NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Institution for Better Life GRADUATE SCHOOL Laoag City Syllabus Semester/Academic Year/Course Code/Course

Title

Professor

Shermon O. Cruz 0999-553-9946 / cruzshermon@gmail.com

Course Prerequisite Course Description

: : This course is designed to expose the graduate student in the fundamentals of public administration. It explains and analyzes public administration from the point of view of three wellestablished coherent perspectives: management, politics and law. It will explore new trends and challenges in public administration at the local and national government levels. 3 units (3 hours per meeting)

Credit

Learning Goals and Objectives: 1. To explore and discuss public administration as a field of study and as a profession. 2. Explain to students the nature of the field and discuss the major theories, principles of public administration. 3. Provide students with an overview of PA in the socio-cultural context of the Philippines. 4. Explore the conceptual and general aspects of public administration, define public administration and tackle the broader issue of globalization and its impact on public administration. 5. Discuss new trends and challenges in the management of the affairs of bureaucracy brought about by local realities and international dynamics.

Week

Topic/Activity

Teachers Role 1. Discuss and explain the changing context and approaches in the management of public affairs vis--vis traditional values and perspectives 2. Discuss and explain the paradigms that continue to gain currency in Philippine public administration as field of study, defining its scope, definition and legacies. 3. Discuss PA in the context of public bureaucracy, as a field of study. 1. Discuss the nature and meaning of governance and government as the exercise of authority in an organization. 2. Discuss the context of government as the Art of governing, its processes and influences (globalization, nationalism, environmentalism, feminism, challenges and response). 3. Review the development of the discipline.

Students Responsibility y Participate in class discussions. Read the reading materials in advance. Explain and create scenarios to justify own concepts and application of the topic and activity in the workplace.

Week 1-2

Definition and Scope of the Study of Public Administration in the Philippines

Week 3-4

The Concept of Governance

Participate in class discussions. Read the reading materials in advance. Explain and create scenarios to justify own concepts and application of the topic and activity in the workplace.

Week 5-6

The Nature of and Need for Policy Studies

1. Identify the basic elements of public policy studies and know the significance of policy studies in public administration. 2. Discuss the American experience, ideas and issues 3. Discuss the context of congressional committees and Philippine Policymaking: The Case of the Anti-Rape Law

Participate in class discussions. Read the reading materials in advance. Explain and create scenarios to justify own concepts, share experiences and application of the topic in the workplace. Take note of important concepts, keywords, lessons Participate in class discussions. Read the reading materials in advance. Explain and create scenarios to justify own concepts, share experiences and application of the topic in the workplace. Take note of important concepts,
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Week 7-8

The Nature and State of Local Government

1. Know about local governments, how they relate to the national government and what they can or actually do for people in a polity. 2. Present basic concepts and present the situation in the Philippines. 3. Discuss the concept of decentralized democratic governance under the Local

Government Code. Week 9-10 Reforming Government: New Concepts and Practices in Local Public Administration in the Philippines. 1. Discuss and explain the concept of reform in local public administration. 2. Discuss and explain the concept of decentralization, privatization, alternative service delivery to improve local governance. y

keywords, lessons Participate in class discussions. Read the reading materials in advance. Explain and create scenarios to justify own concepts, share experiences and application of the topic in the workplace.

Week 10-11

The Culture Perspective in Organization Theory: Relevance to Philippine Public Administration

Take note of important concepts, keywords, lessons 1. Discuss and y Participate in explain the context class of public discussions. administration y Read the from a cultural reading perspective. materials in 2. Show PA history advance. and experience, y Explain and nuances, create intricacies in scenarios to Philippine public administrative justify own system. concepts, 3. Discuss various share perspective experiences (western and nonand western context) application of of organization the topic in the theory and leadership.
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workplace. Take note of important concepts, keywords, lessons 1. Discuss and y Participate in explain class privatization in discussions. the context of y Read the public sector reading reforms. materials in 2. Discuss the advance. theoretical y Explain and basis of create privatization, scenarios to features and effects. justify own 3. Discuss and concepts, explain the share Philippine experiences Privatization and policy. application of 4. Discuss the prospects and the topic in the futures of workplace. governing. Take note of important concepts, keywords, lessons 1. Discuss and y Participate in explain the role class of the voluntary discussions. sector in the new y Read the public reading management. materials in 2. Discuss and advance. explain the y Explain and meaning, nature, create roles of the scenarios to voluntary sector in public justify own management. concepts, 3. Discuss the ways share by which the experiences voluntary sector and can enrich PA
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Week 12-13

Privatization, the Role of the State and the Future of Governing

Week 14-15

The Place of Voluntary Sector Management in the Discipline

application of the topic in the workplace. Take note of important concepts, keywords, lessons y Participate in class discussions. y Read the reading materials in advance. y Explain and create scenarios to justify own concepts, share experiences and application of the topic in the workplace. Take note of important concepts, keywords, lessons y Participate in class discussions. y Read the reading materials in advance. y Explain and create scenarios to justify own concepts, share

Week 16-17

Increasing Social Access to Basic Services: An Examination of Relevant Concepts and Practices

1. Discuss and explain the nature, purpose and function of social services in the context of public administration. 2. Discuss and explain the limits of redistribution through increased access to basic services. 3. Explore the associated with increasing social access.

Week 18

Building a Framework for Participatory Governance

1. Discuss the role of the citizens in development process. 2. Discuss the importance of citizen engagement in the development process. 3. Discuss the mechanisms and approaches to building a framework for

participation in governance. 4. Discuss the role of the community and community organizing to enhance administrative accountability and public administration. Reference Materials Books

experiences and application of the topic in the workplace. Take note of important concepts, keywords, lessons

Bautista, Victoria et al. Public Administration in the Philippines: A Reader. Second Edition. National College of Public Administration and Governance. University of the Philippines. Diliman, Quezon City. 2003. Carino, Ledivina ed. Conquering Politico-Administrative Frontiers: Essays in Honor of Raul P. De Guzman. Quezon City. University of the Philippines College of Public Administration and the University of the Philippines Press. 1995. Friedrich, Karl. Public Policy and the Nature of Adminstrative Responsibility. Public Policy. Cambridge. Harvard University. 1940. Preschle, Klaus and Sosmena Jr., Gaudisio. The Local Government Bureaucracy and Local Fiscal Administration. Local Government Development Foundations. 2006. Rosenbloom, David et al. Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector. McGraw-Hill International Edition. Sevent Edition. 2009.

Journals Briones, Leonor Magtolis. Globalization, Nationalism and Public Administration: Challenge and Response. Philippine Journal of Public Administration 41 (1-4) (January-October 1997): 1-32 Carino, Ledivina. The Concept of Governance. From Government to Governance: Reflections on the 1999 World Conference on Governance. Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration, 2000: 1-16 Corpuz, Onofre. Is There a Philippine Public Administration. Philippine Journal of Public Administration 30 (4) (October, 1986): 368-382.

Lavides, Myrna. The Congressional Committee and Philippine Policymaking: The Case of the Anti-Rape Law. Philippine Journal of Public Administration, Volume 43 Nos. 3 & 4 (July October 1999): 226-244. Ocampo, Romeo. Toward a Philosophy of Public Management Education. Philippine Journal of Public Administration 34 (2) (April 1990): 107-117. Reyes, Danilo. Public Administration in the Philippines: History, Heritage and Hubris. The Philippine Social in the Life of the Nation, Volume 1: The History and Development of Social Science Disciplines in the Philippines. Quezon City: The Philippine Social Science Council. 1999: 234-260. Reyes, Danilo. The Study of Public Administration in Perspective: A Passing Review of the Development of the Discipline. Philippine Journal of Public Administration 39 (1) (January 1995): 1-36 Internet Sources

www.up-ncpag.org http://www.globalpolicy.org/nations-a-states/state-sovereignty-and-corruption/general-analysison-corruption-and-money-laundering.html http://www.usaid.gov/democracy/anticorruption/resources.html http://www.ethics.org/ http://www.governing.com/ http://www.hks.harvard.edu/ http://www.appam.org/index.shtml http://www.transparency.org/ http://www.beta.undp.org/undp/en/home.html

Course Policies For assistance, students may email the professor concerned if it need assistance with the course work. Students should plan in advance to make time to complete requirements. The professor does not wish to receive any late assignments during the semester. Papers required in this course must be submitted on time. Late papers may result in a penalty of grade. Late papers must be submitted by email and must receive confirmation from the professor concerned. For your protection, submit your paper from an email account that you created for the purpose. After submitting papers by email, students should bring a print-out of the paper and bring the same to the next class meeting.

Students will be given extra credit when participating in lectures and panels on campus that deal with public administration and related topics. Students are encouraged to show respect to the professor and fellow students by attending the class on time. Excused absences must be discussed with the professor in advance. All make-up work will be done at the instructors convenience. Students are permitted to use laptop during class to access online materials and to type their own course notes. Laptops are not to be used for social network sites or checking e-mail.

Prepared by:

SHERMON O. CRUZ, MAPA Professor Approved:

VIRGINIA A. DULDULAO, Ph.D. Dean, Graduate School