Students who approach their studies in a systematic and organized manner are more likely to complete the course successfully than are those who do not. You are advised, therefore, to follow a study schedule to assist you in budgeting your time and scheduling your progress. The schedule provided here covers the course, with the exception of the final examination, in 16 weeks, well within the six-month individualized-study course contract.

Be sure to call your tutor if you have difficulty with the material or if you are unable to adhere to the work schedule as suggested. If you fall behind in your course work, contact your tutor immediately. Your tutor will be able to advise you as to what options are available. You may, of course, proceed more quickly than is suggested in the study schedule.

Note: Students who are receiving educational funding may be required to complete their studies within a shortened time limit. If you are receiving funding from any source, please check the details of your obligations and adjust your personal study schedule accordingly.

Weeks Unit Activities Reading Assignments
1 Unit 1 Read the Student Manual and complete the study activities for Unit 1: Introduction to Public Policy and Administrative Governance. Reading 1 “Public Bureaucracy” Marcia Nelson and Steve Patten
    Call your tutor to make initial contact if he or she has not already called you. Reading 2 “The Political Executive and the Permanent Executive” Heather MacIvor
    Read the instructions for the “Case Study Assignment” in the Student Manual and begin the process of identifying a case. Reading 3 “‘New Public Management’ in Canada: New Whine in Old Battles?” Leslie A. Pal
2-3 Unit 2 Complete the study activities for Unit 2: Public Bureaucracy in Theory and Practice. Reading 4 “Theories of Organization” Gregory J. Inwood
      Reading 5 “Towards the New Public Organization” Kenneth Kernaghan, Brian Marson, and Sandford Borins
    Call your tutor if you have any questions. Reading 6 “Politics versus Administration: Politicians and Bureaucrats” Reg Whitaker
4 Unit 3 Complete the study activities for Unit 3: Policy Formation: The Institutions and Processes of Political Governance. Reading 7 “The Machinery of Government” Stephen Brooks
      Reading 8 “The Public Service and Policy Development” Sharon L. Sutherland
    Call your tutor if you have any questions. Reading 9 “The Federal Government: Revisiting Court Government in Canada” Donald J. Savoie
5-6 Unit 4 Complete the study activities for Unit 4: Administrative Governance: The Challenge of Policy Implementation. Reading 10 “Policy Implementation” Leslie A. Pal
    Call the University and ask for the mid-term test. Reading 11 “Policy Instruments” Michael Howlett and M. Ramesh
    Call your tutor if you have any questions. Reading 12 “Alternative Service Delivery” Kenneth Kernaghan and David Siegel
    Complete the mid-term test and submit it to your tutor for marking. Include a Tutor-Marked Exercise Form.  
7-8 Unit 5 Complete the study activities for Unit 5: The Role and Influence of Non-state Actors in Policy-making and Administrative Governance. Reading 13 “Pressure Groups and Lobbying” Rand Dyck
    Investigate a topic for your Research Essay Assignment. See “Assignments For Credit” in the Student Manual. Reading 14 “Historical Trajectories of Influence in Canadian Politics” Miriam C. Smith
    Call your tutor if you have any questions. Reading 15 “Democratizing the Institutions of Policy-making: Democratic Consultation and Participatory Administration” Steve Patten
8-9 Unit 6 Complete the study activities for Unit 6: Ethics in Administrative Governance: The Challenge of Ensuring Democratic Accountability in Public Administration. Reading 16 “Public-Sector Accountability: Responsibility, Responsiveness, and Ethics” David Johnson
    Begin work on your Case Study Assignment Reading 17 “Accountability in Modern Government” Robert Gregory
    Call your tutor if you have any questions. Reading 18 “Searching for Accountability in Government without Boundaries” Donald J. Savoie
10-11 Unit 7 Complete the study activities for Unit 7: Social Diversity and the Question of “Difference” in Policy-making and Administrative Governance. Reading 19 “Governance and Diversity within the Public Service in Canada: Towards a Viable and Sustainable Representation of Designated Groups (Employment Equity)” Bey Benhamadi
    Complete your Case Study Assignment and submit it to your tutor for marking. Include a Tutor-Marked Exercise Form. Reading 20 “Women and the Public Sector” Caroline Andrew
    Call your tutor if you have any questions. Consider requesting your final examination. Reading 21 “Discourse, Identity, and Voice: Feminist Contributions to Policy Studies” Susan D. Phillips
12-13 Unit 8 Complete the study activities for Unit 8: Paradigms of Governance: Policy-making and Administrative Governance from the Administrative Welfare State to the Neo-liberal State Read the text: John Shields and B. Mitchell Evans, Shrinking the State: Globalization and Public Administration “Reform”
    Call your tutor if you have any questions.  
    Complete and submit your Research Essay Assignment. Include a Tutor-Marked Exercise Form.  
14-16 Final Exam Request the final examination. (You must allow at least fifteen business days between requesting the examination and the date you wish to write, remembering that the examination must be written and returned within the course contract period.) See the section “Procedures for Applying for and Writing Examinations” in the Student Manual.  
    You may also want to talk to your tutor to assess your readiness to write the final examination.  
    Review all the material in the course.  
    Write the final examination.  
    Congratulations on completing the course!  
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