Introduction To Public Administration

AY2014/2015 Semester 1

This subject is an introductory overview of the historical development - and the fundamental intellectual contributions - of public administration as a discipline and profession. Topics cover all major subfields of public administration, including paradigms of public administration, public organizations, public management (problems of public management, performance measurement, public budget and human resources management in the public sector), intersectoral administration and intergovernmental administration.