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What must a competent executive in public governance consider in order to advance a career in public service?
What must a competent executive in public governance consider in order to advance a career in public service?
As you prepare your response, consider the following:
1. Identify & Analyze
Based on what you have learned in your studies and from your experiences at the Bush School, what have you learned about public administration, theories, concepts, and practices? Provide clear explanations and numerous examples of what you learned, how, and where you learned it.
2. Evaluate & Synthesize
Why are these important to your future success in a public service career?
3. Transfer
How do you expect to apply these skills in a public service career? Provide specific examples that show you understand what you will be expected to know and do in your future career.
Courses, assignments, and high-impact experiences that address this outcome
Courses, assignments, and high-impact experiences that address this outcome
PSAA 601, Foundations of Public Service
Capstone project
To help you answer this question, consider what you have learned about the following:
understanding the evolution of public administration as a discipline
knowing different perspectives on management and leadership
understanding variation in organizational structure and tasks
understanding perspectives on organizations as both open and closed systems
knowing different theories of and approaches to decision making
knowing complex quantitative and qualitative information that attempts to frame or direct policy options
knowing key elements of personnel systems
understanding the budget cycle and perspectives on budgeting
understanding perspectives on taxation and public finance
knowing techniques for planning and performance assessment
knowing outsourcing, federalism, and the importance of organizational interrelationships in program implementation
understanding institutional, legal, and political environment of public administration
knowing efficiency, responsiveness, accountability, transparency and other competing values in public service
thinking critically about ethical choices in public and nonprofit management
communicating effectively in writing and orally
organizing projects and working effectively in teams
identifying personal strengths and weaknesses in working with others
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