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Government Administration explores the fundamental structures, functions, and processes of public sector management at local, regional, and national levels. The course examines the role of government agencies, the principles of public administration, and the interplay between elected officials and civil servants. Students will study key concepts such as organizational theory, policy implementation, budgeting, leadership, and ethical decision-making within the public sector. Through case studies and practical examples, the course prepares students to understand the complexities of governance and develop skills in effective administrative practice and public service delivery.
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Managing the Public Sector 9th Edition by Grover Starling
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Chapter 1: The Nature of Public Administration
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Q1) The exercise the authority by government or, more precisely, the system and method by which that authority is exercised defines
A)governance.
B)public management.
C)the new public administration.
D)legitimization.
E)the science of administration.
Answer: A
Q2) However diverse the activities of public administrators might seem, research indicates that the activities of these managers can he categorized into 10 roles.Which of the following is NOT such a role?
A)Figurehead
B)Entrepreneur
C)Disturbance handler
D)Arbitrator
E)Liaison
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Political-Legal Environment of Administration
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Q1) One of the more enduring sources of bureaucratic power is the phenomenon of A)subsystem politics or iron triangles.
B)issue networks.
C)legislative entente.
D)federalism.
E)political action committees (PACs).
Answer: A
Q2) The <i>Federal Register</i> provides
A)a list of all members of Congress and their committee assignments.
B)all statutes of the nation still in force.
C)rules, directives, executive orders, and regulations.
D)the names and affiliations of all registered Washington-based lobbyists.
E)court interpretations of the Administrative Procedures Act.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Intergovernmental Relations
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Q1) According to H.George Frederickson and his colleagues, how have U.S.cities adapted their structures since 1900?
Answer: According to H. George Frederickson and his colleagues, U.S. cities have adapted their structures since 1900 in response to various social, economic, and environmental changes. These adaptations have included the development of zoning regulations to control land use, the construction of infrastructure to support growing populations, and the implementation of urban planning initiatives to address issues such as transportation and housing. Additionally, cities have also adapted their governance structures to better meet the needs of their residents, including the establishment of city councils, mayors, and other local governing bodies. Overall, the adaptations made by U.S. cities since 1900 have been aimed at creating more efficient, sustainable, and livable urban environments for their residents.
Q2) How do categorical grants differ from block grants?
Answer: not answered
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Chapter 4: Administrative Responsibility and Ethics
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Q1) What men and women would choose if they saw clearly, thought rationally, and acted disinterestedly and benevolently defines
A)rational choice or public choice.
B)codes of conduct.
C)utilitarianism.
D)general will.
E)public interest.
Q2) The concept of due process is stated for the state courts in
A)the Fifth Amendment.
B)the Tenth Amendment.
C)the Fourteenth Amendment.
D)the Charter of the National Conference of State Attorneys General.
E)the Olmstead decision (1928).
Q3) How might utilitarianism be made a little less theoretical so that the general ideas behind it could be incorporated into practical management decision making?
Q4) Explain how a representative bureaucracy is, in theory, supposed to encourage administrative responsibility.Why might the theory not work in practice?
Q5) What is the difference between malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance?
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Chapter 5: Planning
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Q1) Discuss the three stages of crisis management.
Q2) A proposed set of specific actions intended to implement a plan is called a A)program.
B)policy.
C)goal.
D)model.
E)game plan.
Q3) The second step in strategic planning is to align activities, core processes, and resources.What exactly does this mean?
Q4) According to Mitroff and Alpaslan, the three essential steps in crisis management are prevention, preparation, and ______________.
A) management
B) feedback
C) containment
D) planning
E) learning
Q5) List and briefly explained the four types of program evaluation found in the federal government.
Q6) Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the rational planning model.
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Chapter 6: Decision Making
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Q1) Explain the importance of discounting in cost-benefit analysis.
Q2) In the table above, a program to increase reading scores is a success when
A)W minus X is greater than Y minus Z.
B)W minus X is less than Y minus Z.
C)X minus W is greater than Z minus Y.
D)X minus W is less than Z minus Y.
E)X is greater than W.
Q3) Which of the following has NOT been identified by cognitive psychologists as a bias in human decision making?
A)Lack of confidence
B)Seeing only one dimension of uncertainty
C)Giving too much weight to readily available or most recent information
D)Ignoring laws of randomness
E)Being reluctant to audit and improve decision making
Q4) In the drawing on the left, box E is best described as
A)a building block problem.
B)a unique problem.
C)a cosmetic solution.
D)a quick fix.
E)an opportunity.
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Chapter 7: Organizing
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Q1) According to Keidel, Drucker, and other management experts, which of the following types of organization is particularly well suited to serve as a kind of model for work in the information revolution?
A)Football team
B)Baseball team
C)Basketball team
D)Symphony orchestra
E)Hospital emergency room team
Q2) Weber identified three types of legitimate authority.What are they and how do they differ?
Q3) List and discuss some of the common characteristics of the reinventing government movement.
Q4) Executive branch organizations tend to lack coherence primarily because of A) budgetary shortfalls
B) White House micromanagement
C) congressional committees
D) the relative inexperience of political appointees
E) internalization of subgoals
Q5) Briefly explain the seven traits of an effective organization.
Q6) What do organization charts show? What are their limitations?
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Chapter 8: Leading
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Q1) Which of the following management theorist said with more precision than any of his predecessors that different people require different treatment by management?
A) Roethlishberger
B) Mayo
C) Maslow
D) Herzberg
E) McGregor
Q2) Two early advocates of a more humanistic perspective on management were
A) R.H.Franke and J.D.Kaul
B) Eugene E.Jennings and Richard E.Boyatzis
C) Mary Parker Follett and Chester Bernard
D) William James and Sigmund Freud
E) Ralf Dahrendorf and C.Wright Mills
Q3) "In contrast to Frederick Taylor, who saw workers responding primarily to economic incentives, Barnard recognized complexities of human motivations." Discuss.
Q4) What are factors foster group cohesiveness?
Q5) Though groups follow no rigid patterns, researchers find that most groups develop in four stages.List and briefly discuss each.
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Chapter 9: Implementation
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Q1) What are the strengths and weaknesses of a management-by-objectives system?
Q2) Why is the distinction between micromanagement and management-by-exception important?
Q3) Compare and contrast the following three scheduling models: Gantt chart, CPM, and PERT.
Q4) In the case study "Friendly Fire," how did practical drift occur?
Q5) Piling on, easy money, not our problem, and tokenism are all cited by Eugene Bardach to
A)evaluate and analyze the process of implementation by a system of games.
B)confuse your associates with gobbledygook.
C)describe the complexity of joint action.
D)illustrate political corruption at the local level.
E)describe the strategies and tactics that agency heads use to avoid increased political control.
Q6) List and briefly discuss some of the games Bardash sees occurring during implementation.
Q7) What is privatization?
Q8) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) establishes two basic methods of obtaining full and open competition in government contracts.Identify these two methods and explain how they differ.
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Chapter 10: Human Resources Management
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Q1) Which act replaced the spoils system with a merit system of public personnel administration?
A) Ethics in Government Act
B) Pendleton Act
C) Civil Service Reform Act
D) Public Personnel Management Reform Act
E) Lloyd-LaFollete Act
Q2) General William Creech as head of the Tactical Air Command was widely cited as a prime example of
A)a leader who surrounded himself with outstanding people and then delegated as much authority as possible.
B)a "new school" manager.
C)an "old school" manager.
D)a symbolic manager.
E)a knowledge manager.
Q3) What is organizational culture and why is it important to administration?
Q4) Traces the development of public personnel management in the United States from "government by a gentleman" to "government by shared power."
Q5) What did the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 do?
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Chapter 11: Public Financial Management
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Q1) Among other things, auditing seeks to determine whether accounting controls prevent fraud.What are some of the more popular methods that have been used to steal from the government?
Q2) What type of accounting records expenditures when an obligation is incurred (as one records a check when it is written, not when the bank actually makes payment) and records revenues when earned (for example, when taxes are due, not when the taxpayer actually pays)?
A)The Austrian school of accounting
B)Fund accounting
C)Accrual accounting
D)Time-phased accounting
E)Cost accounting
Q3) What are the three criteria a financial manager can use to evaluate his or her revenue options?
Q4) According to Allen Schick, there are three purposes of a budget.List these purposes and explain how these purposes shaped the budget's format.
Q5) Discuss the ways in which policymakers simplify the budget process.
Q6) What is the difference between the budget deficit and the national debt? How big a problem is the federal deficit?
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Chapter 12: Information Management
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Q1) According to the analysis presented in the text, the space shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 was due to a breakdown in what phase of the information management process?
A) acquiring
B) processing
C) securing
D) accessing
E) presenting
Q2) Define knowledge management.What are the key features of a knowledge management program?
Q3) Which of the following authors thinks there is a close analogy between what takes place in the mind of a leader planning an action and what happens to the artist at the moment of conception?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Dwight Eisenhower
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) Winston Churchill
E) Tom Clancy
Q4) Compare and contrast the following terms: data, information, and knowledge.
Q5) "Reason and instinct do not represent rival views of leadership." Explain.
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