What is Public Management
A Curious Situation
A Curious Situation Explained (I Think)
What I’ll Cover Today
My Perspective Regarding the Field
Public Management at the Evans School
Policy “versus” Management at the Evans School (looking back)
Public Policy and Governance(looking forward)
The Evolution of Public Management as a Field
Traditional Public Administration
The Evolution of Public Management as a Field
First-Generation Public Management
The Evolution of Public Management as a Field
Second-Generation Public Management
Second-Generation Methods
Second-Generation Variables
New Public Management
Where Things Stand Now
Academic Conferences
PMRA Hotspot Schools in the U.S.
Top Public Mangement/Administration Schools(US News 2012 rankings)
Top International Public Management Schools(in Craig’s opinion)
How Do We Want To Be Known?
Questions, Comments, Concerns?

Traditional Public Administration
Focuses on:
agency structure (e.g., hierarchy and rule-following to constrain discretion)
nuts-and-bolts systems (e.g., human resources management systems)
one-best-way training (i.e., the belief that there are “correct” ways to do administer programs)
low political content (i.e., the politics/administration dichotomy)

We have awarded the “Master of Public Administration” degree since 1962.
but we are no longer a traditional public administration program
and thus should considered renaming our masters degree