LECTURER: NHEM SARETH (PHD)
GRADUATE SCHOOL
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF
MANAGEMENT (NUM)
MASTER OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION Introduction to Course
Syllabus:
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Administrative theory
& process
Outline
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Self-introduction & expectation from
class
Tell us your:
✓ Name,
✓ Education
✓ Workplace
✓ Expectation
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Brainstorming about the course
Public administration?
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Brainstorming about the course (Cont.)
Government & its publics?
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Brainstorming about the course (Cont.)
Government & business?
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Brainstorming about the course (Cont.)
From public purposes to
public policies
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Brainstorming about the course (Cont.)
Policies and policy types?
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Brainstorming about the course (Cont.)
Policy design, policy tools,
and decision?
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Brainstorming about the course (Cont.)
Policy implementation,
failure, and learning?
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Brainstorming about the course (Cont.)
Science and theory in the
study of public policy
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Brainstorming about the course (Cont.)
Elements of policy-making
system
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Brainstorming about the course (Cont.)
Agenda setting, power
and interest group?
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Brainstorming about the course (Cont.)
National Strategic
Development Plan?
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Course
description
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Course description
❖Gain both substantive knowledge and
critical analysis skills related to
administration of public institution and
services.
❖Develop a solid understanding of public
administration theory, research and
concepts with an emphais on important
dimensions of policy formulation and
implementation.
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Course description (Cont.)
❖Explore the concepts, theories, principles
and strategies govering the administration
of public institutions and administrative
professionals improve the social welfare
anwho are entrusted to run the
organization and d economic development.
❖Explore the function of public
administration, the management of human
resources in state institutions, public
finance, administrtive control, motivation
and leadership, which can be applied in
daily operation of public institutions.
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- Students will have a greater understanding and awareness of the nature, scope, and
history of public administration and the variety of academic discimplines that have
contributed to the theories and the practice
- Students should be able to describe the development of public administration and to
compare the major organizational theories; and to have a working knowledge of the
dimension of public management
- Identify and address core issues in public governance, through a comparative
approach and bearing in mind of the challenges posed by global progress
- Discuss public policy challenge in specific administrative areas, i.e., agriculture,
education, NRM, health, development.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the intellectual heritage of public administration
and public organizations, including writing by the key scholars who helped shape
the field of public administration
- Assess the important ethics and ethical theory in the administration of public
resources to earn and retain public trust.
- Evalute the theorietical underpinings of the new public management and the
postmodern theories.
Course objective
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- Explain the meaning of public administration, management and organization
- Generalize the function of government both national and international pertaining to
the public administration process.
Develop skills in the activities of management of human resource in public settings.
- Analyse the incentive schemes in motivating the public employees.
- Breakdown some sources of subnational government’s revenues and expenditures.
- Discover the related mechanisms which are used to control the activities of
administration
- Analyze the impact of appropriate leadership styles for the performance
improvement of public employees.
- Students will be prepared for a career of public administration by linking the
content of the course, both theory and practice, with your own experiences and the
shared experiences of the other class participcants. Students should be able to
actively participate as a team member and ideally as a leader.
Course objective (Cont.)
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Course outline
Refer subject in Google Classroom
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Teaching method/activity
❖The course will be included lectures, individual research
project (take-home assignment), and present the book
chapters and scientific papers from different academic
journals (i.e., Elsevier, Springer, Sage, Taylor & Francis).
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Teaching method/activity (Cont.)
❖The graduate students will be provided opportunity
to present their views, learn through various activities,
and work on group projects.
❖The activities, scientific papers and assignment are
designed to help graduate students gain knowledge
and understanding of research process and publishing
their scientific papers.
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Teaching method/activity (Cont.)
The lectures will be given/sent to student by email (if it
is requested by students).
Strong requirement is that the graduate students have
to read the provided PPT (handout) in advance for
their interests.
Most importantly, the graduate students have to read
and summarize and prepare the oral presentation of
the given scientific papers and book chapters.
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Description Mark
- Mid Term 40%
- Group research project with oral presentation (Scientific Papers) 20%
- Final Exam 40%
- Total 100%
Student assessment
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Timetable
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References
Book reference:
1. Johnson, William C. Public administration: Partnerships in
public service. Waveland Press, 2014.
2. Hughes, Owen E. Public management and administration:
An introduction. Macmillan International Higher Education,
2012.
3. Kraft, M. E., & Furlong, S. R. (2012). Public policy: Politics,
analysis, and alternatives. Cq Press.
4. Schwester, R. W., & Holzer, M. (2015). Public
administration: An introduction. Routledge.
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References (Cont.)
Scientific reference:
1-Journal of Public money & Management, Taylor & Franscis
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpmm20/current
2-International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Franscis
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/lpad20/current
3-Jorunal of Public Policy and Administration, Sage
Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ppa
4-Journal of Accountability and Public Policy, Elsevier
Link: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-accounting-and-
public-policy
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Student work:
Book chapter
review
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Student work: Book chapter review
Book chapters will be given to
students (Review and prepare
PPT: At least 30 to 40 slides)
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Student work: Book chapter review
Tip for Book Chapter
1. Title
2. Sub-title
3. Conclusion (if applied)
4. Recommendation (if applied)
5. Add Table and Fig (compulsory)
6. Or convert the text into Table or Figure (dynamic
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Student work:
Scientific
Papers review
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Student work: Scientific Papers review
Scientific papers will be given to
students (Review and prepare PPT:
At least 25-30 slides)
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Student work: Scientific Papers review
Tip for Scientific Paper
1. Introduction
2. Literature reviews
3. Method
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Recommendation
7. Critique
8. Message take home
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Student work: Scientific Papers review
Note:
- The Slide will not be exceeded 30 slides.
- Time presentation will be 30 minutes to 1 hour
- Submit PPT to Dr. Nhem Sareth one day ahead (Must)
- PPT format is required to use the given PPT sample
(sent by Dr. Nhem Sareth)
- PPT must be high quality (sexy PPT)
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About lecturer
❖Name: Nhem Sareth, PhD, South Korea
❖Work experiences: 18 years with high professional
institutions: International NGO, government ministries and
universities
❖International trainings and education: 18 countries
❖International publication: 7 scientific partners in US,
Netherland, China, South Korea
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International publications
(Dr. Nhem Sareth)
1) Nhem, S., Lee, Y. J., & Phin, S. (2017) ‘Sustainable management of forest in view of media attention to REDD + policy, opportunity and impact in
Cambodia’, Forest Policy and Economics. Elsevier, 85(August), pp. 10–21. doi: 10.1016/j.forpol.2017.08.011.
2) Nhem, S., Lee, Y. J., & Phin, S. (2018a) ‘Forest income and inequality in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia: Gini decomposition analysis’, Forest
Science and Technology. Taylor & Francis, 14(4), pp. 1–12. doi: 10.1080/21580103.2018.1520744.
3) Nhem, S., Lee, Y. J., & Phin, S. (2018b) ‘Policy implications for community-managed forestry in Cambodia from experts’ assessments and case studies
of community forestry practice’, Journal of Mountain Science, 15(11), pp. 2531–2551. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-018-5021-3.
4) Nhem, S., Lee, Y. J., & Phin, S. (2018c) ‘The impact of forest resource decline: Analyzing forest-related income supplements to reduce income
inequality and poverty of the Kouy indigenous people living in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia’, Journal of Sustainable Forestry. Taylor & Francis,
37(2), pp. 97–119. doi: 10.1080/10549811.2017.1369887.
5) Nhem, S., Lee, Y. J., & Phin, S. (2019) 'Women's participation and the gender perspective in sustainable forestry in Cambodia: Local perceptions and
the context of forestry research', Forest Science and Technology. Taylor & Francis. DOI: 10.1080/21580103.2019.1595174.
6) Nhem, S., Lee, Y. J., & Phin, S. (2019) ‘Using Q methodology to investigate the views of local experts on the sustainability of community-based forestry
in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia’, Forest Policy and Economics. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.forpol.2019.101961.
7) Nhem, S., Lee, Y. J., & Phin, S. (2019) ‘Exploring perspectives in assessing the quality of governance of the REDD+ pilot project in Cambodia: Use of Q
Methodology’, Journal of Mountain Science. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-018-5301-y.
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International
publications
(Dr. Nhem
Sareth)
Note: Link to publication:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?us
er=SIygv6MAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
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