PAD 6056: The Practice of Public Management

Dr. Donald E. Klingner

Summer C, 1998

305/919-5768 work phone; 305/919-5980 work fax

305/758-0856 home phone; 305/758-0148 home fax

klingner@fiu.edu

Purpose: This capstone course for the MPA program will deploy skills, concepts and knowledge acquired in previous course work in analytic exercises related to students' areas of specialization.

Format: This course will be taught on a tutorial basis. That is, we will meet twice early in the semester to discuss course requirements and process; and twice at the end of the semester to present reports, review outcomes and evaluate our findings. These dates are given below in the schedule.

Office Hours: The instructor will be available to meet with students, by appointment, in the Dean's Office, College of Urban and Public Affairs (AC1-214), FIU, North Miami.

Requirements: You will complete one action report per the criteria specified in the attachment (80%), complete a daily log (journal) of your experiences in completing the action report (10%), and present your project report to the class (10%).


Course Schedule


Part 1: Preparation
Friday, May 8 3:15-6:05 p.m.
Friday, May 15 Same place, same time (cont.)
Friday, May 22 Same place, same time (cont.)


Part 2: Action Research You will conduct research according to the schedule I have approved, contacting me informally by phone, fax or e-mail to advise me or progress and/or problems. Note: I will be unavailable from June 18 to July 10.

Part 3: Reflection and Report Presentation
Friday, July 24 Same place, same time (cont.)
Friday, July 31 Same place, same time (cont.)
Friday, August 7 Same place, same time (cont.)

Course Evaluation