1. Discuss your thoughts on corruption in government by a public administrator of your choosing. Is this type of corruption any worse than in the private sector?

2. Discuss why classical organization theory and scientific management are still relevant today. Include in your discussion the essence of Max Weber's concept of bureaucracy.

3. Discuss how the organizational change techniques called for by the action research model facilitate more capable organizational arrangements.

4. Discuss how competitive public administrations and the new public management seek to deal with the traditional inefficiencies of public bureaucracies.