scholarly journals Master of Public Administration

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Master Of Public Administration

Everything old is old again

2021 ◽  
pp. 014473942110173
Author(s):  
John J Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Course Offerings ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
Core Course ◽  
Widespread Dissemination ◽  
Master Of Public Administration

A purpose of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program is to translate theory into practical concepts to prepare leaders of the public and nonprofit sectors. The practice continues to employ entrepreneurial activities throughout the world. The academy has researched, written, and published extensively about entrepreneurship to build knowledge. The author pulled together aspects of the research to build an applicable framework for entrepreneurship—presenting, publishing, and designing an MPA course. This paper discusses that journey. The author sought to find the extent of similar courses in other accredited programs. The findings did not reveal widespread dissemination of entrepreneurship courses. An unintended finding shows that core course offerings appeared to be largely unchanged for decades. Is it time to “reinvent” the MPA program?

Design and Implementation Issues in the First Russian Master of Public Administration Program

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmine Scavo ◽  
Paul K. Dezendorf ◽  
Natalia Kostina ◽  
Yaroslav Startsev ◽  
Alyona Vishnevskaya
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Master Of Public Administration

scholarly journals Challenges to inform the curricula of Master of Public Administration programmes

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-167
Author(s):  
Jacobus S Wessels
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Concept Analysis ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Sector Managers ◽  
Master Of Public Administration

The emerging complex challenges confronting public administration (PA) leaders are used as reasons for rethinking the quality of PA education throughout the world. However, it is not clear what PA scholars mean when they use the word ‘challenge’ when rethinking the curricula of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) programmes globally. The questions this study set to answer were: what are the defining characteristics of the concept corresponding to those objects referred to as ‘challenges’ for MPA graduates to meet, and what are their implications for MPA curriculum standards? In an effort to answer these questions, a concept analysis of the concept ‘challenge’ within the context of PA and MPA curricula was done. For this purpose, three scholarly journals, as well as three operational documents, were purposefully selected for qualitative content analysis. The concept analysis showed that ‘challenge’ within the context of the MPA curriculum is characterised by being a PA task, its wickedness, and the required capabilities for public sector managers to undertake that task. The study found that due to the inherent wickedness of challenges, MPA curricula have to instil a capability in graduates for independent and autonomous thinking amidst a diversity of perspectives and settings.

Integrating professional sustainability literacy into the master of public administration curriculum

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Kinzer
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Sustainability Literacy ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
High Level ◽  
Master Of Public Administration

Purpose Public administration, or the implementation of public policies by civil servants, will be central to implementing the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. And yet, few American master of public administration (MPA) programs explicitly focus on sustainable development or sustainability literacy. This study asks whether it is possible to build professional sustainability literacy within a general MPA course, specifically in a course on quantitative methods. Design/methodology/approach Through a natural experiment conducted in three sections of the graduate course Quantitative Methods in Public Administration at UNC Wilmington, the study explores the relationship between student growth in professional sustainability literacy and a student’s level of foundational sustainability literacy, pro-environmental behavior, background knowledge in statistics and their interest in sustainable development within public administration. Findings The study finds that there is a statistically significant relationship between growth in a student’s professional sustainability literacy and two variables: above average foundational sustainability literacy and a high level of interest in sustainability policies and programs. Originality/value This study is the first to consider an embedded approach to sustainability education in the field of public administration.

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