Efficiency in Public Administration:
Description:
Please reference the following if possible:
Gulick, Luther. 1937. “Science, Values, and Public Administration.” In Luther Gulick and L. Urwick (eds.) Papers on the Science of Administration. New York: Institute of Public Administration.
Bohte, John. 2007. “Governmental Efficiency in Our Time: Is the ‘What’ Really More Important that the ‘How’?” Public Administration Review 67(5): 811-815.
Shafritz, Jay M. 2013. “Introducing Public Administration” 8th Edition. . Pearson. New Jersey
RESEARCH PAPER DESIGN:
Select a research topic from the field of public administration or public policy. Submit a paper that reviews the relevant literature, identifies research questions to be answered, identifies data sources and methods of data collection and analysis (depending on type of methodology), and outlines a research design.
In general, the paper should:
1. State an interesting/important research question;
2. Provide for a literature review, including scholarly chapters in edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals;
3. Present a coherent strategy for conducting an inquiry on the topic such as single or rival theories, conceptual problems and advances, type of analysis, the use of hybrid methodologies, and data collection methods and sampling procedures;
4. Provide endnotes/references;
Prepare a 150-200 word abstract with submission.