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COURSE SCHEDULE,

CASES & READINGS

MPA Capstone Seminar (PS 540)

Professor Bob Swansbrough

Spring 2006

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DATE	TOPIC, READINGS & ACTIVITIES	FACULTY
Jan. 10	COURSE GOALS & INTRODUCTION TO TEAMS Explanation of team case study on your duties as hired outside consultants for community-based research projects. Project's Research Report expectations. TEAM ACTIVITY: Lost at Sea exercise.	Swansbrough
Jan. 17	TEAMBUILDING READ: Lumsdens, Communicating in Groups and Teams (Chap. 1-4) Orientation to Teams lecture Powerpoint on Team Roles & Styles	Ernst
Jan. 24	LEADERSHIP READ: Lincoln on Leadership (Phillips) Lumsdens, Chap. 7 & 8 Begin on-line development of Team Rules. CASE: Wellington Street Pier Project [Electronic Hallway handout]	Swansbrough
Jan. 31	DANGERS OF GROUPTHINK READ: Stillman, pp. 104-111 CASE: "The Columbia Accident" (Stillman, Case 4) VIDEO HM 133.G76 1991 "Groupthink"	Swansbrough
Feb 7	LEADERSHIP VS MANAGEMENT READ: Stillman, pp. 298-322 (Chap. 10) CASE: "Re-engineering a Vision: Erlanger Medical Center's Experience" and "Epilogue" (MPA Handout)	Swansbrough
Feb. 14	RESOURCE ALLOCATION & NON-PROFITS READ: See Blackboard's COURSE DOCUMENTS CASE: Government/ Nonprofit Contracting Exercise. Posted on Blackboard.	Bellar
Feb. 21	ETHICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION READ: Stillman, pp. 501-513 Posted materials.	Dr. Plaisted
Feb. 28	ADMINISTRATIVE COMMUNICATION READ: Stillman, pp. 254-271 CASE: "The Shootings at Columbine High School" (Case 9)	<>Brodsky
Mar 7	ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF CHANGE READ: Heifetz, Introduction, Chap. 1,4, 5, 6, 8, 9 & ll CASES: Tacoma (p. 88), LBJ & civil rights (p. 129),Margaret Sanger (p. l94) & Selma l965 (p. 208)	Swansbrough
Mar 13-17	SPRING BREAK
March 21	TEAMS PRESENT ORAL COMMUNITY REPORTS See course web page on Oral Report Tips	MPA Faculty
March 28	PRACTITIONER PANEL ON FUTURE OF PUBLIC SERVICE	Swansbrough
April 4	STUDENT INDIVIDUAL ORAL RESEARCH REPORT	Swansbrough
April 11	STUDENT INDIVIDUAL ORAL RESEARCH REPORT *DUE: Written Team Case Studies*
April 18	STUDENT INDIVIDUAL ORAL RESEARCH REPORT	Swansbrough
April 25	<>COURSE WRAP-UP <>	Swansbrough & Edwards
May 7	GRADUATION (2 p.m.). CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL THE MPA FACULTY!

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