POLS 6201 - Theory of Public Administration and Ethics

(3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours 3 Credit Hours)

What is a good administrator? An examination of dilemmas and hard choices in public administration looked at from three conflicting perspectives: the good person, the good administrator, and the good citizen. topics include personal versus organizational responsibility; professional expertise versus democratic accountability; authority and culpability; and the relation between bureaucratic knowledge and the power it fosters.