An excellent site for those interested in Government/Public Administration. The Editors of the Atlas are both respected personalities - Ian Clark, is a former Permanetnety Secretary to the Treasury Board of Canada and Les Pal is a Professor at the School of Public Policy at Carleton University (in Ottawa, Canada).
Enjoy... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Malé, Charles" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:28:24 -0400 Subject: RE: Useful website -- The Atlas of Public Management To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> The Atlas of Public Management https://portal.publicpolicy.utoronto.ca/en/Pages/index.aspx The Atlas is both an analytical tool and a research product of the Best Practices in Public management<https://portal.publicpolicy.utoronto.ca/en/BestPractices/Pages/default.aspx>. The Atlas has been developed to study the relationships between international agency advice, government practice and university teaching. But we believe the Atlas can be useful for users beyond a relatively small number of best practice researchers. There are seven groups that we believe may have an interest in the contents of the relational database made accessible through the Atlas. 1. Public management scholars: Some of the scholars who belong to one or more public management research associations<https://portal.publicpolicy.utoronto.ca/en/sr/InstitutesAndJournals/Lists/Public%20Management%20Research%20Associations/AllItems.aspx>, or who read and publish in journals of public management<https://portal.publicpolicy.utoronto.ca/en/sr/InstitutesAndJournals/Lists/Journals%20of%20Public%20Management/AllItems.aspx>, will be interested in the research questions being explored in the Best Practices project and may want to use the databases in the Atlas to explore similar questions. 2. MPP/MPA curriculum planners and reviewers: There are over 20 MPP/MPA programs in Canada (see MPP/MPA Programs<https://portal.publicpolicy.utoronto.ca/en/sr/MastersPrograms/Pages/default.aspx>) and about ten times that number in the United States. (According to its website, the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPA<http://www.naspaa.org/about_naspaa/naspaa.asp>), had 280 members in 2012 including those outside the U.S.) The European Association for Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA)<http://www.eapaa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=37> lists over 30 programs in 22 countries. The curricula of many MPP and MPA programs are reviewed periodically, either as result of a program review policy of their university, or as part of an accreditation process conducted by a body such as NASPA, EAPAA or the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA)<http://www.cappa.ca/index.php/en/>. Curriculum planners and reviewers should find the Atlas useful in setting out the range of subjects that could be taught in the curriculum and the principal topics within those subjects, and illustrative syllabi from highly respected MPP/MPA programs. 3. MPP/MPA faculty refreshing their courses: Although individual faculty members responsible for teaching one or two courses in an MPP/MPA program do not need the breadth of perspective of the whole public management field required of curriculum planners and reviewers, they may find the Atlas useful for identifying topics and reference materials for similar courses taught in other MPP/MPA programs. 4. Prospective MPP/MPA students: The Atlas may be useful to individuals contemplating an application to MPP or MPA programs, whether they are currently in undergraduate studies or in the work force, to help them gain an appreciation of the range of subject matter in public management, and to help them compare the way in which different programs address the subjects. 5. Current MPP/MPA students: Students currently enrolled in an MPP or MPA program may use the Atlas to review their understanding of various subjects and topics, and to find relevant reference materials for class assignments. They can also use the Atlas to gain an appreciation of how the concepts they are learning in class are being applied in government. 6. Government officials responsible for management practice: The Atlas may be useful to government officials in central agencies who oversee management improvement policies and initiatives. The Atlas can provide them with an appreciation of how other governments are approaching a particular topic, what international agencies are advising and what is being taught on the topic in MPP/MPA programs. 7. International agency officials: The Atlas may be useful to those officials in international agencies interested in seeing how the agency's advisory products are being applied in governments and how they are being used in MPP/MPA programs. In addition to these rather specialized audiences, there may be others who are simply interested in what international agencies do in the field of public management and how different universities approach the teaching of the subject. Finally, a word about geographical focus: although the Atlas builds on PPG Portal databases on courses, concepts and terms that have a marked Canadian focus, the newer material on the Atlas will draw as well from MPP/MPA programs and governments outside Canada. The target audiences for the Atlas are global. Ian Clark, Ben Eisen and Leslie Pal Editors of The Atlas of Public Management February 17, 2013 _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list [email protected] http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). 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