Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ramazan ŞENGÜL

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Clarify basic notions about reform, restructuring and administrative improvement.
2) Compare the public administration reforms over the world.
3) Analyze the reasons of the need for reform.
4) Analyze the reasons of the shift from administrative reform to state-wide change.
5) Analyze the reasons of success and failure in reform attempts both in Turkey and over the world.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Learning Outcomes
	1	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	2	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	3	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	4	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	5	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

This course critically evaluates the following issues: the need for reform in public administration; the concept of administrative reform and its major techniques; the shift from administrative reform to government reform; major social, political, technical and managerial imperatives which necessitate a radical reform in government; post-bureaucratic, post-modern and post-fordist trends in government and in public administration; the shift from public administration to governance and from administrative state to policy and management networks; NPM (New Public Management) and the changing administrative paradigm; the economical approach to governance and the blurring boundaries between public and private sectors; the minimal state approach and its critics; the liberal view on state and government reform; the concept of optimal state; globalization and international standardization of administrative and government reform; a brief history of administrative reform in Turkey; and the trend of liberalization in the Turkish public administration and its impacts on society

Weekly Schedule

1) The State's political and economic rationale
2) The growth of the State and the State failure
3) State in terms of efficiency
4) The new role of the State in the face of dynamics of change
5) Barriers in front of the state reform
6) Approaches to increase the efficiency of the State
7) Reform proposals for the State to increase efficiency
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) The need for state reform in Turkey
10) International interactions in public administration and Turkey
11) The basic deficits of public administration in Turkey
12) The basic principles of restructuring the public administration in Turkey
13) The restructuring fields of the Turkish public administration
14) The effects of Public Financial Management Act to theTurkish public administration
15) Accountability and ethics in Turkish public administration
16) Final examination

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Group Study
5) Self Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	30%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	70%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required

Course Unit Title	Course Unit Code	Type of Course Unit	Level of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	ECTS Credits
Restructuring of State	SBK403	Compulsory	Bachelor's degree	4	Fall	5