Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 4 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | MEHMET ÖZEL (mehmetozel@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 study the local government systems of the country examples which are tought in Comparative Public Administration course. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | The students can explain the comparative local government models based on samples. |
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-2 | The students can give samples about local government systems' theory and implementations in the other countries. |
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; |
Examination |
| LO-3 | The students can analyse the Turkish local governments features comparatively. |
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-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 | The students can develop solutions for local governments' problems. |
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; PO-6 Gain ability to apply research methods and techniques in the social disciplines; |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Local government systems; local government models; comparison topics; country examples; EU and the local governments; comparison of Turkish local government system; reforming the local governments. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Local government systems and development of local governments | Lecture |
| 2 | Local government models | Lecture |
| 3 | Comparison topics | Lecture |
| 4 | Country examples-1 France | Lecture |
| 5 | Country examples-2 United States of America | Lecture |
| 6 | Country examples-3 England | Lecture |
| 7 | Country examples-4 Japan | Lecture |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Country examples-5 Russia | Lecture |
| 10 | Country examples-6 Germany | Lecture |
| 11 | Country examples-7 Switzerland | Lecture |
| 12 | Country examples-8 Spain | Lecture |
| 13 | Comparison of Turkish Local government system | Lecture |
| 14 | EU and the local governments | Lecture |
| 15 | Globalization and refoming the local governments | 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 | Emre, Cahit, Karşılaştırmalı Kamu Yönetimi: Birleşik Krallık, ABD, Fransa, Almanya ve Japonya’da Kamu Yönetiminin Yapısı ve İşleyişi, | |
| 3 | Parlak Bekir, Caner Cantürk, Karşılaştırmalı Siyasal Yönetimler ve Yönetsel Yapılar | |
| 4 | Güler, Birgül Ayman, Karasu, Koray, Kamu Yönetimi Ülke İncelemeleri (2. Basım, 2009). | |
| 5 | Rathod, P.B., Comparative Public Administration, Global Media, 2007. | |
| 6 | Chandler, J.A., Comparative Public Administration, Routledge, 2000. | |
| 7 | Dünyada Yerel Yönetimler-Hüseyin Özgür-Murat Okçu | |
| 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 | ||