Information Package / Course Catalogue
Public Administration and Reform
Course Code: KYB513
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to examine the concept of reform that reveals the transformation in public administration and the reform periods in Turkey.

Course Content

Concepts of reform and policy transfer, reform periods in Turkey .

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Students will have basic conceptual knowledge about public reform and learn the reflection of reform in practice.
2.Evaluates the literature on reform by examining it.
3.Students learn to analyze reform processes by categorizing them.
4.Understands the relationship between production relations and reform.
5.Evaluates the reform process with an analytical perspective.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Gencay Şaylan-Değişim, Küreselleşme ve Devletin Yeni İşlevi
2.Barış Övgün-Türkiye'de Kamu Yönetiminin Dönüşümü
3.Birgül Ayman Güler-Devlette Reform Yazıları
4.Birgül Ayman Güler-Yeni Sağ ve Devletin Değişimi
5.Hüseyin Yayman-Türkiye'nin İdari Reform Politiği
6.Reform belgeleri, uzman raporları
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Description of course plan and methods.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Concept of Reform , Subject and Object of Reform
Week 3 - Theoretical
Why Reform Done?
Week 4 - Theoretical
Policy Transfer
Week 5 - Theoretical
Administrative Reform: 1945- 1960
Week 6 - Theoretical
Period review and text analysis
Week 7 - Theoretical
Period review and text analysis
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Structural Reforms: 1980-2000
Week 10 - Theoretical
Structural Reforms: 1980-2000
Week 11 - Theoretical
International Organizations and Reform
Week 12 - Theoretical
Economics-politics/political economy of reform
Week 13 - Theoretical
Period of Reform in the State: 2000 and after
Week 14 - Theoretical
Period of Reform in the State: 2000 and after
Week 15 - Theoretical
Review
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144398
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination120121
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)130
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
5
5
5
4
4
OÇ-2
5
5
5
4
4
OÇ-3
5
5
4
5
4
OÇ-4
5
5
4
5
4
OÇ-5
4
5
4
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026