Text Books
Text Books - Spring 2012 semester
PAD 501 B & C - Introduction to the Profession
Shafritz, Jay M., E.W. Russell and Christopher P. Borick. (2010) Introducing Public Administration (7th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Longman. ISBN-13: 978-0205780501.
Dresang, Dennis, and Huddleston, Mark W. (2011) The Public Administration Workbook (7th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Longman. ISBN-13: 9780205019960.
PAD 502 A & B - Organization Dynamics
Shafritz, Jay, Ott, Steven and Jang, Yong Suk. Classics of Organization Theory. (7th ed). Stamford, CT: Wadsworth-Cengage Learning. ISBN-13: 9780495569410.
Bolman, Lee G., and Deal, Terrence E. (2008) Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership (4th ed). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN-13: 9780787987992.
PAD 503 A & B - Analytical Tools
Meier, K. J., Brudney, J. L., & Bohte, J. (2012). Applied statistics for public and nonprofit administration (8th ed). Boston: Wadsworth. ISBN-13: 978-1111342807. [MBB]
Students are required to have access to the software programs Microsoft Excel 2007 or 2010 and Stata 11 or 12 for this course.
PAD 504 A & B - Budget and Finance
Lee, Robert D. Jr., Johnson, Ronald W., and Joyce, Philip G. Public Budgeting Systems. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008. ISBN-13: 9780763746681.
PAD 505 A & B - Human Resources Management
Klinger, Donald E, John Nalbandian, and Jared E. Llorens. (2009). Public Personnel Management. Upper Saddle, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN-13: 9780136026884.
PAD 534 - Program Implementation
Church, Thomas W., and Robert T. Nakamura (1993). Cleaning Up the Mess. Washington, DC: Brookings. ISBN-13: 9780815714132.
Goldsmith, Stephen and William D. Eggers (2004). Governing By Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector. Washington, DC: Brookings. ISBN-13: 9780815731283.
Nathan, Richard P (1993). Turning Promises Into Performances. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0231079631.
PAD 536 A – Intergovernmental Relations
O’Toole, Laurence J. Jr. ( Ed.) American Intergovernmental Relations: Foundations, Perspectives, and Issues (4th ed). Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2007. ISBN-13: 9780872893078 .
Conlan, Timothy J. and Posner, Paul L. (Eds.) Intergovernmental Management in the 21st Century. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-8157-1542-9.
PAD 537 A – IT for Public Administration & Nonprofits
Reddick, Christopher G. Public Administration and Information Technology Burlington, MA :Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0763784607
PAD 541 A - Nonprofit Sector: Human Resources
Pynes, Joan E. (2009). Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Strategic Approach (3rd ed). Somerset, NJ: John Wiley. ISBN-13: 9780470331859.
Barbeito, Carol L. (2004). Human Resource Policies and Procedures for Nonprofit Organizations. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. ISBN-13: 978-0471644231. Recommended.
PAD 543 A – Marketing for Public and Nonprofit
Wymer, Walter, Patricia A. Knowles, and Roger Gomes (2006). Nonprofit Marketing: Marketing Management for Charitable and Nongovernmental Organizations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN-13: 9781412909235.
PAD 568 A – Labor Arbitration/Dispute Resolution
LaCugna, Charles S. (1988). An Introduction to Labor Arbitration. Westport, CT: Praeger. ISBN-13: 9780275930479.
PAD 571 A – Capstone
Stoecker, Randy (2005). Research Methods for Community Change: A Project-Based Approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN-13: 9780761928898.
Stringer, Ernest (Ed.) (2007). Action Research (3rd ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN-13: 9781412952231.
PAD 571 B & C- Capstone
Newell, Terry, Grant Reeher, and Peter Ronayne. (2011). The Trusted Leader: Building the Relationships That Make Government Work (2nd ed). Washington, DC: CQ Press. ISBN: 9781608712762.
Hill, Carolyn J. and Lynn, Laurence E. Jr. (2009). Public Management: A Three Dimensional Approach. Washington, DC: CQ Press. ISBN-13: 9780872893481.
Jill K. Jesson (2011). Doing Your Literature Review: Traditional and Systematic Techniques. Los Angeles: Sage. (paper) ISBN-13: 9781848601543.
PAD 652 A – Public Management Seminar
O'Leary, Rosemary and Lisa Bingham (2009). The Collaborative Public Manager: New Ideas for the Twenty-First Century. Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Press. ISBN -13: 9780765625045.
Menzel, Donald C. and Harvey L. White. (2011) The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. New York: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 13: 9781589012233.
