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Go over what a literature review involves: note the need for a lit review in assignments 3 and 4.
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Lecture related to readings
Key points from Taylor (1911)
- scientific management- executing decisions through science- took the individual out of public administration focus was on the task: productivity (performance?)
- pioneered time and motion studies- science of shoveling- had teachers of shoveling- sought to increase output by discovering the fastest, most efficient and least fatiguing production methods
- suggested that there was one best way to organize and accomplish tasks- the job of the scientific manager was to impose the one best way on the whole workforce
Key points from Follett (1926)- famous for her book The New State
-Argues for a participatory leadership style. Advocates for administrators to have power with their employees instead of power over them. The superior/subordinate relationship inhibits productivity.
-She was among the first to recognize that work situations are social situations. Therefore, conflict is inevitable. Introduced group dynamics as a new and necessary aspect of administration. We bring ourselves to work- we are people not shovels
-We should use the law of the situation= one person is not inherently superior, but each person agrees to take orders from the situation.
- addresses the tension between bureaucracy and democracy: closed system vs. open system, formal authority vs. informal authority
Key points from Brownlow, Merriam, Gulick (1937)
- The President's Committee on Administrative Management (The Brownlow Committee)- to consolidate executive control they recommended measures to secure the independence of the executive branch- the creation of the Executive Office of the President (staff, agencies, budgets) created specific administrative functions rather than relying on executive powers from the constitution- Roosevelt implemented the recommendations in 1937 to make the executive branch of government more efficient.
-used Taylor 's scientific management to reform the office of the Presidency- perform administrative work efficiently free from politics
Gulick: argued that over time the decisions of government would become so complex that only expert bureaucracies could make informed and sound public policies
Case workshop related to readings- practice skill of applying readings/theory to practice.
7:15-7:45
time to form project groups
7:45-8:00
Break
8:00-9:00
first group goes to library (Joan at library, Amy in classroom- students have time to work in groups or ask questions)
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9:00-10:00
second group goes to library (Joan at library, Amy in classroom- students have time to work in groups or ask questions)
Click here to view link to library resources.