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Course Title: |
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION |
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Course Code: |
KAM2201 |
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Type of Course: |
Compulsory |
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Level of Course: |
First Cycle |
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Year of Study: |
2 |
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Semester: |
3 |
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ECTS Credits Allocated: |
7 |
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Theoretical (hour/week): |
3 |
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Practice (hour/week) : |
0 |
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Laboratory (hour/week) : |
0 |
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Prerequisites: |
None |
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Recommended optional programme components: |
None |
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Language: |
Turkish |
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Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face |
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Course Coordinator: |
Prof. Dr. BEKIR PARLAK |
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Course Lecturers: |
Prof. Dr. Bekir PARLAK |
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Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator: |
E-posta: zsobaci@uludag.edu.tr
Tel: 0224 2941151
Uludağ Üniversitesi İktisadi İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü Görükle, 16059 Nilufer / BURSA |
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Website: |
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Objective of the Course: |
The aim of the course is to provide the students with the basic knowledge of the discipline and profession of public administration with its theoretical and practical dimensions in a historical perspective and to give a general understanding of the Turkish public administration system.
The topics covered in the course include the concepts and theories of public administration, the development and principles of public administration, the concept of state and basic elements of the state, the bureaucratic organization of public administration at the central and local levels, public good and public service approaches, civil servants and public service, the impacts of globalization on public administration, the relation between public administration and postmodernism, new tendencies and techniques in public administration and their applicability, the concept of governance, the relation between total quality management and public administration, implementation of e-government, main problems of public bureaucracy, ethical issues in public administration and administrative corruption, the interaction between civil society and the public realm, new public management approach and the movement of new public administration, the Constitutional principles of Turkish public administration and the current structural and functional features of Turkish public administration. |
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development |
Students learn about the basic concepts of public administration and Turkey's central and local government structure. |
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Theoretical |
Practical |
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The division between Public and Private Administration in a general sense:
a) The historical development of public administration
b) The division between Public and Private Administration
c) The principles of public administration |
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The Concept of State and the elements of State:
a) The Concept of State
b) The Historical Development of State
c) The relation between the state and public administration
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The theory and practice of the bureaucratic organisation of public administration at the central and local levels:
a) Organization in public administration
b) The approach of central government organization
c) The approach of local government organization
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Public good and public service approaches, Public Officers, Civil Servants and Public service:
a) The concept of public good in public administration
b) The division between Public Officers and Civil Servants
c) Different dimensions of Public service
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The impacts of globalization on public administration and the relation between public administration and postmodernism:
a) Globalization and public administration
b) New dimensions of public administration in the current postmodern life culture
c) New movements in the field of public administration
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New tendencies and techniques in public administration and their applicability:
a) Total Quality Management and public administration
b) E-government and public administration
c) Effective participation and citizen-centered public administration
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The concept of governance:
a) Contemporary changes in public administration and governance
b) Personnel dimension of governance
c) The applicability of governance in Turkish public administration
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Main problems of public bureaucracy, ethical issues in public administration and administrative corruption:
a) Main problems of public administration in theory and practice
b) Ethics and public administration
c) The grounds for administrative corruption and solution proposals
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The interaction between civil society and the public realm, the new public management approach and the movement of new public administration:
a) The role of civil society in public administration
b) The difference between public administration and public management
c) The main principles of the movement of new public administration and its reflections on Turkey
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Modern Nation-State and public administration within the process of globalization:
a) Globalization and public administration
b) Public administration in the Modern Nation-State and information society
c) Transformation in public administration at a global scale
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The concept of Public Choice:
a) Individualism
b) Political behaviour and public choice
c) The impacts of public choice on public administration
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The implementations of e-government and their impacts on public administration:
a) E-government and public administration
b) The use of advanced electronics technology in public administration
c) E-government in Turkey |
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The Constitutional principles of Turkish public administration and the current structural and functional features of Turkish public administration:
a) Public administration approaches of Turkish Constitutions
b) Current problems of Turkish public administration system
c) Solution proposals for the current problems of Turkish public administration
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General evaluation and Conclusion:
a) Restructuring in Turkish public administration system
b) Reform proposal for a new public administration system in Turkey
c) Ombudsman and public administration
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