scholarly journals Let’s Play … eGovernment! A Simulation Game for Competence Development among Public Administration Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Ogonek ◽  
Bettina Distel ◽  
Jörg Becker
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Simulation Game ◽  
Administration Students

An Approach to Diversity and Cultural Competence Curriculum in Public Administration

2022 ◽  
pp. 840-857
Author(s):  
Bridgett A. King
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Organizational Diversity ◽  
Organizational Decision Making ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
Administration Students

There are a variety of approaches that can be utilized to facilitate public administration students and practitioners using culturally responsive approaches in their professional lives. The importance of understanding cultural diversity extends not only to individual interactions but also the structure of organizations and organizational decision making. The chapter presents one approach to providing students with a diversity-focused curriculum in a graduate-level public administration program. This approach includes an overview of the historical legacy of diversity in public administration, legally required and voluntary approaches to organizational diversity, models that can be used to assess the diverse cultural experiences of individuals for more personalized practice, and activities that can be utilized and adapted to educate public administration students and practitioners on issues of diversity and cultural competency.

Aspects of Legal Regulation and Implementation of Public Administration Students' Internships in Lithuania

1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-102
Author(s):  
Jolanta Juralevičienė ◽  
Jolanta Palidauskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Knowledge In Practice ◽  
Administration Students

Article concentrates on students' internships, which provide them with a possibility to apply theoretical knowledge in practice. The purpose of the paper is to analyze and evaluate the legal aspects of internship organized for Public Administration (PA) programme students and their practical application in Lithuania. The analysis of internship regulations in 5 universities, having PA Bachelor's programme, allows distinguishing a number of similarities and differ-rences. The analysis of legal acts, universities' internal regulations and students' internship regulations of several Lithuanian study programmes in Public Administration indicates the lack of unified students' internship system. The authors provide several ideas how this topic can be elaborated in the future.http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.10.1.231

scholarly journals Förskolechefens anavar och uppdrag i ett kommunalt förvaltningsperspektiv

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Eriksson ◽  
Dennis Beach ◽  
Ann-Katrin Svensson
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Pedagogical Quality ◽  
School Sector ◽  
Education Act ◽  
Preschool Staff

The revision of the Swedish Education Act and of the Pre-School Curriculum of 2010 involved a demand for improved pedagogical quality and for an alteration and clarification of roles and responsibilities within the pre-school sector. In the revision the responsibilities, authorizations and rights to make decisions of the Heads of Preschool were articulated and clarified. This article describes and discusses how the new responsibilities and tasks of the Heads of Preschool have been interpreted and how the response to the revisions has manifested itself within a framework of municipal public administration. The data used consists of a questionnaire answered by 48 administrative officials with responsibility for education government in different municipalities. The result shows that the Heads of Preschool in a majority of municipalities are faced with increasing responsibilities and a new accountability structure. In order to meet the demands for improved pedagogical quality they are also expected to provide competence development opportunities for preschool staff.2010-års revideringen av skollagen och förskolans läroplan innebar dels ökade krav på pedagogisk kvalitet och dels på en förändrad och förtydligad ansvarsstruktur i förskolan. För förskolechefens del explicitgjordes och förtydligades både ansvar, befogenhet och beslutsrätt. I artikeln beskrivs och problematiseras hur förskolechefens ansvar och uppdrag tolkas och kommer till uttryck i ett övergripande kommunalt förvaltningsperspektiv i samband med dessa revideringar. Data utgörs av en enkätundersökning besvarad av 48 förvaltningstjänstemän anställda i olika kommuner. Resultatet visar att förskolechefen i flertalet kommuner har tilldelats ett stort ansvar när det gäller att tolka och initiera den förtydligade ansvarsstrukturen och skapa förutsättningar i form av kompetensutvecklingsinsatser för förskolepersonalen för att möta de ökade kraven på pedagogisk kvalitet.  

An Approach to Diversity and Cultural Competence Curriculum in Public Administration

2020 ◽  
pp. 239-261
Author(s):  
Bridgett A. King
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Organizational Diversity ◽  
Organizational Decision Making ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
Administration Students

There are a variety of approaches that can be utilized to facilitate public administration students and practitioners using culturally responsive approaches in their professional lives. The importance of understanding cultural diversity extends not only to individual interactions but also the structure of organizations and organizational decision making. The chapter presents one approach to providing students with a diversity-focused curriculum in a graduate-level public administration program. This approach includes an overview of the historical legacy of diversity in public administration, legally required and voluntary approaches to organizational diversity, models that can be used to assess the diverse cultural experiences of individuals for more personalized practice, and activities that can be utilized and adapted to educate public administration students and practitioners on issues of diversity and cultural competency.

scholarly journals Stress vulnerability assessment among medical and political science and public administration students

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Claudia-Mariana Handra ◽  
Eugenia Naghi ◽  
Marina Ruxandra Oțelea
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Health Score ◽  
Stress Vulnerability ◽  
Vulnerability To Stress ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Average Health ◽  
Administration Students

Abstract Context. Stress is a complex psychosocial phenomenon that significantly influences health. The individual differences in stress response depend on sensitivity to stressors, named “stress vulnerability”. Objectives. The aims of the study were to determine the level of perceived vulnerability to stress and compare stress vulnerability among students from 2 universities in Bucharest: University of Medicine “Carol Davila” and National University of Political Studies and Public Administration. Methods. An approximately equal number of students from the two selected universities completed the Romanian version of the Miller-Smith stress vulnerability questionnaire. Results. A number of 86 (60 women and 26 men) students agreed to participate. Average age was 23.56 years with a standard deviation of 4.86 years. The high vulnerability group included 18 (38%) medical students and 27 (60%) political science and public administration students. The difference was statistically significant (chi2 test, p=0.02) between the two groups. The average health score for medical students (MS) was 15.97, with a median of 15, while for the political science and administration students (PSPAS) the average health score was 24.91, with a median of 26. The average psychosocial score for MS group was 20.41 and the median was 20. In the PSAPS group, the psychosocial score was 26.14 and the median 24. The difference was statistically significant for both health score (p<0.00001) and psychosocial score (p=0.0006). Conclusions: Stress is a common problem among undergraduated students. In this study the vulnerability to stress was higher for students PSAPS group compared to the students from MS group.

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