Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / KMY 349 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Code: KMY 349 Course Title: COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MUSTAFA ARSLAN (m.arslan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to teach the development of comparative public administration discipline and to unfold the unique structure of Turkish public administration when compared with other systems.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can identify the basics of comparative public administration. PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
Examination
LO-2 Can identify and describe different public administration systems. PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
Examination
LO-3 Will be able to analyse the structure of Turkish public administration system when compared with other systems. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
Examination
LO-4 Can discuss the consequences of reforms in public administration systems in a comparative perspective. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-4 Gain ability to adaptate oneself to technologic innovations and use the maximum level of information technologies in order to make managerial decision-making and implementation process more efficient in terms of time and resources;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Development of comparative public administration discipline; the problems about comparative public administration; comparative public administration models and theories of bureaucracy; country examples; globalisation and comparison of change.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Definition and development of comparative public administration Lecture
2 The problems of Comparative public administration Lecture
3 Comparative Public Administration Models Lecture
4 Theories of Bureaucracy Lecture
5 Main Public Administration Traditions Lecture
6 Country Examples-1 France Lecture
7 Country Examples-2 United States of America Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 Country Examples-3 England Lecture
10 Country Examples-4 Germany Lecture
11 Country Examples-5 Japan Lecture
12 Country Examples-6 Russia Lecture
13 European Union Lecture
14 Comparative analysis of Turkish Public Administration Lecture
15 Globalization and the comparison of change Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Kutlu, Önder, Karşılaştırmalı Kamu Yönetimi : Teorik Çerçeve ve Ülke Uygulamaları, Çizgi Kitabevi, 2006.
2 Güler, Birgül Ayman, Karasu, Koray, Kamu Yönetimi Ülke İncelemeleri (2. Basım, 2009).
3 Rathod, P.B., Comparative Public Administration, Global Media, 2007.
4 Chandler, J.A., Comparative Public Administration, Routledge, 2000.
5 Parlak Bekir, Caner Cantürk (2009). Karşılaştırmalı Siyasal Yönetimler ve Yönetsel Yapılar, Alfa Aktüel, İstanbul.
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection, Maps

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 9 1 9
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 9 1 9
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 118