Discussion Strategies

A. To take part in the discussion:

I’d like to raise the question of… / May I make a point about… / I think it is important to raise / to consider the question of…

B. To introduce / state opinions:

I’m convinced / sure / absolutely certain that… / It seems to me evident / obvious that… / Well, I’d like to say that… / My idea is… / As far as I know / remember …/I’m going to concentrate on the main points.

C. To break into a discussion:

If I could get a word edgeways … / If you’d let me get a word in / If you’d only listen to me … / Sorry to interrupt, but… / If I could have your attention for a moment … / (after being interrupted) You didn’t let me finish.

D. To raise objections against arguments:

There’s nothing that can persuade me that … / You haven’t convinced me that… / I’m afraid I can’t accept that… / I disagree/I’m not sure that’s true / correct / right. / I take / see your point, but… / There’s no evidence / no proof that …

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Ex.24. ◄► Discuss the following questions:

1. What was the beginning of public administration like?

2. Why is the traditional model of public administration being replaced now?

3. What are the seven fundamental principles of traditional public administration?

4. How and why have these principles been challenged?

5. What changes in organizational culture were brought about by the economic problems of the 1980s?

 

Ex.24. ◄► Prepare Power Point Presentations on the following topics. Follow the guidelines in Appendix 1.

1. Theoretical foundations of Woodrow Wilson and Frederic Taylor.

2. Theoretical foundations of Max Weber² in Germany.

3. Theoretical foundations of the Northcote-Trevelyan Report of 1854 in the United Kingdom.

 

Ex.25. ◄► Topics for Impromptu talks practice. Comment on these ideas.

1. The essential difference between Administration and Management.

2. Attempts to find the one-best-way in Public administration is elusive and can lead to rigidity in operation.

3. Delivery by bureaucracy is not the only way to provide public goods and services_.

4. The public demands better mechanisms of accountability where once the bureaucracy operated separately from the society.

 

 

Part 2

Reading 1

Ex.1. Skim the text below to find out

· what features of management become especially important in a competitive economy.

· what "Theory Y" is, what the purpose of advancing it was.