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Learning
Modules
Textbook Readings (See
Blackboard for Additional
Readings)
Learning Outcomes Assignment Due Due Date Points
Module 1 Introductions and Overview of
Course and Initial Discussion of
Third Party Governance
Readings:
None
1. Introduce yourself to the
rest of the class.
2. Recognize the different
for styles of participation
among class members.
Write a three paragraph biographical
perspective (in the course blog) on you and
this class. In the perspective describe your
educational goals, degree focus, prior and
current work experience, professional/career
goals. What hobbies, athletic or volunteer
activities are important to you? How does
this class serve your goals?
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Module 2 Overview of the Subject Matter
Reading:
1. Goldsmtih and Eggers, Ch. 1
2. Network Management
Reconsidered: An Inquiry into
Management of Network
Structures in Public Sector
Service” Journal of Public
Administration Research and
Theory Vol 18, No 4 2008
(http://jpart.oxfordjournals.org.
mutex.gmu.edu/content/18/4/61
7.full.pdf+html)
3. Provan and Lemaire, “Core
Concepts and Key Ideas for
Understanding Public Sector
Organizational Networks: Using
Research to Inform Scholarship
and Practice” Public
Administration Review, Vol 72
No 5 2012
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.
mutex.gmu.edu/store/10.1111/j.
1540-
6210.2012.02595.x/asset/puar25
95.pdf?v=1&t=hoeb8iqz&s=1a9
efe1575aeafb0fb74ac96e1713bf
dd6950e42)
Be able to comment on and
discuss:
1. The inherently fragmented
structure of American
governance
2. The relationship of federalism
and intergovernmental relation
3. The role of public, private and
not-for-profit sectors
4. Forces that drive change in the
multi-governmental, multi-
sector relationships
Online discussion:
Answer one of the following questions in no
more than 300 words and individually
respond to the answers of two of your
classmates in no more than 150 words each.
1. Is there a limit to the number of
entities that can be engaged in the
delivery of programmatic activities?
2. What is the basic unit of analysis for
multi-governmental/multi-sector
delivery structures?
3. Which factors have the greatest
impact in creating change within
multi-governmental/multi-sector
delivery structures?
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Module 3 The “Tools of Government”
Readings:
Salamon, The Tools of
Government, Chaps 1 and 22 on
electronic reserve
Be able to discuss and comment
on:
1. The types of “tools of
government”
2. The factors that influence
the choice of tools
3. How tools extend the
reach of their users
4. The limitations of tools
Online discussion:
Answer one of the following questions in no
more than 300 words and individually
respond to the answers of two of your
classmates in no more than 150 words each.
1. Is there a limit to the use of tools?
2. Are all tools created the same?
3. How do you choose the best tool in
a given circumstance?
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Module 4 Networks, management and
remote control program delivery?
Readings:
Goldsmith and Eggers, Chaps. 1-4
Be able to comment on and
discuss:
1. basic concepts and ideas
regarding organizational
networks.
2. basic multi-organizational
terminology that
differentiates types of
network relationships,
e.g., intergovernmental
relations,
interorganizational
relations, networks,
loosely and tightly
coupled systems,
federalism, etc.
3. applying multi-
organizational relations
ideas to public service
delivery.
4. whether the focus of a
network always has to
serve a public purpose,
Students assigned to Group 1 will identify,
read and critically evaluate the contribution
of three (3) academic articles or
governmental policy statements on cross-
sector partnerships, intergovernmental
shared risk or public regulation of private
sector activity as they impact infrastructure
protection/emergency response and write a
3-5 page evaluation of the items. The
evaluation will be posted to a discussion
forum by Wednesday this week. The
remaining students will comment on two of
the evaluations.
The evaluations can focus on one of the
following questions or another of the
author’s choice that falls in the same general
area. If choosing another question please
clearly specify it and its importance.
1. How do networks work with
democracy?
2. What forces drive the creation of
networks?
1. How do we differentiate types of
networks?
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Module 5 Networks, management and
remote control program delivery?
Readings:
Goldsmith and Eggers, Chaps. 5-8
Be able to comment on, discuss
and research:
1. Whether networks might
differ across policy areas and
why.
2. How different types of
organizations function
differently in networks.
3. What is different about
managing in networks.
4. What types of networks there
are and why.
5. Whether every organization
participates equally in
networks.
Online discussion
Answer one of the following questions in no
more than 300 words and individually
respond to the answers of two of your
classmates in no more than 150 words each.
1) Can you really design a network or
do they just emerge?
2) Do all network participants have to
have the same reasons or motives
for participating?
3) How does an multi-sector network
establish a collaborative sense and
valuation of goal congruence?
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Module 6 Federalism: An Institutional
Context
Readings:
Robertson, Chaps. 1-5
Be able to comment on, discuss
and research:
1. The historical roots of multi-
governmental responsibility.
2. Understanding the dynamics
of change in responsibility
3. Differences in approaches
across policy arenas
4. Getting things done in spite
of fragmentation
Students assigned to Group 2 will identify,
read and critically evaluate the contribution
of three (3) academic articles or
governmental policy statements on cross-
sector partnerships, intergovernmental
shared risk or public regulation of private
sector activity as they impact infrastructure
protection/emergency response and write a
3-5 page evaluation of the items. The
evaluation will be posted to a discussion
forum by Wednesday this week. The
remaining students will comment on two of
the evaluations.
The evaluations can focus on one of the
following questions or another of the
author’s choice that falls in the same general
area. If choosing another question please
clearly specify it and its importance.
1. What forces drive the evolution of
American federalism?
2. Why are the federal/state/local
relationships different across
different types of policies, e.g.,
education, transportation,
environment, etc.?
3. How do the courts treat American
federalism from a constitutional
perspective?
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Module 7 Federalism: Changing State of
Mind in a Changing World
Readings:
Robertson, finish
Be able to comment on and discuss
in an informed way:
1. The political, social and
cultural forces impacting
American Federalism
2. How structural changes in
Federalism have impacted
multi-sector relationships
and networks
3. How governance networks
are impacted by changes in
Federalism.
4. How characteristics of actors
participating in governance
networks change in relation
Federalism changes.
Online discussion forum (see below for
more instructions):
Answer one of the following questions in no
more than 300 words and individually
respond to the answers of two of your
classmates in no more than 150 words each.
1. To what extent do changes in
Federalism impact designing
networks or vice versa?
2. In what ways does the utilization of
Salamon’s tools reflect changes in
Federalism over time?
3. Which is more important, the
structure of Federalism or the
character of intergovernmental
relationships in structuring network
management challenges.
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Module 8 Privatization, public-private
partnerships, outsourcing
sourcing
Readings:
Grossman and Holzer, Chaps. 1-3
Be able to comment on and discuss
in an informed way:
1. the characteristics of
bonds/ties between actors.
2. government non-profit
relations and government
corporation relations.
3. the forces that drive
organizational relationships
4. intangible and tangible skills
Students assigned to Group 3 will identify,
read and critically evaluate the contribution
of three (3) academic articles or
governmental policy statements on cross-
sector partnerships, intergovernmental
shared risk or public regulation of private
sector activity as they impact infrastructure
protection/emergency response and write a
3-5 page evaluation of the items. The
evaluation will be posted to a discussion
forum by Wednesday this week. The
remaining students will comment on two of
the evaluations.
The evaluations can focus on one of the
following questions or another of the
author’s choice that falls in the same general
area. If choosing another question please
clearly specify it and its importance.
1. Are there limits to public-private
collaboration?
2. What factors should dictate when
public-private collaboration should
be undertaken?
3. Do public-private collaborators
learn from the collaborative
process?
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Module 9 Public-Private Collaboration:
A new management
paradigm?
Readings:
Grossman and Holzer,
Chaps.4-5
Be able to comment on and discuss
in an informed way:
1. The application of network and
organizational concepts in
economic development
2. The structural effect effect of
public private partnerships on
networks
3. How differences across sectors
affect multi-sector partnerships.
4. The role of goal congruence and
trust in building networks.
Students assigned to Group 4 will
identify, read and critically evaluate
the contribution of three (3) academic
articles or governmental policy
statements on cross-sector
partnerships, intergovernmental shared
risk or public regulation of private
sector activity as they impact
infrastructure protection/emergency
response and write a 3-5 page
evaluation of the items. The
evaluation will be posted to a
discussion forum by Wednesday this
week. The remaining students will
comment on two of the evaluations.
The evaluations can focus on one of
the following questions or another of
the author’s choice that falls in the
same general area. If choosing another
question, please clearly specify it and
its importance.
1. Are public-private collaborations
based on resources exchanges:
money, authority, risk, etc.?
2. What barriers exist to limit the
productivity of public-private
collaboration?
3. How do non-profit organizations
collaborate with the public and
private sectors?
10/28/2016 50
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Module 10 Collaboration, Networks and
Third Party Governance:
Integrating and Practice
Reading:
Comfort, L. K. (2005). Risk, Security, and Disaster Management, Annual Review of
Political Science, 335-356.
Comfort, L. K. (2007), Crisis Management in Hindsight: Cognition, Communication, Coordination, and Control, Public Administration Review, 189-197.
Kapucu, N. (2009). Interorganizational Coordination in Complex Environments of Disasters: The Evolution of Intergovernmental Disaster Response Systems, Journal of Homeland Security
and Emergency Management,
6(1), Article 47.
Moynihan, D. P. (2008). Learning under Uncertainty: Networks in Crisis Management, Public
Administration Review, 350-365.
Be able to comment on, discuss and
research:
1. challenges in organizational
communication and
coordination.
2. developing strategies in
multi-organizational settings.
3. the limits to planning for
emergencies and
infrastructure protection.
4. Learning in networks.
Group 1 will prepare an analytical
summary of the readings for this module
and develop a Powerpoint and video
presentation of their summary. The
power point and video will be uploaded
to the module wiki. The presentation
will be graded by the instructor, based
on the rubric identified for the
assignment.
In addition, the remainder of class will
complete a wiki assignment to identify
the following:
1. Key concepts and ideas omitted
by the group.
2. Additional lessons and ideas
from the reading beyond those
presented by the group.
3. Key changes to the presentation
to improve the substantive
content and delivery of the
material.
The contribution of the other members
of class will be evaluated by the
instructor, and a grade provided based on
the rubric identified for the assignment.
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Module
11
Issues in Managing Third Party
Governance
Readings:
Klijn and Koppernjan,
Chaps. 1-6
Be able to comment on, discuss and
research:
1. Risk sharing, what are the
limits?
2. How do you measure
performance?
3. What drives interagency
collaboration and cooperation?
4. What management challenges
arise out of multi-sector
cooperative efforts?
Group 2 will prepare an analytical
summary of the readings for this
module and develop a Powerpoint and
video presentation of their summary.
The power point and video will be
uploaded to the module wiki. The
presentation will be graded by the
instructor, based on the rubric identified
for the assignment.
In addition, the remainder of class will
complete a wiki assignment to identify
the following:
1. Key concepts and ideas omitted
by the group.
2. Additional lessons and ideas
from the reading beyond those
presented by the group.
3. Key changes to the presentation
to improve the substantive
content and delivery of the
material.
The contribution of the other members
of class will be evaluated by the
instructor, and a grade provided based
on the rubric identified for the
assignment.
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Module
12 Issues in Managing Third
Party Governance
Readings:
Klijn and Koppernjan, Chaps. 7-
13
Be able to comment on, discuss and
research:
1. why one-size-fits-all, standard
templates do not always
work.
2. what variables that can impact
organizational communication
and coordination in planning
for emergency response.
3. processes of adaptation to
uncertainty.
Group 3 will prepare an analytical
summary of the readings for this
module and develop a Powerpoint and
video presentation of their summary.
The power point and video will be
uploaded to the module wiki. The
presentation will be graded by the
instructor, based on the rubric identified
for the assignment.
In addition, the remainder of class will
complete a wiki assignment to identify
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4. how to learn across
organizations in unfamiliar
settings.
the following:
1. Key concepts and ideas omitted
by the group.
2. Additional lessons and ideas
from the reading beyond those
presented by the group.
3. Key changes to the presentation
to improve the substantive
content and delivery of the
material.
The contribution of the other members
of class will be evaluated by the
instructor, and a grade provided based
on the rubric identified for the
assignment.
Module
13
Readings:
Agranoff, Chaps. 1-4
Be able to comment on, discuss and
research:
1. understanding the impact of
organizational purpose and
culture on information
processing.
2. the challenges of coordination
in a fragmented political
system.
3. the political challenges of
managing risk.
4. the performance of our policy
making system under conditions
of stress.
Group 4 will prepare an analytical
summary of the readings for this
module and develop a Powerpoint and
video presentation of their summary.
The power point and video will be
uploaded to the module wiki. The
presentation will be graded by the
instructor, based on the rubric identified
for the assignment.
In addition, the remainder of class will
complete a wiki assignment to identify
the following:
1. Key concepts and ideas omitted
by the group.
2. Additional lessons and ideas
from the reading beyond those
presented by the group.
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3. Key changes to the presentation
to improve the substantive
content and delivery of the
material.
The contribution of the other members
of class will be evaluated by the
instructor, and a grade provided based
on the rubric identified for the
assignment.
Module
14 Issues in Managing Third
Party Governance
Reading:
Agranoff, Chaps. 5-8
Be able to comment on, discuss and
research:
1. Matching management style to
a network
2. Anticipating and evolving style
to fit a dynamic network?
3. Identifying network
management skills for
networks?
4. Whether there are unique
management skills for
networks?
Class discussion of management skills
utilizing discussion board for the
module. Questions will be posted to the
discussion board.
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Module
15 Negotiation, Bargaining and
Network Constructs
Final Summation and Final
Paper Due
Reading:
O’Leary and Bingham, all
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