week 1

    Introduction to the course

    Welcome to the first week of ADM1225 course. In this week, we will cover the basic concepts of public administration and its significance.

    Homework for the next week

    1: Read the following text called "Framing the public in public administration (in The Spirit of Public Administration, pages 27-43) by Frederickson" and choose one of the perspectives to public and explain why you have chosen that perspective.

    Deadline: 25-Mar-2021, 13:30

    Week 2

    The concepts and their definitions about public administration: The questions of administration, public, public administration 1

  • Frederickson, H. George (1997) The Spirit of Public Administration, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pages 27-43
  • Waldo, Dwight (1987 [1955]) "What is public administration?" in Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde (eds) Classics of Public Administration, 2nd edition, Chicago: The Dorsey Press, pages 229-241
  • Dunsire, Andrew (1973), Administration-The Word & The Science, London: Martin Robertson Press, pages 1-17.
  • Suggested reading in Turkish

  • Fişek, Kurthan (2005), Yönetim, Ankara: Paragraf Yayınları, sayfalar 31-45, 49-69, 87-101.
  • Homework for the next week

    2: Compare and contrast the term management and administration. (Deadline: 08-Apr-2021, 13:30)

    Week 3

    The concepts and their definitions about public administration: The questions of administration, public, public administration 2

  • Polatoğlu, Aykut (2000) Introduction to Public Administration: The Case of Turkey, Ankara: Metu, pages 1-5 (up to section 3)
  • Waldo, Dwight (1953) Ideas and issues in Public Administration: A book of readings, New York: McGraw-Hill, pages 49 - 63, includes "Bureaucratic Management" by Ludwig Von Mises, and "Government is Different" by Paul H. Appleby with the introduction by D. Waldo.
  • Nigro, Felix A. and Lloyd G. Nigro (1984) Modern Public Administration, Cambridge: Harper and Row, pages 3-11 only
  • Suggested BBC documentary

  • The great offices of state "Part 1"
  • Homework for the next week

    3: Read the following text called "Public Administrative Theory and the Separation of Powers by Rosenbloom" and choose one of the perspectives to public administration and explain why you have chosen that perspective. (Deadline: 15-Apr-2021, 13:30)

    Week 4

    Locus of public administration: Boundaries of public administration 1

  • Rosenbloom, David H. (1992 [1983]) “Public Administrative Theory and the Separation of Powers”, in Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde (eds) Classics of Public Administration, 3rd edition, California: Brooks-Cole Publishing Company, pages 510-522.
  • Herring, E. Pendleton (1992 [1936]) “Public Administration and the Public interest”, in Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde (eds) Classics of Public Administration, 3rd edition, California: Brooks-Cole Publishing Company, pages 75-79.
  • Goodnow, Frank (1992 [1900]) “Politics and Administration”, in Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde (eds) Classics of Public Administration, 3rd edition, California: Brooks-Cole Publishing Company, pages 25-28.
  • Suggested BBC Drama

  • Bleak House (adaptation of Charles Dickens)
  • Homework for the next week

    4.1. Please read the following short story called ("Poseidon by Kafka") and discuss what kind of a manager/administrator is Poseidon.

    4.2. Please read the following short story called "The Overcoat by Gogol" (http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Over.shtml), and discuss what kind of a bureaucrat is Akakiy Akakievitch. (Deadline:22-Apr-2021, 13:30)

    Week 5

    Locus of public administration: Boundaries of public administration 2

  • Weber, Max “The Presuppositions and Causes of Bureaucracy”, Gerth, H. H. And C. Wright Mills (eds) (1958) From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology, New York: Oxford University Press, pages 204 – 209.
  • Marx, Morstein (1957) The Administrative State, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, chapter 2, pages 16-33
  • Suggested readings in Turkish

  • Şener, H. E. (2020) Aklın Trajedisi ve Bir Suçlama Olarak Bürokrasi: Kafka'nın Dava'sı ve Şato'su, Memleket Siyaset Yönetim (MSY), Cilt 15, Sayı 33, Haziran 2020, 1-34.
  • Akbulut, Örsan Ö. (2005), Siyaset ve Yönetim İlişkisi-Kuramsal ve Eleştirel Bir Yaklaşım-, Ankara: TODAİE Yayını, sayfalar 142-155.
  • Suggested books from the literature

  • Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü (The Time Regulation Institute).
  • Franz Kafka, Dava (The Trial).
  • Suggested videos in Turkish