{"title":"Making role-playing real","authors":"J. Schafer","doi":"10.1177/0144739415611215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0144739415611215","url":null,"abstract":"Recent research in public administration on governance, networks, and deliberative democracy, has highlighted the need to develop a skill set in graduates of Public Administration programs that prepares them for the interpersonal and relational challenges of the policy process. The skills needed to manage in increasingly complex and networked policy arenas include: convening and activating participants, group facilitation methods, and negotiation skills among groups with divergent interests. This article explores the use of role playing to develop these skills, and then reports on a recent attempt to incorporate role play into a graduate course in strategic management of public organizations. It was found that the simulation was not immediately salient as students did not fully develop their roles. Several steps were taken to ameliorate this issue and provide insights about how to improve the use of simulations for teaching public administration students.","PeriodicalId":44241,"journal":{"name":"Teaching Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0144739415611215","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65531653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Illiberal or simply unorthodox? Public Administration education in Hungary","authors":"György Hajnal","doi":"10.1177/0144739415621784","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0144739415621784","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past decades, Public Administration (PA) education programmes in Europe shifted their focus from a predominantly law-oriented approach to a more multidisciplinary, social science and managerial one. This paper deals with the tenacity of traditional, law-oriented PA education programmes that can be found in a limited, but not insignificant, range of countries throughout Europe. The paper has two aims. Firstly, it attempts to test hypotheses which seek to explain this tenacity. Secondly, it wishes to examine the extent to which this tenacity is related to new forms and paradigms of government emerging in certain Central and Eastern European countries, sometimes referred to as “illiberal democracy”. The method is a two-case comparative study of Germany and Hungary.","PeriodicalId":44241,"journal":{"name":"Teaching Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0144739415621784","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65532481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Culture matters – the training of senior civil servants in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland","authors":"Monika Knassmüller, Sylvia Veit","doi":"10.1177/0144739415620949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0144739415620949","url":null,"abstract":"Senior civil servants (SCS) are powerful actors with great responsibilities in the field of policymaking and management. Due to public sector reforms that are New Public Management oriented, specialised education and structured training programmes for (future) SCS as well as fast-track systems for high-potential employees have become increasingly important in many Western democracies over the last two decades. However, in several middle European countries SCS are hardly ever training participants, and furthermore, training systems have not been subject to larger reform efforts. In this article, the training of SCS in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland is explored, and we discuss how the observable patterns of training policies can be explained. We argue that the existence or lack of desired human resource measures such as fast-track programmes might be explained by the dominant cultural orientations in these countries. In order to systematically address, further analyse and account for observations such as the fast-track example, we apply and explore the potential of grid-group typology, developed by anthropologist Mary Douglas as part of the cultural theory approach.","PeriodicalId":44241,"journal":{"name":"Teaching Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0144739415620949","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65532432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public service motivation and socialization in graduate education","authors":"Leonard Bright","doi":"10.1177/0144739416645650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0144739416645650","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which the characteristics of public administration degree programs are related to public service motivation (PSM) using a higher education socialization framework. Using a sample of approximately 500 students enrolled in 26 Master’s degree programs across the country, this study confirms that gender, work experience, core course requirements, service learning opportunities, climate, Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration accreditation, and full-time status were all meaningful predictors of PSM among the students. The implications of these findings are discussed.","PeriodicalId":44241,"journal":{"name":"Teaching Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2016-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0144739416645650","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65532280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative research","authors":"Trent Engbers","doi":"10.1177/0144739416640850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0144739416640850","url":null,"abstract":"The teaching of research methods has been at the core of public administration education for almost 30 years. But since 1990, this journal has published only two articles on the teaching of research methods. Given the increasing emphasis on data driven decision-making, greater insight is needed into the best practices for teaching public administration research methods. This research note attempts to build on these previous articles to offer a new approach to the teaching of undergraduate research methods within a department of political science and public administration. The approach combines traditional approaches to experiential education with a focus on comparison among different methodological tools. Grounded in both learning theory and developmental psychology, the article outlines a research method assignment that encourages comparison and uses focus groups and pre-/post-tests of substantive knowledge to demonstrate learning. Implications and advice for teaching are provided.","PeriodicalId":44241,"journal":{"name":"Teaching Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2016-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0144739416640850","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65532084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Turn! Turn! Turn!","authors":"Monika Knassmüller","doi":"10.1177/0144739416630785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0144739416630785","url":null,"abstract":"As the integration of academic teaching and research with communities of practice is considered a major concern of public administration since its founding as a field, professional programmes were established on the premise that there is a positive relationship between practice and scholarship. However, the balance between them is considered delicate as they differ in the context, processes and purposes of their practices. The respective members not only use different vocabularies but base their professional action and reasoning on different logics. This paper develops the idea that part-time professional programmes might be conceptualized as a separate (temporary) system with a distinct frame of reference and language that is governed by its own logic but linked to the two other systems of scholarship and practice. The practical consequences of this approach are explored with regard to the role and objectives of research in professional programmes and the difficulties to achieve them.","PeriodicalId":44241,"journal":{"name":"Teaching Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0144739416630785","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65532489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A practical note on transferring ideas and methods from consultancy practice to the MPA classroom","authors":"J. R. Ry Nielsen, Bríd Quinn","doi":"10.1177/0144739415615662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0144739415615662","url":null,"abstract":"At the lead author’s home institution – Copenhagen Business School (CBS) – the combination of theory and practice is seen as very important in teaching. Research-based teaching is the slogan. In this respect, CBS has the same ambition as other universities. But it seems as if CBS has an advantage at the master’s level, because students come with a lot of experience. The average age of the MPA students is generally over 40. Consequently, they are able to bring practice into the classroom and to confront it with theories and also the experiences of their fellow students. There are, however other ways of bringing practice and theory together. In this note, the author reviews a three-year consultancy/research project in a merging hospital department. The aim of the note is twofold. One is to detail the more exploratory methods used to develop the organization. The second is to evaluate whether these methods can be transferred to a potential MPA module at CBS. It is concluded that for some of the methods such as diary-keeping and agenda-setting, transfer is easy. Other methods, such as using a cross-sectional group or manager role-analysis, may not transfer easily but could be applied in the home organizations of participants. The design of the module and the non-traditional roles of the teachers are very important for successful implementation.","PeriodicalId":44241,"journal":{"name":"Teaching Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0144739415615662","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65532078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching and research in mid-career management education","authors":"Bríd Quinn","doi":"10.1177/0144739415602526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0144739415602526","url":null,"abstract":"The apparent disconnect between teaching and research has implications for both curricular content and pedagogic practice and has particular salience in the field of mid-career education. To overcome this disconnect, faculty endeavour to integrate teaching and research. Pressure to do so stems from many sources. Benchmarks of professional excellence as well as the scholarship of teaching and learning champion such synergy. Institutions advocate teaching that is informed by research and research that is relevant to students. This article explores the conceptual and instrumental arguments for linking research and teaching. It discusses the benefits of such linkages and the challenges in effecting them. The exploration provides a conceptual base for other contributions in the volume which demonstrate specific research–teaching synergies in the Public Administration/Public Management classroom.","PeriodicalId":44241,"journal":{"name":"Teaching Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0144739415602526","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65531868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special issue on the teaching–research nexus in public administration curricula","authors":"P. Marks, Frans-Bauke van der Meer","doi":"10.1177/0144739415620951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0144739415620951","url":null,"abstract":"Research and teaching are the main substantive activities of university staff members. \u0000How are both areas connected to each other? What is the role of research in teaching? \u0000How can research be used to improve the quality and impact of teaching? This is exactly \u0000what this special issue of Teaching Public Administration is about. Everybody will agree \u0000that one of the core tasks of teaching staff at the public administration departments of \u0000universities consists of conducting and publishing research, as well as teaching students \u0000about the discipline. However, research and teaching do not always seem to match. Life \u0000inside the classroom seems to be becoming increasingly detached from the research that \u0000is being undertaken by the teachers themselves. However, students could greatly benefit \u0000from a stronger connection between research and teaching. First of all, a connection \u0000between or the integration of research and teaching may help students to become \u0000research-minded and to perform actual research more adequately. Methods courses and \u0000dedicated research assignments are, of course, essential, but more inclusive integration \u0000of research into teaching may help students to gain a better feeling for which methods \u0000could or should be used when, and for how data may be interpreted. Secondly, a research \u0000orientation in teaching may help students to become more critical and reflexive. On an \u0000academic level, ‘knowledge’ should not be taken for granted, but its base, presuppositions \u0000and meaning, should be subject to debate. Students should socialize in a culture in \u0000which such debate, and their creative participation in it, is self-evident. The purpose of \u0000this special issue is to bring together contributions that deal with issues on incorporating \u0000research into teaching programs. [...]","PeriodicalId":44241,"journal":{"name":"Teaching Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0144739415620951","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65532452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Another look at research","authors":"Chrissie Oldfield","doi":"10.1177/0144739415597971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0144739415597971","url":null,"abstract":"The traditional academic view of research is to derive new knowledge, generally involving studious inquiry and a search for new theories in order to contribute to an existing academic wealth of knowledge. This is alongside the primary objective of publishing peer reviewed articles in academic journals and the publication of relevant texts.","PeriodicalId":44241,"journal":{"name":"Teaching Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0144739415597971","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65531542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}