POLITICAL SCIENCE 2613

Introduction to Public Administration

Study areas for second exam:

    Organizational Theory

         Max Weber

         Fredick Winslow Taylor

         Hawthorne studies (Humanism)

         A. H. Maslow

         Douglas Murray McGregor

         David Easton's Systems theory/analysis
         Luther Gulick
         Peter and Hull
         C. Northcote Parkinson

         Parkinson's Law

    Decision Making

         Rational/comprehensive model

              comparison/contrast

          incremental model

          problems of goals

    Chief Executives/Bureaucratic Leaders

         linkages/divisions

         executive control mechanisms/limitations

         Watergate & responsible government

         leadership roles

         "effective" leadership

         The Peter Principle--Peter & Hull

    Public Personnel Administration

         periods of historical development

              Pendelton Act 1883

              Hatch Act 1939

              Taft-Hartley Act 1947

              Unions and the merit system

              Collective bargaining in the public sector
              Watergate--public employees--ethical considerations