AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
96	51383 	S1  	D 	AUST PUBLIC ADMIN         	1.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Recommended References
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details
• Other Requirements

STAFFING:

SYNOPSIS:

This  unit  examines  traditional models of public administration  and
compares  them with modern approaches to public sector management.  It
focuses  on  the  Australian public sector and examines  the  role  of
government, public enterprise, managing internal components,  managing
external  constituencies,  public  sector  accountability  and  public
sector ethics.

OBJECTIVES:

Completion of this unit will enable students to:

1. explain Weber's ideal type of bureaucracy;
2. compare traditional models of public administration with contemporary public sector management approaches;
3. debate the role of government;
4. demonstrate an understanding of public enterprise;
5. demonstrate an understanding of personnel and financial management problems and strategies in the public sector;
6. analyse the management by the public sector of external relations;
7. evaluate measures to ensure public sector accountability
8. discuss critically the nature of and need for ethics in the public sector.

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

The traditional model of public administration                        12.50

Public sector management                                              12.50

The role of government                                                12.50

Public enterprise                                                     12.50

Public policy and policy analysis                                     12.50

Managing internal components                                          12.50

Managing external components                                          12.50

Accountability and Ethics                                             12.50

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

Prasser, S. And Paton, S. "Advising Government: Advisory Processes in the
Hawke and Keating Governments", 1995, IPAA, Canberra.

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Albrow, M., 'Bureaucracy', Pall Mall Press, 1970.

Wanna, J., O'Faircheallaigh, C. and Weller, P., Public Sector
Management in Australia, Macmillan, South Melbourne.

Wilenski, P., "Public Power and Public Administration", Sydney, Hale
and Iremonger, 1986.

Spann R N, 1979, "Government Administration in Australia", George
Allen and Unwin, Sydney.

Etzioni-Halevy E, 1983, "Bureaucracy and Democracy: A Political
Dilemma", Routledge & Kegan Paul, London.

McCallum B, 1984, "The Public Service Manager",
Longman Cheshire,Melbourne.

Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration.

Australian Journal of Public Administration (Journal of Royal
Australian Institute of Public Administration)

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Lectures                                      	28
Tutorials/Workshops                           	28
Private Study                                 	99
Assessments                                   	10

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No	*F/S	Marks		Due		Description					Wtg(%)		LBL
1 	S 	25.00   	04/03/96	ASSIGNMENT     )PLEASE NOTE             	25.00   	Y
2 	S 	25.00   	25/03/96	ASSIGNMENT     )STUDENTS MUST           	25.00   	Y
3 	S 	25.00   	09/04/96	ASSIGNMENT     )COMPLETE TWO            	25.00   	Y
4 	S 	25.00   	22/04/96	ASSIGNMENT     )ONLY OF                 	25.00   	Y
5 	S 	25.00   	07/05/96	ASSIGNMENT     )ASSIGNMENTS LISTED 1-5  	25.00   	Y
6 	S 	50.00   	END S1  	2.5 HOUR EXAMINATION                    	50.00   	N

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1       To   obtain   a   pass  in  a  unit,  students  must   perform
        satisfactorily in overall assignment work and the examination.
2       The  due  date of an assignment is the date by which a student
        must  despatch  the  assignment  to  the  University,  and  is
        normally that defined in the relevant unit specification.  The
        onus is on the student to provide, if requested, proof of date
        of despatch.
3       Students  should  organise their affairs to ensure  that  they
        meet due dates for all assignments. Extensions will be granted
        only  under  exceptional  extenuating circumstances,  normally
        involving a significant medical condition.
4       Students  may  apply  for an assignment  extension  either  by
        application  through DEC before the due date or  by  including
        application with the submitted assignment after the due  date.
        Such  applications should be in writing and include supporting
        documentary  evidence. The authority for  granting  extensions
        rests with the relevant Unit Leader.
5       All assignments despatched after due dates without appropriate
        extension approvals or after approved extension dates will  be
        penalised up to a maximum of 20% of the assigned mark per work
        day.
6       Students must retain a copy of all assignments which  must  be
        provided if/when required by the Unit Leader.
7       Unit  weightings  of  topics  should  not  be  interpreted  as
        applying to the number of marks allocated to questions testing
        those topics in an examination paper.