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We will be meeting in the Administration building room 305A for this class.

Our focus this week is on the concept of administrative power and group behavior in the workplace.

Guest Speakers: We will have three quests this week. Uche Okezie and Faduma Ahmed will discuss the importance of community involvement in decision-making. They have been involved in the development of the Southeast Economic Opportunity Center and the community participation process involved in the development of the Center.

We will also have Henry Gillon, who is the integration manager of the North Seattle Opportunity Center for Employment and Education. Henry will discuss how to make collaboration work between agencies.

Assignment Due:

Public Participation Process – Using your own experience and this week’s readings and videos, your small group will design a public participation process. You will present your process in a Power Point format. See the assignment page for details.

Readings:

Stillman, Chapters 4,6

Case Study:

Finding Where the Power Lies in Government

Read the case. We will discuss the case in class.

Think about the following questions while you read the case?

–What did Bill Kelly do right?

–Did Kelly follow the org. chart? If not, why? Is this ok?

–What did Herb Klotz do wrong?

–What could he have done differently?

– Thinking about Norton Long's article in Chapter 4, What does these cases tell us about administrative power and public administration in general?

Research Paper

You should have identified your three research articles for your research paper by this point.