公共管理学每章问题及答案

Chapte1 :An era of changeThinking problems:1. What are fundamental principles of traditional public administration ?(p1)2. What are difference between bureaucracy and markets ?(p3)3. What are difference between administration and management ?(P6)4. Why did public administration change into public management ?(P8)5.What are main opinions of public choice theory, principal/ agent theory, transaction costtheory ?(p10-13)Chapte2 :The traditional model of public administrationThinking problems:1. What is the most important characteristic of early administration ? (p17)2. In nineteenth century, what reforms did happen in UK and in USA ?(P20)3. What are main influences on the traditional model of public administration (three basetheories of public administration)?Answers: Weber’s theory of bureaucracy; Wilson and political control; Taylor and management 4. According to Weber’s theory, what are three types of authority ? Can you give me someexamples ?(P21)5. What is the most important difference between Weber and previous models ? (p22)6. What is politics/ administration dichotomy ?(P25)7. Why did Wilson propose politics / administration dichotomy to replace spoils system ?8. What are main contents of scientific management ?9. Please try to analyze logic relationship among Weber, Wilson and Taylor ?10. What are problems with the traditional model ?11. Should we give up bureaucratic model ?Anwers:modify the bureaucratic but not abandon it▪important value: impersonality, consistency,▪modify hierarchy structure,▪keeping legal structure12. What phase is Chinese administration in ? what direction PA or PM should we choose if wewant to develop our administration ?13. How did public choice theory criticize bureaucratic model ?Chapte3 : Public managementThinking problems:1、What are functions of general management ?2、What are main contents of public management reform ?3、Please interpret the theoretical bases of management ?4、What’s your opinion that we borrowed management techniques from private sector?5、How to look on politicization of managerial program ? Is it a deviation from politics /administration dichotomy ?Chapte4 : The role of governmentThinking problems:1. What are differences between private and public management ?2. What is governance ?3. Why do we need government intervention ?4. What are instruments of government ?5. Please analyze phases of government intervention from government involvement to individualresponsibility ?6. Please compare the size of government of China and of USA ?Chapte5 :public enterpriseThinking problems:1.Why do government establish public enterprise ?2.What kinds are of public enterprise ?3.After reading the case of privatization of Shiyan transportation discuss the privatization ofpublic enterprise ?Chapte6 :public policy and policy analysisThinking problems:1.What is public policy ?2.In policy analysis, what Empirical Methods can be used ?3.After watching video, then use policy process models to analyze the problem of “illegaltaxi” ?4.How to understand limitations of the policy analysis approach ?Chapte7 :Strategic managementThinking problems:1.What is strategic management ?2.Please use the strategic planning models to make a strategy for your department ?3.Why did strategic planning change into strategic management ?Chapte8 :Personnel and performance managementThinking problems:1.What problems are there in personnel management of tradition model ?2.How to reform the personnel management of tradition model ?3.What is performance management ?4.How to appraise performance of government reasonably ?5.What problems are there of the personnel and performance changes ?Chapte9 : Financial managementThinking problems:1.What is government budget ?2.What functions are there of budget ?3.What features are there of traditional budget ?4.What main reforms are there of financial management in public sector ?Chapte10 : E-governmentThinking problems:1.What is E-government ?2.Please analyze four stages of E-government ?3.How do technological changes affect the bureaucracy ?4.What’s your opinion of problems of e-government ?Chapte11 : Managing external constituenciesThinking problems:1.In tradition model, how to deal with the relations with external factors ?2.What are interest groups and policy communities ?3.How to look on interest groups from pluralism and corporatism ?4.What’s your opinion of group competition beneficial or harmful ?Chapte12 : Public management in developing countries Thinking problems:1.In developing countries, what model of public administration is used ?2.What is development administration ?3.How to reform traditional model in developing countries ?What problems are there of managerial model in developing countries ?。