Name: Administrative Reform module/course
code IAP4113
Student workload
510
(minutes/week)
Credits (ECTS)
4.53 ECTS
Semester VII Frequency ODD SEMESTER
Duration
1x per semester
Types of courses:
Tutorial/Lecture/
Response
Contact hours:
150 minutes/week
Independent study:
360
minutes/week
Class size X
students:
30 Students (S1)
1 Prerequisites for participation -
2 Learning outcomes
Students are able to understand and identify various concepts and theories of public administration reform (CPL 1, 2, 3, 12)
Students are able to identify various challenges and obstacles in public administration reform (CPL (1, 2, 3, 12)
Students are able to understand and analyze public administration reform (CPL 1, 2, 26, 27)
Students are able to understand and have the ability to apply the concept of public administration reform (CPL 1, 2, 20, 27)
3 Description This course provides the basis on how to manage public administration reforms needed to make changes to bureaucratic reform. In addition to providing the basic foundation for this course, it also steps to provide students with analytical skills on cases of public administration reform based on the theories that have been studied. In the end, students are able to provide recommendations on cases of public
administration reform at both national and global levels.
4 Subject aims/Content:
1. History of public administration reform 2. The urgency of public administration reform
3. Challenges and barriers to public administration reform 4. Bureaucracy, culture and public administration reform 5. Mainstream theory of public administration reform
6. New Public Administration Model in public administration reform 7. New Public Management Model in public administration reform 8. Sound of Governance model in public administration reform 9. New Public Service Model in public administration reform 10. New Public governance model in public administration reform 11. The Neo Weberian State model in public administration reform 12. Public Administration Reform in Europe
13. Public Administration Reform in Asia 14. Public Administration Reform in Africa
15. Limitations of Public Administration Reform and Transition
5 Teaching methods lectures, discussions
6 Assessment methods: assignments, Mid-Term Exam, Final-Term Exam, quizzes, 7 Other information e.g. bibliographical references:
1. Pollit, C., & Bouckaert, G. (2017). Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis into the Age of Austerity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. Osborne, S. P. (2010). The New Public Governance: Emerging Perspective on Theory and Practice of Public Governance (S. P. Osborne, ed.). London: Routledge.
3. Nemec, J. (2014). Comparative Analysis of Public Administrations Reform in Former Socialist Countries of Central and Eastern Europe. International Journal of Civil Service Reform & Practice, 4(4), 93–113.
4. Rhodes, R. (1996). The New Governance: Governing without Government. Political Studies, 44, 652–667.
5. Samaratunge, R., Alam, Q., & Teicher, J. (2008). The new public management reforms in Asia: A comparison of South and Southeast Asian countries.
International Review of Administrative Sciences, 74(1), 25–46.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852307085732
6. Farazmand, A. (2004). Sound Governance: Policy and Administrative Innovations.
London: Praeger.
7. Farazmand, A. (2012). The Future of Public Administration: Challenges and Opportunities −−A Critical Perspective. Administration & Society, 44(4), 487–517.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399712452658
8. Andrews, M., Pritchett, L., & Woolcook, M. (2017). Building State Capability:
Evidence, Analysis, Action. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
9. Denhardt, J. V., & Denhardt, R. B. (2007). The New Public Service: Serving, Not Steering. New York: M.E. Sharpe.
10.Osborne, D., & Gaebler, T. (1993). Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is transforming the Public Sector. New York: Plume.
11.Waheduzzaman, Wahed. (2019). Challenges in Transitioning from New Public Management to New Public Governance in a Developing Country Context.
International Journal of Public Sector Management. Vol. 32 (7).
12. Mark Turner, Eko Prasojo & Rudiarto Sumarwono. (2019). The challenge of reforming big bureaucracy in Indonesia. Policy Studies. DOI:
10.1080/01442872.2019.1708301
