In order to complete this module entirely, you must do the following assignments:
Weekly online activity: Using the discussion board, complete the following exercise:
1. What common themes do you notice in the history of public administration?
2. What do you find most and least convincing in each of the readings?
Respond to at least two other postings.
This is a discussion board post! You must use the reading below to answer the questions
Lynn. L. (2005). Public Management: A Concise History of the Field. In E. Ferlie, L. Lynn, and C. Pollitt (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Public Management. 27-50. New York: Oxford University Press.
Gulick, L. (1937/2012) Notes on the Theory of Organization. Administration’ in J. Shafritz & A. Hyde. (eds) Classics of Public Administration 7th Ed. (pp. 81 -89) Boston (MA): Wadsworth.
Weber, M. (1922) ‘Bureaucracy’ in J. Shafritz & A. Hyde. (eds.) Classics of Public Administration 7th Ed. (pp. 44 -49) Boston (MA): Wadsworth
