Republic of the Philippines

WESTERN PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY

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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course No./Title: PA 201 (Theory and Practice of
Public Administration)
COURSE PROFESSOR: Dr. Sol de villa B. Rama
COURSE CREDIT: 3 units
SCHEDULE: 1st Semester, SY 2018-2019
7:30am-10:30AM-SATURDAY(PPC)
1:30-4:30PM(Main)
CONSULTATION HOURS: 1pm-4pm-MONDAY

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a basic introduction to public administration for graduate students
of public administration. Topic to be covered include the theories of public organizations, the role of
bureaucracy in the political process , bureaucratic discretion and accountability, policy implementation
and the changing nature of public administration, and Ideas, Issues, trends and process in the theory and
practice of public administration and national development.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course introduces students to fundamental theories, concepts, issues, trends,
and processes in public administration as they relate to societal governance, the activities of the market
sector, and the impact of civil society. All these are considered within the framework of the pursuit of
national development. In this sense, public administration is viewed as an academic discipline, as a process
involving the structure, operation and praxis of administrative institutions, and as a profession,
interrelating with various sector in society. As such, the Course also seeks to juxtapose the norms and
ideals of theory with the realities of practice using national development goals as the frame of reference.
The objectives of the course thus, are 1.) To introduce the students to the field, the basic concept, nature,
theories, and principle of Public Administration as an academic discipline, and to its application, practice
and processes: 2) to engender appreciation of different analytical tools and techniques in the landscape
of administrative theory and practice as they relate to national development aspirations; 3) to provide an
analytical forum by which practices and operation of government and bureaucratic institutions are
assessed and evaluated in the light of national development aspirations; 4) to analyse, in a limited sense,
the dynamics of the interaction of the state with business sector and civil society, the impact of
globalization, and the challenge of national development.
COURSE REQUIRMENTS: The requirements of the course are:

1) Active Participation in class discussion with students expected to have read and analyzed
assigned readings. Student must expect to experience and endure a regime of readings in order to enjoy
the satisfaction of graduate work. (10%)
2) Oral class reports on assigned topics. Students are expected to present a report before the
class on a topic to be assigned on a schedule date. Individual presentations should last for 20-30 minutes.
Preferably accompanied by visual and 1-2 page(s) abstract to be distributed to members of the class
before or during the presentation. Presentation are expected to be critical and analytical. (10%)
3) A term paper of about 20 to 25 pages. Typewritten, double spaced or computer print-outs
(with a 12 font) on a topic involving theories and concept of public administration and national
development goals and their applications: Topics and outlines should be submitted and approved by the
second half of the semester. Student are warned against plagiarizing the work of other authors or
copying ideas and materials from other sources without acknowledgement. Likewise, Student should not
submit papers that have been used, or to be used, in other courses, Students caught with these or any
other form of intellectual dishonesty shall be dealt with severely. Standard modes of footnoting should be
observed. The articles in the Philippine Journal of Public Administration can serve as models for the
format of the paper. Please do not send your outline or term papers by e-mail. I want a hard copy. (30%)
4) Final Examination. Expect this to be comprehensive, intellectually stimulating and refreshing,
generally covering issue and matters discussed in class. (30%).
5) Group Project- A 2-day seminar on Citizens Engagement in Public Finance. This activity will
serve as the extension activity of the MPA Program. The target participants are section heads of LGUs,
NGOs, POs, and civil society groups. A resource person from Social Watch Phils and People’s Public Finance
Institute based in UP-Diliman will be invited. Majority of the logistics for this activity will be shouldered
by the college thru the MPA Program. However, other incidental expenses will be shouldered by the
class.(25%)
6)Policy brief. A short, neutral summary of what is known about a particular issue or problem, in
a report form designed to facilitate policy-making (Eisele, 2006). The purpose of the policy brief is to
convince the target audience of the urgency of the current problem and the need to adopt the preferred
alternative or course of action outlined, and therefore, serve as an impetus for action (Young and Quinn,
n.d.). The key elements and format of the policy brief will be provided and discussed. (15%)
7) Reaction paper on the 3rd SONA of President Duterte. Each student is required to listen to the
3rd State of the Nation Address of the President scheduled on the last week of July. It is expected that
your paper will be comprehensive, critical, and analytical. This is a five-page paper using MS Word, 12
point size, and double space.(5%)

COURSE OUTLINE AND READINGS

I. The Nature, Meaning and Dynamics of the state and of Public Administration

Raadschelders, JOS C.N. 2003, Government, A Public Administration Perspective. New York:
M.E Sharpe. Ch. 1. Government: The Most Central Phenomenon of our Time, pp. 3-31.
 Reyes, Danilo 1993. “Bureaucracy and Transition: Some Reflection on Redemocratization and
Politics-Administration Dichotomy” in Bautista, et.al. (eds.)
Introduction to Public administration in the Philippines: A Reader. (1st ed.).
Q.C.: UP –CPA. (hereinafter referred to as “Bautista. Et. Al.. A Reader”) pp. 76-102.

Baradat, Leon P. 1994 Political Ideologies: Their Origins and Impact

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. “Theories of the Origin of the State.” Pp. 45-50

Reyes, Danilo. 2003. “The Study of Public Administration in Perspective: A Passing Review of the
Development of the Discipline.” In Bautista. et al .(eds.)
Introduction to Public Administration in the Philippines: A Reader (2nd ed.). Quezon City: UP-NCPAG.
Pp. 109-144. (also found in Philippines Journal of Public Administration 34 (I) (January , 1995). pp. 1-36.

Kuhn, Thomas. 1970. The Structure of Scientific Revolution. 2nd ed.., Chicago: University of
Chicago Press.

Wilson, Woodrow, 1887 “The Study of Administration.” Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 2
(June 1887), as reprinted in waldo (ed.) Ideas and Issue in Public Administration, 1953 (mimeo).

Rutgers, Mark R. 1998 “Paradigm lost: crisis as identity of the study of public administration,”
International Review of Administration Sciences. Vol. 64, No. 4 (December), pp. 553-564.

II Foundation of Public Administration Theory and Practice

A. Public Administration and the Influences of the Multi-Disciplinary

Evolution of Management Thought

Henry, Nicholas, 1975. “Paradigms of Public Administration” Public Administration Review,

(July-Aug.), (mimeo).

Stillman, Richard J. II. 2000. “The Study of Public Administration in the United States: The
Eminently Practical Science,” in Stillman II (ed.) Public Administration: Concept and Cases. 7th ed., New
York: Houghton Miffin, pp. 17-30.

Denhardt, Robert B. 2000. Theories of Public Organization (3rd ed.). Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace
and Co. Ch. 2, “The Intellectual Heritage: Marx, Weber and Freud,” pp. 21-40; Ch. 3, “The Political
Heritage: From Wilson to Waldo,” pp. 41-70; Ch. 4, “The Rational Model of Organization,” pp. 71-93;
and Ch. 5, “Organizational Humanism and the New Public Administration,” pp. 95-118.

Lynn, Laurence E., J. Jr. 2001 “The Myth of Bureaucratic Paradigm; What Traditional Public
Administration Really Stood For,” Public Administration Review. Vol. 61, No. 2 (March/April), 144-160.
 Stillman, Richard J. II. 2003” Twenty-First Century United State Governance: statecraft as Reform
craft and the Peculiar Governing Paradox it Perpetuates,” Public Administration. Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 18-
40.
Stillman, Richard J. II.1991. Preface to Public Administration: A search for Themes and
Directions, New York: St. Martin’s Press.

B. Perspectives, Approach and Critiques: Reform Movements, Directions

And Development in the Field

Reyes, Danilo R. 2001. “An Overview of Current Developments in the Study and Practices of
Public Administration,” Philippine Journal of Public Administration. (July), pp. 225-241.

Frederick, George. 1971. toward a New Public Administration: The Minnowbrook Perspective,
Scranton: Chandler.

Wamsley, Gary, et. Al. 1992. “A Legitimate Role for Bureaucracy in Democratic Governance.” In
Larry Hill (ed.) The State of Public Bureaucracy. New York: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 59-86.

Osborne, David and Ted Gaebler, 1992. Reinventing Government. New York: Penguin
“Introduction: An American Prestroika,” pp. 1-24: and Cg. 1. “Catalytic Government: Steering Rather
Than Throwing,” pp. 25-48

Executive Office of the President [U.S.A]. National Performance Review. 1993.

From Red Tape to Results: Creating A Government that works Better and Cost Less. Washington: U.S
Government printing Office.

Moe, Ronald C. 1994 “The Reinventing Government Exercise: Misinterpreting the Problem.
Misjudging the Consequences.” Public Administration Review. 55 (2) (March/April), pp. 111-112.

Williams, Daniel W. 2000. “Reinventing the Provebs of Government,” Public Administration

Review. (November/December, Vol. 60, No. 6), 522-534.

Green, Richart T. and Lawrence Hubbell. 1996. “On Governance and Reinventing Government”
in Gary L. Wamsley and James F. Wolf, (eds.) Refounding A Democratic Public Administration.
Thousand Oaks, London and New Delhi: SAGE publications, pp. 38-67.

Hammer, Michael and James Champy. 1993. Reengineering the Corporaton: A Manifiesto for
Business Revolution. New York: Harper-Collins Publishers.

Halachmi.Arie 1995. “Re-engineering and public management: some issue and considerations,”
International Review of Administrative Science. 61 (3) (September). Pp. 329-341.
 Reyes, Danilo R. 2003. “Public Sector Reengineering: Practice, Problems and Prospect,” In
Bautista. et.al. (eds.) International to Public Administration in the Philippines: A Reader (2nd ed.). Q.C.:
UP-NCPAG. pp. 157-174. (Also in Philippine Journal of Public Administration. Vol. 42. Nos. 3 & 4 (July-
October, 1998), pp. 184-202.

Ocampo, Romeo. B. 2003. “ Models of Public Administration Reform: New Public Management,
In Bautista, et.al. (eds.) Introduction to Public Administration in the Philippines: A Reader (2nd ed.).
Q.C.: UP-NCPAG, pp. 147-156.

Osborne, Stephen and Kate McLaughlin. 2002. “The New Public Management in context.” In K.
Mclaughlin, S. Osborn and E. Ferlie (eds.). New Public Management Current Trends and Future
Prospect. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 7-14.

Pollitt, Christopher. 2002 “The New Public Management in International perspective,” In K

McLaughlin, S. Osborne and E. Ferlie (eds.) New Public Management: Current Trends and Future
Prospects. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 274-292.

Reyes, Danilo R. 1997. “Controversies in Public Administration: Enduring Issue and Question in
Bureaucracy Reform,” Philippines Journal of Public Administration. (Jan-Oct.). pp. 277-300.

III. Public Administration in the Philippines

A. Public Administration as a Field of Study in the Philippines

De Guzman, Raul, 2003. “Is there a Philippine Public Administration?” In Bautista, et.al (eds.)
Introduction to Public Administration in the Philippines: A Reader (2nd ed.). Q.C.: UP-NCPAG. pp.3-11
Corpuz, Onofre D., 1993 “Issue There a Philippine Public Administration?” ?” In Bautista, et.al
(eds.) Introduction to Public Administration in the Philippines: A Reader (1st ed.). Q.C.: UP-NCPAG.
pp.12-19.

Endriga, Jose N. 1996. “The Historical Background of the Discipline of Public Administration in
the Philippines” Encyclopedia of Philippine Social Sciences. Q.C PSSC (also available in monograph form
at the library).

Reyes, Danillo. 2003. “Public Administration in the Philippines: History, Heritage and Hubris.” In
Bautista, et.al (eds.) Introduction to Public Administration in the Philippines: A Reader (2nd ed.) Q.C.:
UP-NCPAG. pp. 38-64

Reyes, Danilo., 1993. “The Identity Crisis in Public Administration Revisited” in Bautista, et. Al. A
Reader (1st ed.). pp.18-38.
 Reyes, Danilo. 1995. “Life Begins at Forthy: An Inquiry on Administrative Theory in the
Philippines and the Structure of scientific Revelations.” In P. Tapales. N. Pilar and N. Romblon. (eds.)
Public Administration. U.P. CPA: Quezon City.

B. Public Administration Dynamics, Process and Issue in the Philippines

Esplanada. Jerry E. 2006 Three part special Report on civil Service: “CSC reels from GMA
prerogative to appoint execs.” March 27 “GMA nears record of most ex-AFP appointees,” March 28;
“Gov’t operating like an employment agency,” March 29, all in Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 27-29,
2006.

Carlos, Clarita R. 2004. Towards Bureaucratic Reform: Issue and Challenges. Makati City:
Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Ch. 2. “ What has been Done in the Past?” pp. 9-73.

Local Government Academic and UNDP. Unpacking the local Government Code 1991. Manila:
UNDP. (no date).

Endriga, Jose 1993. “Stability and change: The Civil Service in the Philippines.” In the Bautista,
et.al. (eds.) Introduction to Public Administration in the Philippines: A Reader (2nd ed.). Q.C.: UP-
NCPAG. pp. 393-414.

Pilar, Nestor. 1993. “The Relevance of New PA in the Philippine Public Administration” in
Bautista, et. Al. A Reader, pp. 141-149.

Brillantes, Alex, 1993. “Decentralization in the Philippines: An Overview” in Bautista, et, al. A
Reader, pp. 368-381.

Presidential committee on Streamlining the Bureaucracy, DBM. 1995. Re-engineering the

Bureaucracy for Governance: Principle and Parameters. Manila: Department of Budget and
Management.

Sosmena, Gaudioso, Sr., 1991 Decentralizationand Empowerment, Manila: Logodef

The Philippine Administrative Code, 1987.

IV. Public Administration, Governance, Globalization and National Development: Issue, Problems And
Visions

A. Development Concept, Sustainable Human Development, Globalization, Reform and

Accountability and Public Administration
 Todaro, Michael, 1982. Economics for a Developing World. (2nd ed.) “The Meaning of
Development” Ch. 6 (mimeo).

Hunt, Diana 1982. Economics Theory of Development: an analysis of Competing Paradigms, Ch.
1 & 2.

United Nation Development Programme: 1997. Integrating Human Rights with Sustainable
Development. New York: UNDP.

Gant, George. 1979. Development Administration, Concepts, Goals and Methods, Madison:
The University of Wisconsin Press.

Khator, Renu. 1998. “The New Paradigm: from Development Administration to Sustainable
Development Administration.” International Journal of Public Administration (December, 21 (12). pp.
1777-1801.

Reyes Danilo, 1993. “The crisis of underdevelopment: A Reexamination of Economic Models of

Development in the Third World.” In Bautista. et. al. A Reader pp. 239-267.

Briones, Leonor. 2003. “Globalization, Nationalism and Public Administration: Challenge and
Response,” In Bautista et.al. (eds.) Introduction to Public Administration in the Philippines: a Reader
(2nd ed.). Q.C: UP-NCPAG. pp. 77-108 (also in Philippine Journal of Public Administration. (Jan.-Oct.,
1997). Pp. 1-32.

Reyes, Danilo., 1993. “ Tension in the Trouble Bureaucracy: Reform Initiatives in Public
Organizations and Service Delivery System” in Philippine Journal of Public Administration. (July),
pp.293-264.

Carlos, Clarita R. 2004 Towards Bureaucratic Reform: Issue and Challenges. Makati City: Konrad
Adenauer Foundation Ch.3, “Challenges to a Sustained Bureaucratic Reform”. pp. 75-88.

Republic Act 6713 (Code of Ethics and Standards), February, 1989 and the Civil Service
Commission Implementing Guideline.” April, 1989.

UN Millennium Project. 2005. Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the

Millennium Development Goals. New York: Millennium Project.

B. Governance and the Evolving Field of Public Administration: the Redefinition of the roles of
the state, the market and Civil Society.
 Pan Suk Kim, et.al. 2005 “Toward Participatory and Transparent Governance: Report on the sixth
Global Forum on Reinventing Government.” Public Administration Review. Vol. 65 No. 6
(November/December). pp. 646-654.

Bevir, Mark. R.A.W. Rhodes and Patrick Weller. 2003 “Traditions of Governance: Interpreting the
Changing Role of the Public Sector. Public Admininstration. Vol.81, No. 1. pp. 1-17.

Hirst, Paul. 2000. “Democracy and Governance.” In Jon Pierre (ed.) Debating Governance
Oxford University Press: New York, pp. 13-35.

Rhodes, R.A.W. 2000. “Governance and Public Administration.” In Jon Pierre (ed.) Debating
Governance. Oxford University Press: New York, pp. 54-90.

United Nation Development Programme, 1997. Reconceptualising Governance. (Discussion

Paper 2) (January). New York: UNDP; pp. 1-20; and 21-53.

United Nation Development Programme 1997. Governance for Human development. (January).
New York: UNDP.

De Dios. Emmanuel, et.al. “The Deepening crisis: the real score on deficits and the public debt.”
U.P. School of Economic paper, August, 2004.

OTHER READINGS MAY BE SUPPLIED DURING THE CONDUCT OF THE COURSE.

SCHEDULE OF SESSION
ST
1 Semester. AY 2017-2018

SESSION DATE TOPIC

1 July 14, 2017 Class Introduction/Course Syllabus Discussion

2 July 28 P.A and Theories and role of the state

3 Aug 4 Nature/Meaning of P.A

4 Aug 11 Foundations of PA

5 Aug 18 Perspective and Approaches

6 Aug 25 PA in the Phils

7 Sept 1 PA & National Development

8 Sept 8 PA. Governance and Sustainable Dev’t
9 Sept 15 Issues and Challenges in PA

10 Sept 22 Local Autonomy/Decentralization

11 Sept 29 Ethics and Accountability

12 Oct 6-13,20 Research break

13 Oct 27 FINAL EXAM

NOTE:
Last Day for dropping Sept. 08 2018: Last day for filing LOA: Sept. 22, 2018. Last Day for submission of
outlines for terms papers: Oct. 05, 2018. Above schedule will be adjusted as may be necessary.

REPORTING ASSIGMENT AND SCHEDULE

TOPIC DATE OF REPORT REPORTERS*

1. The Philippines Civil Service Aug. 4

System: History and Structure
Philippine P.A.

2. Reengineering and Philippine August 4

Bureaucracy

3. New Public Management and Aug 4

Philippine P.A.

4. Concepts, Theories and Models of Aug 11

Development*

5. Development Administration Aug 11

6. Sustainable Human Development Aug 11

7. The Sustainable Development Goals Aug 18
(SDGs) and Philippine Response*

8. Globalization and the Phil. Economy Aug 18

9. Governance and the Interaction of the Aug 18

State, Business and Civil Society

10. Privitalization and the Aug 25

Public Enterprise System in
The Philippines*

11. Foreign Investment Policy Aug 25

In the Phil.*

12. The General Agreement on Aug 25

Tariff and Trade, the WTO and
Phil. Economy*

13. The Philippine Fiscal Crisis: Sept 2

Causes, Effects and Remedies*

14. Concept of Local Autonomy, Sept 23

Decentralization, and
The Local Government Code
(RA 7160) and Govt Employees
Administrative Offenses

15 Good Governance: The Phil Sept 23

Government Rating/Achievement

16. The Phil Fiscal Reforms Under D30 Sept 23

Administration

17. Federalism: Is the Phil ready for it? Sept 30

A boon or bane?
Each student has an assigned topic. Students who fail to report on the schedule date of his/her report
without valid excuse and/or prior notice will be required to submit a written make-up report of about 10
pages. Schedule will be adjusted as may be necessary.