Public Administration Tentative Class Schedule
At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of
government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was
trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. Daniel 6:4
Harding University
Fall 2008
Public Administration
POLS 304/504
Instructor: Lori Klein Office: 123 Ganus Building
Contacts/Office Hours: You can reach me, yea verily, in a multitude of ways: phone - Office: 279-4375;
Home: 279-0628; Courtney, our ever competent and helpful Departmental Secretary: 279-4427; Facebook;
e-mail - lklein@harding.edu ; my website - http://www.harding.edu/lklein and the always popular
note under the door. I will be keeping office hours by appointment only this semester.
Note: The readings should be done prior to the class meeting under which they are listed.
Unannounced reading quizzes are a regular occurrence. This schedule is subject to
change. I will give you as much notice as possible of any changes.
August 26 & 28: Introductions and pretest--What do I know about you; what do you know about me; what do
you know about Public Administration?
Read: Stillman, p. 2-3 and Handouts - Working for the Government is Cool by Cook and Three
Orthogonal Lists
September 2 & 4: What is Public Administration and why should I care? -- What's the big deal about working
for the government? Read: Stillman - Reading 1.1 by Woodrow Wilson p. 1 and
Handout Case: Are you “Smarter than the Average Bear”? (Group Discussion Case)
September 9 & 11: Progressives, Politics and Pragmatism--
Read: Stillman - Case: Who Brought Bernadine Healy Down? p. 353 and Handout - Pragmatism by
Patricia Shields
September 16 & 18: Bureaucracy-- a necessary evil?
Read: Stillman - Reading 2 by Max Weber p. 54
Interviews due Sept. 16.
September 23: Review for Test One; September 25: Test One
September 30 & October 2: Policy Development and Incrementalism-- Lawmaking/Policymaking
Read: Stillman - Reading 8 by Charles Lindblum p. 223 and Stillman – Case 6: American Ground:
Unbuilding the World Trade Center p. 166 and Handout Case - Monroe Maternity Center
