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The Management Advancement for the Public Service (MAPS) program offers training seminars that build management and leadership skills for top executives, mid-level managers, first-line supervisors and administrative support staff. » Click here to learn more.
ANSWERS
The Glenn School wiki is the first place to go for answers to almost any question about the school
Glenn School Wellness
The Glenn School’s Wellness Council is here to help create a healthy environment for staff, faculty and students with a range of resources to help you in your quest for better health. PUBLIC ADDRESS MAGAZINE
Click here to download the currect edition of the Glenn School's Public Address magazine as well as find back issues.
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COURSE OFFERINGS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Autumn 2014
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Tentative Summer 2015
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Spring 2015
Tentative Summer 2015
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BOOKS
Recently published books by Glenn School faculty
Cultivating Effective Implementation: The Practice of Integrating Policy and Managementpresents an instrumental approach to implementation analysis. By spanning policy fields, organizations, and frontline conditions in implementation systems, this book provides a robust foundation for policy makers, public and nonprofit managers and leaders. Authors: Jodi Sandfort and Stephanie Moulton »Click here to learn more.
Public-Private Partnerships: Infrastructure, Transportation and Local ServicesPublic–private partnerships (PPPs) are arrangements between government and private actors with the objective of providing public infrastructure, facilities and services. Three fundamental questions frame the use of PPPs at the local level: What do PPPs look like? What gives rise to the use of PPPs? And, what are the outcomes of PPPs? The articles in this book provide insightful answers to these questions. Authors: Germà Bel, Trevor Brown, Rui Cunha Marques »Click here to learn more.
Public Administration and the Modern State: Assessing Trends and Impact assesses the nature of public administration in the 21st Century and looks at the ways in which public sectors have adapted in order to confront the daunting challenges faced by today’s governments. Authors: Jos C.N. Raadschelders, Eberhard Bohne, John D. Graham »Click here to learn more.
Complex Contracting draws on core social science concepts to provide wide-ranging practical advice on how best to manage complex acquisitions. Using a strong analytical framework, the authors assess contract management practices, suggesting strategies for improvement and ways to avoid the pitfalls of managing contracts for large and sophisticated projects. An in-depth analysis of the US Coast Guard's Deepwater program is used to illustrate ways to respond to real-world contracting challenges. Authors: Trevor Brown, Matthew Potoski, David M. Van Slyke »Click here to buy the book at Cambridge University Press or here for Amazon Books. 
Mastering Public Administration. From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo. In this updated third edition each chapter spotlights a significant theorist in the field, covering their life, research, writings, and impact. Nine mini-chapters were written by 15 of the Glenn School’s doctoral students. The combination of biographical narrative with explanation and analysis makes abstract theories understandable and providing much-needed context. Authors: Brian R. Fry and Jos C.N. Raadschelders »Learn more about the book
Cooperative Research Centers and Technical Innovation: Government Policies, Industry Strategies, and Organizational Dynamics looks at the crucial management and evaluation challenges that accompany scientific and technical innovation in Cooperative Research Centers. Authors: Craig Boardman, Denis Gray , Drew Rivers
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Simulation for Policy Inquiry illustrates the development and use of simulation models designed to capture some of the complexity inherent in the formulation, management, and implementation of policies. Edited by Anand Desai with contributions from many Glenn School students and faculty. »Click here to buy
Wicked Environmental Problems offers a new approach for managing environmental conflicts within common real-world decision-making frameworks.Authors: Peter Balint, Roland Stewart, Anand Desai and Lawrence Walters
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Public Administration: The Interdisciplinary Study of Government provides an account of the discipline, considering its history, growth, boundaries, and underlying assumptions. Author: Jos C.N. Raadschelders
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Dr. Josh Hawley, associate professor at the Glenn School and director of the Ohio Education Research Center, has received a renewal of NIH Award “A Model-Based Examination of Behavioral and Social Science Workforce: Improving Health Outcomes” in the amount of $1,562,123 for 2015-2018. The project is conducted with Dr. Richard Larson, MIT, and Dr. Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Virginia Tech. The renewal application develops and applies systems modeling frameworks to the science workforce, focusing on the portion of the social and behavioral workforce improving health outcomes. The goal is to identify policy levers to improve the science workforce for NIH and provide practical guidance to decision makers tasked with improving the staffing of the nation’s health care workforce. 
Dana McDaniel, Glenn School graduate and former Glenn School Alumni Society Board member, who was recently named city manager of Dublin, Oh, is profiled in an article in the Columbus Dispatch.
Professor Russell Hassan has a paper published in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. His article — “The Importance of Ethical Leadership and Personal Control in Promoting Improvement-Centered Voice among Government Employees” — provides insights into the conditions in which government employees are more likely to speak up about work-related issues and problems to improve performance of their organization. 
Professor Hongtao Yi has an article titled “Green economy in China: Regional variations and policy drivers” published in the peer-reviewed journal Global Environmental Change. In this study, Yi and his coauthor Yuan Liu, a Glenn school MPA graduate, measure clean energy economy at the city level in China, by counting green jobs and firms through an analytical approach. Spatial error model (SEM) analyses indicate that local clean energy policies, along with socio-economic factors, explain the variation in green economy across cities. This paper provides preliminary findings to compare green economy in China and United States. 
Dr. Amanda Girth has received a $92,180 research grant from the Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research Program, awarded by Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center San Diego. Girth will lead this research project to assess whether financial incentives produce better contracting outcomes and examine the factors contributing to (or hindering) contract performance. The study tests theories of incentive design, forges new ground in contract implementation, and contributes to the body of knowledge on the research and practice of procurement. 
Professor Stephanie Moulton has a new book published. A unique approach to policy implementation with essential guidance and useful tools,“Cultivating Effective Implementation: The Practice of Integrating Policy and Management” presents an instrumental approach to implementation analysis. By spanning policy fields, organizations, and frontline conditions in implementation systems, this book provides a robust foundation for policy makers, public and nonprofit managers and leaders. 
Glenn School Ph.D. candidates Akheil Singla, Jim Comeaux and Professor Charlotte Kirschner have a new article published in Public Finance & Management. The article, “Blind, Broke, and Bedlam: Differentiating Fiscal Stress from Bankruptcy in California,” describes the study they did of three cities in California — San Bernardino, Stockton, and Vallejo — that filed for Chapter 9 to assess the relationship between fiscal stress and bankruptcy. In particular, it explores whether these three cities were explicitly under more fiscal stress than other, comparable cities in California.
The Glenn School’s Arena District study is part of The Atlantic’s City Lab story about Columbus as a sports city.
Professor Jos Raadschelders and his collegue Frits van der Meer, University of Leiden, have a new paper — “Dutch Central Government Elites from 1980 to 2012: Changing Characteristics and Interactions with Political Officeholders” — published in Revue Française d’Administration Publique. 
In an open letter to Warren Buffett published in the Huffington Post, Clay Farris Naff, the science and religion correspondent for the Humanist Magazine, cites Professor Jeffrey Bielicki’s work on carbon dioxide capturing and reuse as part of a geothermal energy plan as a way for Buffett to invest in clean energy.
SSDI Solutions Initiative has selected Professor Jason Seligman to co-write a chapter in a new book that will propose holistic reform of the Social Security Administration’s Disability Insurance program ahead of the 2016 trust fund exhaustion date. SSDI Solutions Initiative is a bipartisan effort, co-chaired by former Congressmen Jim McCrery and Earl Pomeroy, to reform the Social Security Administration’s Disability Insurance program. The book will be part of the effort to lead the debate in Congress. 
