COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW APPROACHES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YÖN 4215 NEW APPROACHES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SULTAN KAVILI ARAP

Offered to

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS (Evening)
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Course Objective

Public administration structure in Turkey changes parallel to changes in World. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the changes in public administration structure, the effects of these changes and evaluate them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to express of the changes in public administration theory .
2   Being able to identify the recent developments in public administration.
3   Being able to interpret of the developments in public administration and its effects.
4   Being able to evaluate changes in public administration and its effects.
5   Being able to express fundamental principles of public administration.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Meaning of restructuring, its causes and reform in public administration.
2 Historical progress of restructuring of public administration in Turkey.
3 Principles of new public administration.
4 Principles of new public administration.
5 Globalization,localization and public administration
6 Governance
7 Midterm
8 Midterm
9 Changes in understanding of public interest.
10 Performance management in public
11 New public administration and inspection.
12 Ethics and public administration
13 E-state
14 The changes in public administration resulted by new public administration mentality.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Nohutçu, Ahmet, Asım Balcı, Namık Kemal Öztürk, Bayram Coşkun. 2008. Kamu Yönetiminde Çağdaş Yaklaşımlar. Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
Supplementary Book(s):
DPT. 2000. Kamu Yönetiminin Iyileştirilmesi ve Yeniden Yapılandırılması Özel Ihtisas Komisyonu Raporu. Ankara: DPT yayını
Özer, Akif. 2005. Günümüzün Yükselen Değeri Yeni Kamu Yönetimi. Sayıştay Dergisi, S: 59, s.1-46
Çukurçayır, Akif ve Sipahi, Esra. 2003. Yönetişim Yaklaşımı ve Kamu Yönetiminde Kalite . Sayıştay Dergisi, S:50-51

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Questions & Answers
3. Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes will be assessed by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is mandatory to attend 70% of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sultan.arap@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Article analysis 3 2 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

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