PUB-5000 V4: Introduction to Public Administration

Cox, R. W. (2020). Public administration in theory and practice. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Read Part II, Organizational Functions and Competencies, and Chapter 3: Personnel Practices (pp. 49-96).
Read Chapter 15: Administration in a Global Perspective (pp. 294-320).
These textbook chapters provide you with perspectives on the history and current practices in personal management in the U.S. governmental system and other countries.
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Connolly, J. M. (2018). Can managerial turnover be a good thing? The impact of city manager change on local fiscal outcomes. Public Administration Review, 78(3), 338–349.
By reviewing this paper, you will gain insight into the impact of local public managers on government outcomes.

Ingrams, A. (2020). Organizational design in open government: Two cases from the United Kingdom and the United States. Public Performance & Management Review, 43(3), 636–661. https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2018.1562947
Through this study investigating public organizations in the UK and the U.S., you will learn to compare the way different organizations respond to social challenges.

Stazyk, E. C., Davis, R. S., & Portillo, S. (2017). More dissimilar than alike? Public values preferences across US minority and white managers. Public Administration, 95(3), 605.
This paper sheds light on the interaction between values and racial differences in public roles..