Public Policy Analysis
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Course Introduction
Public Policy Analysis explores the systematic process of evaluating, developing, and implementing policies within governmental and organizational contexts. The course covers key analytical frameworks, models, and tools used to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of public policies. Students learn to identify policy problems, conduct stakeholder analysis, design alternative solutions, assess potential impacts, and provide evidence-based recommendations. Through real-world case studies and practical exercises, students gain critical thinking and research skills necessary for informed policy decision-making and developing solutions to complex societal issues.
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Public Administration in Canada 2nd Edition by Paul Barker
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Chapter 1: What Is Public Administration
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Q1) Which type of institution mandates Canadian content in various cultural products?
A)Crown corporations
B)government departments
C)independent tribunals
D)regulatory agencies
Answer: D
Q2) The size and role of the public service in Canada was downsized in the 1990s.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) "Excessive bureaucratic influence" focuses on the large role of public servants in the making of public policy, and a belief that they decide on major policy initiatives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Values and Ethics in Public Administration
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Q1) Which type of approach did John Langford claim was more direct, specific, and to the point?
A)values approach
B)ethical approach
C)rules approach
D)public approach
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is similar in meaning to objective responsibility?
A)administrative accountability
B)loyalty
C)identification
D)psychological responsibility
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following does <b>NOT</b> concern administrative accountability?
A)political
B)legal
C)institutional
D)procedural
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Public Administration and Organization Theory:
The Structural Foundation
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Q1) Which characteristic of span of control is more significant at the lower levels of the organization than the upper levels?
A)the nature of work supervised
B)the overall stability/instability of the organization
C)the level of training of the subordinates
D)the extent of the geographical decentralization of work
Answer: B
Q2) POSDCORB was a term identified by Henri Fayol.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) One of the main criticisms of Weber's work was that he spent too much time on the human side of organizations and not enough on the structural aspects of bureaucracy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Public Administration and Organization Theory:
The Humanistic Response and Beyond
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Q1) Total Quality Management is a form of Participatory Management.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following theories suggests that "there is no one best way to organize, but any way of organizing is not equally effective"?
A)Participative Approach
B)Open Systems Theory
C)Contingency Theory
D)Douglas's Theory Y
Q3) Total Quality Management was popularized in the 1980s and 1990s and its focus was on the service sectors.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Herzberg, factors that lead to dissatisfaction are known as hygiene factors.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Public Administration and Organization Theory:
The New Public Management, Governance, and Beyond
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Q1) How can we best describe Canada's approach to public sector reform with the adoption of New Public Management?
A)more moderate and less discernible than the UK, New Zealand, and Australia.
B)the most extreme approach in the Western world
C)about the same as the UK, New Zealand, and Australia
D)nonexistent since Canada never adopted the NPM model
Q2) Petro Canada is still a Crown corporation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following theoretical propositions contends that the essence of any large organizational form is <b>NOT</b> based on a Weberian ideal-type bureaucracy?
A)Post-Bureaucratic Organization Theory
B)Managerialism
C)New Public Management
D)Public Choice Theory
Q4) Open government fosters citizen engagement.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Government Departments and Central Agencies
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Q1) Which government organization is subject to the greatest degree of political control?
A)government departments
B)regulatory agencies
C)Crown corporations
D)special operating agencies
Q2) A department is structured hierarchically similar to the Weberian bureaucratic model.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is a cabinet committee?
A)Prime Minister's Office
B)Treasury Board Secretariat
C)Treasury Board
D)Privy Council Office
Q4) Crown corporations are less autonomous than government departments.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Crown Agencies
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Q1) Which of the following is a regulatory agency?
A)Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC)
B)Canada Post
C)National Energy Board
D)Canada Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC)
Q2) Which of the following has <b>NOT</b> been privatized and still remains a Crown corporation (as of 2017)?
A)Canada Post
B)Petro Canada
C)Air Canada
D)Canadian National Railway
Q3) Courts have no jurisdiction or authority to control the actions of independent regulatory agencies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Crown corporations only exist at the federal level.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Alternative Service Delivery ASD
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Q1) Governments can enter into a variety of partnership agreements with private sector or non-profit organizations.Which type of partnership is considered to be a true partnership, where both risks and rewards are shared and both parties have a mutual dependency for sharing financial resources to achieve common objectives?
A)collaborative
B)consultative
C)community development
D)operational
Q2) Which of the following services are highly commercialized?
A)private enterprises
B)service agencies
C)departmental corporations
D)special operating agencies
Q3) What category does Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) fall into?
A)special operating agency
B)Crown corporation
C)departmental corporation
D)service agency
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Chapter 9: The Executive and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) Which of the following central agencies is staffed by partisan appointees?
A)Department of Finance
B)Privy Council Office
C)Prime Minister's Office
D)Treasury Board Secretariat
Q2) Which of the following central agencies have a departmental form and report to a ministry?
A)Department of Finance and Treasury Board Secretariat
B)Department of Finance and Privy Council Office
C)Privy Council Office and Prime Minister's Office
D)Privy Council Office and Treasury Board Secretariat
Q3) In addition to incorporating values, public servants also exercise power.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is another term for prime ministerial government?
A)rationale government
B)ad hoc government
C)court government
D)central government
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Chapter 10: Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Relations
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Q1) A successful department requires that the deputy minister "manage down."
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is another name for horizontal management?
A)intradepartmental relations
B)transdepartmental relations
C)interdepartmental relations
D)external relations
Q3) Which of the following statements is accurate?
A)The deputy minister is the head of all departments.
B)The minister must be an elected member of the party in power.
C)The minister is not responsible for all actions of the department.
D)There are no statutes to specify the duties of the minister.
Q4) Many of the departmental responsibilities are prescribed in law.
A)True
B)False
Q5) One of the Deputy minister's functions is to manage the department.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Legislature and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) The Senate does not have any committees.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer reports to the House of Commons and Senate through Scrutiny of Regulations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Who passed legislation in 2006 to incorporate the new position of accounting officer into the responsibilities of the deputy minister?
A)Stephen Harper
B)Jean Chretien
C)Paul Martin
D)Brian Mulroney
Q4) Legislative committees are established to examine a specific issue, such as same-sex marriage.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: The Judiciary and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) Which type of writ is issued by a superior court to quash a decision already taken by an inferior tribunal?
A)prohibition
B)mandamus
C)certiorari
D)habeas corpus
Q2) What does <i>ultra vires</i> mean?
A)"hear the other side"
B)"no one should be a judge in his or her own case"
C)"first among equals"
D)"beyond the power"
Q3) Which section of the <i>Charter</i> protects individuals from discrimination based on race, colour, religion, and sex?
A)Section 7!
B)Section 8!
C)Section 15!
D)Section 25!
Q4) The remedy of awarding damages is only available for administrative functions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Intergovernmental Administrative Relations
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Q1) Which type of federalism did the Quiet Revolution help precipitate?
A)co-operative federalism
B)unilateral federalism
C)open federalism
D)competitive federalism
Q2) Which province received equalization payments for the first time at the turn of the 2010 decade?
A)Prince Edward Island
B)Newfoundland
C)British Columbia
D)Ontario
Q3) The period since the rejection of the Charlottetown Agreement has been referred to as "constitutional normalcy."
A)True
B)False
Q4) The very first period of federalism is known as classical federalism.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Non-Governmental Actors and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) Groups are advised to attempt to influence policy at the earliest possible stage of its development.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the term given to the legitimate means by which groups and individuals try to influence government decisions through direct contact with politicians and public servants?
A)lobbying
B)public opinion polls
C)judicial action
D)free-riding
Q3) Which level of public involvement tries to involve the public more actively in government affairs?
A)Level 1!
B)Level 2!
C)Level 3!
D)Level 4!
Q4) Lobbying and advocating are very similar activities.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: The Management of Human Resources
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Q1) Which of the following is also known as the Royal Commission on Government Organization?
A)Lambert Commission
B)Glassco Commission
C)Civil Service Commission
D)D'Avignon Committee
Q2) Which of the following is responsible for deputy ministerial and governor-in-council appointments?
A)Office of the Chief Human Resources officers
B)Public Service Commission
C)Privy Council Office
D)Individual Departments
Q3) Even though cuts were made to the public service in the 1990s, there was annual growth in the size of the public service until 2011.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Public Service Labour Relations Board is a quasi-judicial tribunal.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Representative Bureaucracy and Employment
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Q1) Which of the following groups require more representation at the executive level?
A)visible minorities
B)disabled persons
C)aboriginal peoples
D)women
Q2) Departments and agencies are required to run employment equity programs to promote representativeness and fairness in the public service.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The values arising from socialization are not reflected whatsoever in the behaviour of public servants or their recommendations and decisions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Pay equity programs try to devise a job evaluation method that removes sex biases from job classifications.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: The Budgetary Process
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Q1) The "totals" in the budget only includes revenues and expenditures.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following includes a management improvement focus that also provides decision makers with cost-minimization techniques?
A)line-item budgeting
B)performance budgeting
C)program budgeting
D)incremental budgeting
Q3) Which of the following makes up the bulk of governmental expenditures?
A)operating expenses
B)transfer payments
C)capital amortization
D)gas tax fund
Q4) Territorial Formula Financing is a form of major transfer from federal to provincial and territorial governments.
A)True
B)False
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