Administrative Reform and Public Sector Performance

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Your goal should be to be fully responsive to the prompts. Be sure to define key terms and cite the book(s) when applicable. When appropriate, provide a supporting example or idea from the news, personal experience, work experience, other course material, etc. Use of key words and concepts from the textbooks should be clearly indicated. Essays should also be fully responsive to the prompts. For each prompt provide (1)one examples from your professional experience and/or what you have learned from newspapers, magazine, podcasts, documentaries, and other sources and cite (2)two citations from the books. Answer each prompt below 1 paragraph per prompt. Prompt 1 and 2 use the file labeled Stillman_13 and for

Prompt 3 use the other file Kettle Chapter 7 Prompt 1 What are the four dominant reorganization prescriptions, or the “four tides of reform,” outlined in Paul Light’s essay? Their sources? Impacts? Upsides and downsides of each one? Why does he argue that today can be characterized as an era of “hyper-reform?” Prompt 2 Why did the author entitle this story “Expectations?” Its importance throughout? How did the expectations of those involved with the school reform initiative affect the outcome? Bennet’s expectations? Denver’s teachers? Parents? Students? Teachers? Employees? Why are expectations so difficult to understand yet so vital to shaping what happens in this case, or for that matter any reorganization case? Prompt 3 Which of the three major administrative reform strategies—downsizing, re-engineering, or continuou improvement—do you find to be the most compelling and why? What are the weaknesses inherent in the other two?