Weekly Schedule 

Week 1 – Aug 18 

TOPIC: Introduction 

Readings: 

Simon, H. (1946). The Proverbs of Administration. Public Administration Review, 6(1), 53-67. 

Week 2 – Aug 25

TOPIC: Scientific Management

Readings: 

Fry, B. R., & Raadschelders, J. C. (2013). Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo: CQ Press. Ch2. Frederick W. Taylor: The Man, the Method, the Movement

Week 3 – Sep 1 – Labor Day

Week 4 – Sep 8

TOPIC: Rationalization

Readings:

Fry, B. R., & Raadschelders, J. C. (2013). Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo: CQ Press. Ch1. Max Weber: The Processes of Rationalization.

Week 5 – Sep 15 

TOPIC: New Public Management

Readings:

Gen, S., & Kingsley, G. (2007). Effects of contracting out engineering services over time in a state department of transportation. Public Works Management & Policy, 12(1), 331-343.

Ramesh, M. (2008). Autonomy and control in public hospital reforms in Singapore. The American Review of Public Administration, 38(1), 62-79.

Week 6 – Sep 22

TOPIC: Paper 1

Week 7 – Sep 29

TOPIC: Bounded Rationality & Decision Making 

Readings:

Cohen, M. D., & March, J. G. (1974). Leadership in an organized anarchy. In Leadership and Ambiguity (pp. 195-215). Boston: Harvard Business School Press.

Mintzberg, H. (1990). The manager’s job: Folklore and fact. Harvard Business Review. 

Week 8 – Oct 6 - Fall break

Week 9 – Oct 13

TOPIC: Data & Decision Making

Readings: 

Lewis, M. (2018). The fifth risk: undoing democracy. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 223-254.

Lewis, M. (2016). The undoing project: A friendship that changed the world: Penguin UK, 
Ch6. The mind’s rules (pp165-195).

Bias Is a Big Problem. But So Is ‘Noise.’ The New York Times (2021) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/opinion/noise-bias-kahneman.html 

Maltz, M. D., Gordon, A. C., & Friedman, W. (1991). Ch7. Detective Use of the Mapping System. In Mapping Crime in Its Community Setting (pp. 91-106): Springer

Week 10 – Oct 20

TOPIC: Organizational Wrongdoing

Readings: 

Coin of Realm in China Graft: Phony Receipts https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/business/global/coin-of-realm-in-china-graft-phony-receipts.html  

White-Collar Crime: How to Scandal Proof Your Company                        https://hbr.org/2019/07/white-collar-crime#how-to-scandal-proof-your-company

Week 11 – Oct 27

TOPIC: Informal Structure

Readings: 

Blau, P. 1955. "Consultation among colleagues." Ch. 6 in Dynamics of Bureaucracy. Chicago: Chicago.

Dalton, M. 1959. "Interlocking of official and unofficial reward." From Men Who Manage. In O. Grusky and G.A. Miller, eds. 1981. The Sociology of Organizations. New York: Free Press.

Week 12 – Nov 3

TOPIC: Paper 2

Week 13 – Nov 10

TOPIC: Public Sector Innovation

Readings: 

Borins, S. (2001). The Challenge of Innovating in Government. Retrieved from http://businessofgovernment.org/sites/default/files/BorinsInnovatingInGov.pdf

Torfing, J., & Triantafillou, P. (2016). Public innovations around the world. Enhancing Public Innovation by Transforming Public Governance, 71-94.    

Week 14 – Nov 17

TOPIC: Power in Organizations 

Readings:

Hickson, D.J., C.R. Hinings, C.A. Lee, R.E. Schneck, and J.M. Pennings. 1971. “A strategic contingencies’ theory of intraorganizational power.” Administrative Science Quarterly 16:216-229. 

Salancik, G.R., & Pfeffer. J. (1974). The bases and use of power in organizational decision making: The case of a university. Administrative Science Quarterly 19:453-473.

Week 15 – Nov 24  

TOPIC: Organizational Networks 

Readings:

Krackhardt, D. and J.R. Hanson. 1993. Informal Networks: The Company Behind the Chart. Harvard Business Review Juny-August, 1993: 104-111.

Uzzi, B. and J. Spiro. 2005. “Collaboration and Creativity: The Small World Problem.” American Journal of Sociology 111(2):447-504.

Week 15 – Dec 1  

TOPIC: Paper 3