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Comparative Public Management Spring 2009

Comparative Public Management Spring 2009. An introduction to the course. Who is doing this to you?. Randall Baker, professor since 1985 at SPEA, Indiana University. I am now, 2009, retiring to a Distinguished Professorship in Europe, 1/1/09

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Comparative Public Management Spring 2009

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  1. Comparative Public ManagementSpring 2009 An introduction to the course

  2. Who is doing this to you? • Randall Baker, professor since 1985 at SPEA, Indiana University. • I am now, 2009, retiring to a Distinguished Professorship in Europe, 1/1/09 • My biography, publications etc can be found on the website, to which I shall introduce you next.

  3. My books related to this course Why AMERICA ISN’T Europe Never Was: Never Will Be Randall Baker And John Karaagac

  4. Now to business Go to the following Website http://classwebs.spea.indiana.edu/bakerr Click on “Courses” Then open up “Comparative Public Management” • First, and foremost, all the resources for this course are on the web. • I am distributing a label with the website address and you should fix this onto your notebook • Before the next class, I would like you to browse through this and familiarize yourself with it. • Your syllabus, assignments, readings, schedule, all are there, and it is updated continuously. • If you would like to post something, send it to me.

  5. The Syllabus • Click on this command Syllabus click here • And it will take you to the Syllabus, which informs you about: • Texts • Assignments • Background to the course

  6. Week by Week • If you click onWeek by Week click here it will take you to a rough guide to the succession of topics week by week. • This is not exact, but will let you know where we are in the grand scheme of things.

  7. Articles • I try to keep the course up-to-date by posting useful articles on the next heading Articlesclick here • You are invited to send me items in digital form to be added to this, from newspapers, magazines, etc. Sorry, but this has No Comparative or Management relevance

  8. The Glorious PowerPoints • Next on the home page, you come to the entry PowerPoints • If you click on this, precisely nothing will happen, because it is only a heading. • However, below these are the PowerPoints that we shall use in the course. This will enable you to follow up in the comfort of your own home

  9. Tasks for the Next Class • Make appointment with Psychiatric Care Facility, especially if you are writing this in your notebook. • Familiarize yourself with every aspect of the website, and in particular, email me if you are experiencing difficulties • You are going to need to choose a country, which must be a developed democracy. Write it down, with your name, and hand it to me in the next class. • Why?

  10. Some central questions. • What are typically "American" perspectives on other countries and their Public Services? • Why make comparisons at all? Isn’t every government culture-specific? • What are the parameters of success in government? Are they, to any degree, universal? • What are the methods available for making comparisons among governments? How reliable are they? • What emerges as the distinctive characteristics of US public service? •  How does the public service relate to the principles of democracy here and elsewhere? •  How are the major changes in the role, and even the nature of the state, likely to affect the public service in the new Millennium?

  11. Tasks: February 23. • Select your chosen country, which you will keep through the semester. • Two weeks from now, come to class with your first exercise: Select what you consider to be the five most ‘successful’ countries in the developed world. For each of them, say why you think they are successful. Two sides, A4 computer printed. • Study the website so you understand it, and read chapter 1 in the online text book. I will tell you how to find that. Do this before the next class.

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