Universität Wien

230075 SE Public Administration Reforms: Perspectives form the Sociology of Organizations (2012W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Note: the course starts on October 12th 2012.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 35 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 12.10. 17:15 - 19:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 19.10. 17:15 - 19:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 09.11. 17:15 - 19:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 16.11. 17:15 - 19:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 23.11. 17:15 - 19:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 30.11. 17:15 - 19:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 07.12. 17:15 - 19:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 14.12. 17:15 - 19:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 11.01. 17:15 - 19:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 18.01. 17:15 - 19:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 25.01. 17:15 - 19:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The sociology of public administration is a central, yet, over the last decades, increasingly neglected domain of sociological research. The course is intended to give students an introductory insight into the most prominent approaches in the sociology of public administration and to present new findings in the field. The course is divided into two parts. In the first part, broadly discussed approaches in the sociology of public administration will be discussed on the basis of selected texts. The focus will be on theories of bureaucracy according to Max Weber, Talcott Parsons, Peter Blau and W. Richard Scott, Michel Crozier, and Niklas Luhmann.
In the second part, new phenomena in the sociology of public administrations will be focused on the basis of the previously discussed theories. Here, empirical studies on new trends in public sector reforms will be presented and discussed. Thematically, the studies are centered on unintended consequences of public sector reforms which try to introduce transparent and market-oriented principles into bureaucratic organizations. Here, the following questions might arise: what side effects emerge in transparent public administrations and should organizations always be transparent for outsiders? Do universities and hospitals need managers and how powerful are they? Can schools be managed like companies? What expectations lie behind the idea of standardizing and supervising bureaucratic decisions and how does it work in reality? The examples will be reforms of local administrations, education and health services.

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation, two short essays during the term.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The students should get an introductory overview of the classical approaches in the sociology of public administration and the current status of empirical and theoretical research in the field.

Examination topics

Discussion of texts, oral presentations if requested.

Reading list

see list.

Association in the course directory

in 905 : MA Forschungsspezialisierung Gesundheit und Organsiation oder MA EF Erweiterung einer gewählten Forschungsspezialisierung

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