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PSC 306 for SPS: Public Organizations, Tracking Progress, Fall '07.

Dr. Jeremy Lewis, Political Science. Revised 10 Pm, Th. 1 Nov. '07 with ALL work received.  Wide window needed to view table.
Work received: E = Exam | P = Paper | O = Outline | R = Response essay | T = Talk | X = Missing (if from Non-HC email, may have been flagged as spam)
Week: [1] [2] [3] [Test] [4] [5] [Exam]
Public Organizations WEEKLY TOPICS:
Students' intitials:
Reading Topic & readings: Links in this column are to outlines written by daytime students.
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Stillman 1 Scope and Purpose: introductions by Stillman
  • Case1: Martin, "Blast in Centralia No. 5: Mine Disaster." 
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    Stillman 2    		 Max Weber's theory of the formal organization of bureaucracy
    Formal Structure: (read introduction)
  • Case 2: George Lardner, "How Kristin Died." 
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    Stillman 3 Ecology of Public Administration: (read introduction)
  • Case 3: Norma Riccucci, "Dr. Helene Gayle & AIDS epidemic." 
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    Stillman 4 Political Environment: (read introduction)
  • Case 4: Maureen Hogan Casamayou, "The Columbia Accident."
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    Stillman 5  Intergovernmental Relations: (read introduction)
  • Case 5: Susan Rosegrant, "Wichita Confronts Contamination". 
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    Stillman 6 Informal Group: (read introduction)
    Elton Mayo, "Hawthorne & Western Electric Co.";
  • Case 6: William Langewiesche, "American Ground: Unbuilding the WTC." 
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    Stillman 7 Decisionmakers: Competing Bureaucratic Subsytems (read introduction)
    Case 7: James Pfiffner, "Decision to go to War with Iraq."    		 -
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  • Essay Test: one-paragraph identifications and a one-page essay
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    Stillman 8 Incrementalism:  (read introduction)
  • Case: 8: Jack Nagel, "The MOVE Disaster." 
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    Stillman 9 Administrative Communication (read introduction)
  • Case 9: Susan Rosegrant, "Shootings at Columbine High School."
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    Stillman 10 Executive Management: (read introduction)
  • Case 10: William Langewiesche, "Lessons of ValueJet 592." 
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    Stillman 11  Public Personnel Motivation: Culture (read introduction)
  • Case 11: Deborah Sontag, "Who Brought Bernadine Healy Down?" 
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    Stillman 12 Budgeting:  (read introduction)
    Case 12: James K. Conant, "Wisconsin's Budget Deficit."     		 -
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    Stillman 13 Implementation:  (read introduction)
  • Case 13: Michael Elliott, "They Had a Plan." [notes needed]
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    Stillman 14 Issue Networks:  (read introduction)
  • Case 14: Laura Sims, "Reinventing School Lunch."  
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    Stillman 15 Deregulation: (read introduction)
  • Case 15: W. Henry Lambright, "Human Genome Project."
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    Stillman 16 Competing Ethical Obligations: (read introduction)
  • Case 16: Montjoy & Slaton, "Case of the Butterfly Ballot."
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