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PA 800 Fall 2009: Capstone Course

Course Syllabi

Course Books

·         De Souza Briggs, Xavier. 2008. Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities Across the Globe.  Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. (DSG)

·         Geuras, Dean and Garofalo, Charles.  Practical Ethics in Public Administration (2^nd Edition).   Vienna, Virginia: Management Concepts (G&G)

·         Goldsmith, Stephen and Eggers, William D. 2004. Governing by Network:  The New Shape of the Public Sector  Brookings Institution Press.  (G&E)

·         Kettl, Donald F. 2002. The Transformation of Governance:  Public Administration for Twenty-First Century America.  Johns Hopkins University Press. (Kettl).

·         Selection of best MPA papers and assignments

·         Flash Drive containing with files of MPA assignments and papers

·         SFSU Email address with KNOWN password

•  JF Kennedy School of Government Cases (NOT available through the San Francisco State University Bookstore-- order them online from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government Case Program):

  • 1.    C16-05-1803.0 (2005): Upwardly Global: Building a Model for Assisting Immigrant Professionals 

    2.    C14-05-1824.0 (2005): Wireless Philadelphia and C14-05-1824.1: Wireless Philadelphia & Sequel.

    3.    C16-06-1855.0 (2006): Extreme Hiring Makeover, Part A: Tacking the Federal Employment Crisis

    4.    C15-07-1870.0 (2007): Keeping a Campaign Promise: George W. Bush and Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage

    5.    C16-07-1868.0 (2007): LA Philharmonic and Walt Disney Concert Hall Part A: Turnaround Vehicle?

    6.    C16-08-1982.0 (2008): Thin on the Ground: Deploying Scarce Resources in the October 2007 Southern California Wildfires

     

• For the Strategic Assessment Memorandum, please select one of these cases to discuss and thoroughly analyze. They are available at the Kennedy School web site. 

  Number	Title	Author
  1667.0	Subject to Appropriations: Funding for Tobacco Control in MA	David Eddy Spicer
  1861.0	Defragmenting e-Government in New Zealand	Richard Norman
  1837.0	Pension Reform in CA	Brian R. Iammartino
  1839.0	Too Many Parents? Governance of Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway	Kristen Lundberg
  1707.0	Neighborhood Conservation Services of Barberton	Howard Husock
  1895.0	Keeping an Open Mind in an Emergency	Pamela Varley