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This course explores the processes and principles underlying the formulation, adoption, and execution of public policies. Students will examine frameworks and models for analyzing policy issues, understand the roles of various stakeholders, and assess the impacts of political, economic, and social factors on policy decisions. Through real-world case studies and practical exercises, learners will develop skills in drafting policy proposals, navigating policy-making institutions, and managing the challenges of policy implementation. The course prepares students to critically engage with contemporary policy debates and contribute effectively to policy development in government, non-profit, or private sector settings.
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Public Administration in Canada 2nd Edition by Paul Barker
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Chapter 1: What Is Public Administration
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Q1) Which type of institution mandates Canadian content in various cultural products?
A)Crown corporations
B)government departments
C)independent tribunals
D)regulatory agencies
Answer: D
Q2) The term public administration is more easily defined than explained.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) In private administration, what is usually considered the "bottom line"?
A)service
B)profit
C)human resources
D)accountability
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Values and Ethics in Public Administration
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Q1) Public servants are appointed and promoted on the basis of patronage and party affiliations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which type of approach did John Langford claim was more direct, specific, and to the point?
A)values approach
B)ethical approach
C)rules approach
D)public approach
Answer: C
Q3) What is the term for a measure of performance that may be expressed as a ratio between input and output?
A)political neutrality
B)values
C)efficiency
D)equity
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Public Administration and Organization Theory:
The Structural Foundation
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Q1) For organizations whose primary division is by purpose, the senior managers are responsible for each function to remain in the head office.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) "One head, One Plan" is a term that is often associated with the unity of command.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) Which of the following is <b>NOT</b> an aspect of Fayol's Principle of Management?
A)technical
B)cultural
C)financial
D)commercial
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Public Administration and Organization Theory:
The Humanistic Response and Beyond
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Q1) Which type of power is present in individuals who are able to influence the behaviour of others because those followers admire and respect the power wielder?
A)expert power
B)Referent power
C)legitimate power
D)reward power
Q2) Which of the following includes the three-phase approach of unfreezing, moving, and re-freezing?
A)Total Quality Management
B)Service Quality
C)Open Systems Approach
D)Organizational Development
Q3) Who is considered an early proponent of Participatory Management?
A)Abraham Maslow
B)Peter Drucker
C)Chris Argyris
D)W.Edwards Deming
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Chapter 5: Public Administration and Organization Theory:
The New Public Management, Governance, and Beyond
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Q1) Which of the following countries is said to be a non-avid advocate of New Public Management, because it has not fully adopted the complete aspects of New Public Management?
A)Canada
B)United Kingdom
C)New Zealand
D)Australia
Q2) Who articulated the concept of New Public Governance?
A)Stephen Osborne
B)Ted Gaebler
C)Robert Denhardt
D)Jane Denhardt
Q3) Which type of government empowers citizens through participatory democracy to take responsibility for solving their own problems?
A)catalytic government
B)decentralized government
C)community-owned government
D)market-oriented government
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Chapter 6: Government Departments and Central Agencies
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Q1) Which of the following is a cabinet committee?
A)Prime Minister's Office
B)Treasury Board Secretariat
C)Treasury Board
D)Privy Council Office
Q2) Who has the power to create or transfer duties among departments through <i>the Public Service Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act?</i>
A)the governor-general
B)the governor-in-council
C)the prime minister
D)the cabinet minister
Q3) The Department of Finance is a central agency.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the title of the individual who serves as the political head of a government department?
A)Chief Administrative Officer
B)Cabinet Minister
C)Chief Executive Officer
D)Deputy Minister
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Chapter 7: Crown Agencies
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Q1) What is the name given to a corporation whose mandate relates to industrial, commercial, or financial activities, but that also belongs to the state?
A)government department
B)Crown corporation
C)regulatory agency
D)administrative tribunal
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a shared-governance corporation?
A)North Portage Development Corporation
B)Bank of Canada
C)Petro Canada
D)Wildlife Habitat Canada
Q3) What are the two most common types of regulations implemented by regulatory agencies?
A)political and social regulations
B)political and economic regulations
C)environmental and social regulations
D)economic and social regulations
Q4) Crown corporations only exist at the federal level.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Alternative Service Delivery ASD
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Q1) Special operating agencies must report to the deputy minister.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following describes traditional government departments?
A)They are public sector organizations.
B)They have a low degree of government control.
C)They have high levels of commercialization.
D)They can be privatized.
Q3) Which of the following is a service agency?
A)Industrial Technologies Office
B)Canadian Coast Guard
C)Defense Research and Development Canada
D)Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Q4) What category does Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) fall into?
A)special operating agency
B)Crown corporation
C)departmental corporation
D)service agency
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Chapter 9: The Executive and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) Which of the following is considered a permanent executive?
A)prime minister
B)cabinet minister
C)governor-general
D)deputy minister
Q2) Which of the following central agencies have a departmental form and report to a ministry?
A)Department of Finance and Treasury Board Secretariat
B)Department of Finance and Privy Council Office
C)Privy Council Office and Prime Minister's Office
D)Privy Council Office and Treasury Board Secretariat
Q3) Which of the following central agencies have an advisory relationship to the Prime Minister?
A)Treasury Board Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Office
B)Prime Minister's Office and the Privy Council Office
C)Treasury Board and the Prime Minister's Office
D)Privy Council Office and the Department of Finance
Q4) The governor-general is part of the legislature.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Relations
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Q1) One of the functions of ministerial assistants is to take on the role of managing the minister's time.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A successful department requires that the deputy minister "manage down."
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following describes a Memorandum to Cabinet?
A)a vertical initiative
B)a horizontal initiative
C)a mixed initiative
D)a Crown initiative
Q4) Which prime minister reinstated the role of the Chief of Staff in 2004?
A)Jean Chretien
B)Paul Martin
C)Stephen Harper
D)Brian Mulroney
Q5) One of the Deputy minister's functions is to manage the department. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Legislature and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) The Office of the Auditor-General reports to Parliament through a minister.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The doctrine of ministerial responsibility requires that a minister should resign if a serious administrative error committed by her or his department is exposed.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Office of the Ethics Commissioner administers the Conflict of Interest Code.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following are joint committees?
A)Library of Parliament committee
B)Environmental and Sustainable Development committee
C)Canadian Heritage committee
D)Public Accounts committee
Q5) The Senate does not have any committees.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: The Judiciary and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) Damages were awarded against the attorney-general and premier of Quebec in the case of <i>Roncarelli v.Duplessis.</i>
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following writs is normally restricted to immigration cases?
A)injunctions
B)certiorari
C)habeas corpus
D)mandamus
Q3) Which of the following courts have provincially appointed judges?
A)appellate division of provincial superior courts
B)trial division of provincial superior courts
C)Supreme Court of Canada
D)juvenile courts
Q4) Which of the following are the most frequently used writs in Canada?
A)prohibition and certiorari
B)prohibition and mandamus
C)prohibition and habeas corpus
D)mandamus and habeas corpus
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Chapter 13: Intergovernmental Administrative Relations
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Q1) Emergency federalism was only applied during the Depression era.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Some provinces have recently voiced their opposition to the provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following types of federalism characterized the 1990s?
A)collaborative federalism
B)executive federalism
C)quasi-federalism
D)open federalism
Q4) Which two provinces failed to ratify the Meech Lake accord?
A)Newfoundland and Alberta
B)Quebec and Ontario
C)Newfoundland and Manitoba
D)Quebec and Manitoba
Q5) The very first period of federalism is known as classical federalism.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Non-Governmental Actors and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) What category of interest group does the Canadian Medical Association fall under?
A)issue-oriented
B)institutionalized group
C)judicial group
D)community group
Q2) The influence of public servants gives interest groups the final say on major public policy issues at the legislative stage.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Issue-oriented groups are more organized than institutionalized groups.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the term given to the legitimate means by which groups and individuals try to influence government decisions through direct contact with politicians and public servants?
A)lobbying
B)public opinion polls
C)judicial action
D)free-riding
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Chapter 15: The Management of Human Resources
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Q1) As of 2014, which occupational category is the largest in terms of full-time employees?
A)executive group
B)administrative and foreign service
C)operational
D)technical
Q2) Who has the exclusive authority to make appointments for separate agencies?
A)Public Service Commission
B)Treasury Board
C)Office of the Auditor-General
D)Civil Service Commission
Q3) When was the <i>Civil Service Act </i>passed?
A)during the Patronage Era (Pre-1918)
B)during Patronage to Merit (1918-1945)
C)during Roots of Reform (1946-1966)
D)during Failure of Reform (1979-1989)
Q4) The Treasury Board Secretariat is one of the major agencies that deals with Human Resource management at the federal level.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Representative Bureaucracy and Employment
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Q1) Which of the following fall under the employment equity program?
A)seniors
B)Francophones
C)members of the LGBT community
D)aboriginal peoples
Q2) Pay Equity stands for " equal pay for equal work."
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is another name for the Abella Commission?
A)the Royal Commission on Government Organization
B)the Royal Commission on the Status of Women
C)the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism
D)the Royal Commission on Equality in Employment
Q4) Which group is over-represented in the Administrative Support Category?
A)disabled persons
B)visible minorities
C)Anglophones
D)women
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Chapter 17: The Budgetary Process
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of major transfers to persons?
A)Canada Health Transfer
B)Canada Social Transfer
C)Employment Insurance Benefits
D)Equalization Payments
Q2) Which of the following best describes performance budgeting?
A)It only measures the inputs used.
B)It only measures the outputs attained.
C)It establishes a relationship between inputs employed and outputs attained.
D)It is characterized by small annual adjustments in spending, accompanied by occasional large increases or decreases in expenditure.
Q3) Territorial Formula Financing is a form of major transfer from federal to provincial and territorial governments.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Treasury Board releases the budget consultation papers.
A)True
B)False
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