PADM 700 Public Administration Ethics, Statesmanship, & Governance

This course provides a foundational perspective on the study of public administration. Students will research key areas relating to public administration, leadership, ethics in the public administration context, and governance. Students will be challenged to synthesize these concepts with a Biblical perspective on statesmanship.

Today, perhaps more than ever in the history of the great American Constitutional Republic, the study of governmental ethics, the cultivation of statesmen and stateswomen, and the furtherance of the understanding of governance, predicated upon the individual responsibility of informed active citizenship, must be taught to succeeding generations.

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Discussions (posts and replies) are collaborative learning experiences that play an exceptionally important role in this course—and the rest of your doctoral journey. 

Therefore, you will be asked to participate in 5 Discussions: the Module 1Discussion (Introduction to Public Administration) and 4 Case Study Discussions (Modules 2, 4, 6, and 8).

For case studies the student will select and critically assess the actions (or failures to act) of a public administrator/official—or—a public sector agency and its leadership and the resulting consequences for those actions. Each case study must focus on a real-world public administration situation, writing 450–500 words in the initial thread. 

The analysis will be based upon the concepts the student learned and discussed in the previous Module’s resources and assignment as well as the required reading and presentations from the current Module: Week.

Then, the student will post replies of 200–250 words each to 2 or more classmates’ threads. Each reply must be unique and must integrate ideas (and citations) from the required  readings and presentations for the Module: Week, as appropriate, and at least 2 scholarly sources.

Each thread and reply must follow current APA format.

The student will prepare a Journal Article Review of 1 (or 2) peer-reviewed academic source that is relevant to a research topic of interest to the student. This Review will be at least 4 pages and will follow current APA format.

The student will prepare an Annotated Bibliography of at least eight to ten (8–10) peer-reviewed academic sources that are relevant to a research topic of interest to the student. The student will annotate each source with a summary of at least 50 words. 

The student will update and present updated analyses of her/his Annotated Bibliography and identify common findings and limitations across the articles. 

The analyses will seek new insights, gaps in the research, contrary/opposing perspectives, areas for further research, common findings, methodologies, etc. and relevance to the student’s potential doctoral research. 

 This Assessment will be at least 8 pages of content and will be in current APA format.

The student will complete a quiz affirming that he or she has access to the HSOG Doctoral Community Canvas page, and that he or she agrees to be bound to all policies contained therein. This quiz will cover the Learn material for the assigned Module: Week. This quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 5 yes/no questions, and will have a no time limit.