How to write a case study for public affairs

Hatcher, William; McDonald, Bruce D.; Brainard, Lori A.

doi:10.1080/15236803.2018.1444902

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“…The case is fictional and set in the US. While "real-life" cases (see Thom, 2019) are effective in public administration courses, fictional cases sometime have the advantage of providing the opportunity for case writers to craft a case that meets the needed theoretical elements that the professor wants to explore in the case (Hatcher et al, 2018). Additionally, a fictional case allows for exploration of difficult issues while not having to worry about the confidentiality issues of a real-life case.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We use cases to achieve these ideals. Hatcher et al (2018: 274) note that the case is a narrative illustrating a “larger problem in public affairs” and present a decision-making dilemma for the student. Our case can be used in undergraduate and graduate courses that deal with general public administration, public personnel, and ethics.…”

Section: Case: Social Media and The Public-sector Workplace: Facebookmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Teaching social media and public administration: Applying four approaches to an emerging issue

McBeth

Brewer

Smith

2019

Teaching Public Administration

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This article presents an approach to teaching how social media impacts the public-sector workplace. Social media creates new challenges for both public administration practitioners and teachers. Yet, the topic does not yet have wide-scale discussion in the public administration education literature. After a review of four approaches to public administration (managerial, legal, political, and ethical), we developed a fictional social media case that was administered in an email survey to a sample of 50 graduates of a Master of Public Administration (MPA) program (37 responded and completed the survey). The case involves a local government employee whose employer wants to terminate because of the employee’s use of social media following a city council meeting. The results of our survey provide insight into how administrators would deal with the situation presented in the case and leads to the development of a series of questions for faculty using the case in their classroom. Our teaching case should provoke serious classroom discussions. Our study reveals the importance of the teaching and discussion of social media in public administration courses along with identifying continuing areas of future research.

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Section: Case: Social Media and The Public-sector Workplace: Facebookmentioning

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Teaching social media and public administration: Applying four approaches to an emerging issue

McBeth

Brewer

Smith

2019

Teaching Public Administration

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“…The case studies section will focus on cases that cover public administration concepts and include a teaching note on how to use the case in the classroom. (For those who may be interested in writing a case study for the section, a primer on how to write case studies will be published in our spring issue [see Hatcher, McDonald, & Brainard, 2018].) Second, we recognize the importance of pedagogical research through the journal's articles and also an expanded book review section.…”

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McDonald

Hatcher

2018

Journal of Public Affairs Education

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“…We are happy to launch the "Case Studies" section of the journal with the piece by Hatcher, McDonald, and Brainard (2018). Their article provides guidance for authors seeking to write a case study for the Journal of Public Affairs Education.…”

Section: Introduction To the Issuementioning

confidence: 99%