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Organizational Change: Case Studies and Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2020

Thomas J. Pavlak  and
Molly Wong
Thomas J. Pavlak
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
Molly Wong
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
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One continuing source of frustration in public policy and mangement education is the relative paucity of materials in empirical inquiry. Typically, instructors must borrow and adapt instructional materials originally developed for use in other fields (e.g., Political Science, Sociology). While many of these texts, laboratory manuals and other instructional resources are of excellent quality, they often are only marginally related to public policy and management concerns. Learning for skillbuilding in empirical inquiry is not content-free, however, and students frequently have difficulty applying concepts and techniques covered in these instructional materials to their own field of study—the linkages may not be readily apparent.

The problem is particularly acute when one is trying to provide students with relevant "hands on" experience in applying various analytic methods to actual data for public policy and management decision-making.

Type
Research Article
Information
News for Teachers of Political Science , Volume 41 , Spring 1984 , pp. 1 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1984

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