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Leight, Matthew D.; Abbott, Michaela – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2022
Master of Public Administration (MPA) alumni face increasingly diverse and global professional expectations. Public affairs specialists generally go on to manage complex partnerships that involve a wide array of participants. Public administration education ought to do its part to ensure these graduates succeed. In this sense, we offer comparative…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Public Affairs Education, Public Administration Education, Global Approach
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Knox, Colin – Teaching Public Administration, 2019
This article is a contribution to a special issue of "Teaching Public Administration," which offers teachers with many years' experience the opportunity to reflect on changes over time. The context for this paper is teaching public administration in Northern Ireland, a region of the UK that has a sizeable public sector but a distinctive…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Foreign Countries, Universities, Conflict
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Manoharan, Aroon P.; Mirbel, Wendel; Carrizales, Tony J. – Teaching Public Administration, 2018
Within the past two decades, globalization has led to increased literature on comparative public administration (CPA) research, and it has enhanced analyses of administrative systems in various societies. Our paper examines CPA education among Master of Public Administration and Master of Public Policy programs in the United States. The findings…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Public Administration, Global Approach, Comparative Education
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Capobianco, Stephen; Chen, Ximeng; Líppez-De Castro, Sebastián; Rubaii, Nadia – Teaching Public Administration, 2018
In the 21st century Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs need to meet the challenge of preparing public affairs professionals for an increasingly global and interdependent world in which complex social problems often span national boundaries and cultural differences. In that context, various internationalization strategies can be helpful…
Descriptors: Intercultural Programs, Public Administration Education, Masters Programs, Public Affairs Education
Greanian, George; Windsor, Duane – Teaching Political Science, 1985
How a fictitious international corporation is used to train managers in comparative governmental and legal processes is described. Masters of business and public management students are exposed to the simulated operation of an international firm that integrates the economic, market, legal, and political environments of managerial decision making.…
Descriptors: Business Education, Course Descriptions, Decision Making Skills, Economic Factors
Bergerson, Peter J., Ed. – 1991
The 16 chapters of this book offer innovative instructional techniques used to train public managers. It presents public management concepts along with such subtopics as organizational theory and ethics, research skills, program evaluation, financial management, computers and communication skills in public administration, comparative public…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business Administration Education, College Curriculum, Computer Literacy