Topic 1: Paradigm shifts 1
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As we meet again already next week and you need to read a lot, this week's assignment is simple: Just write a short (200 - 300 words) reflection of what you read and watched from the reading list. Write what was new to you, what you find surprising, what you find important or interesting and also what you find confusing at the moment.
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Read chapter "Opening" (pp. 7-20) from COTTAM, Hilary, 2019. Radical Help : How We Can Remake the Relationships Between Us and Revolutionise the Welfare State. 10. London: Virago Press. ISBN 978-0-349-00909-4.
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Read chapter "The Welfare State: how it happened and why it's not working" (pp. 21-46) from COTTAM, Hilary, 2019. Radical Help : How We Can Remake the Relationships Between Us and Revolutionise the Welfare State. 10. London: Virago Press. ISBN 978-0-349-00909-4.
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Watch this 3' Dave Snowden's video. Have fun!
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Watch this 9' Dave Snowden's video. And then watch it again :-).
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If you are too confused from the videos, or if you dislike Dave's Welsh accent, you may prefer to read his paper instead. Kurtz, C. F., & Snowden, D. J. (2003). The new dynamics of strategy: Sense-making in a complex and complicated world. IBM SYSTEMS JOURNAL, 3.
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Read Bevan, Gwyn a Hood, Christopher. 2006. What’s Measured Is What Matters: Targets And Gaming In The English Public Health Care System. Public Administration. No. 3, 2006, Sv. Vol. 84 (517–538). It is closely linked to the video you have just seen.
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In case you have a trouble in accessing the article online, here's a back-up copy.
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Let's meet some classics. Watch this 6' video on famous pin factory on which Adam Smith explains the Division of Labour.
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Let's continue with some classics. If you disliked the guy speaking about Adam Smith, Watch this 2' video about Marx's concept of Alienation.
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Let's continue with some classics. If you liked the guy speaking about Adam Smith, Watch him again in this 7' video about Marx's concept of Alienation.
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Now move back to people that are still alive. Read Chapter 4 (pp 47-65) - The present style of management from Seddon, John. 2008. Systems Thinking in the Public Sector : the failure of the reform regime... and a manifesto for a better way. Axminster : Triarchy Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-9550081-8-4.
Note well the (explicit) link to A. Smith and (not so obvious) link to Marx.
If you are short of time and tired of public managament, you may skip this compulsory reading now and read it later this year.
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Read one page of introduction to part 1 : The industrialisation of public services (page 23), if you like you may also read the rest of Part 1 - Chapters 2-6 (pp 24-52) - from Seddon, John. 2014. The Whitehall Effect. Devon : Triarchy Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-909470-47-7.
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As we meet again already next week and you need to read a lot, this week's assignment is simple: Just write a short (200 - 300 words) reflection of what you read and watched from the reading list. Write what was new to you, what you find surprising, what you find important or interesting and also what you find confusing at the moment.
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Read chapter "Opening" (pp. 7-20) from COTTAM, Hilary, 2019. Radical Help : How We Can Remake the Relationships Between Us and Revolutionise the Welfare State. 10. London: Virago Press. ISBN 978-0-349-00909-4.
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Read chapter "The Welfare State: how it happened and why it's not working" (pp. 21-46) from COTTAM, Hilary, 2019. Radical Help : How We Can Remake the Relationships Between Us and Revolutionise the Welfare State. 10. London: Virago Press. ISBN 978-0-349-00909-4.
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Watch this 3' Dave Snowden's video. Have fun!
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Watch this 9' Dave Snowden's video. And then watch it again :-).
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If you are too confused from the videos, or if you dislike Dave's Welsh accent, you may prefer to read his paper instead. Kurtz, C. F., & Snowden, D. J. (2003). The new dynamics of strategy: Sense-making in a complex and complicated world. IBM SYSTEMS JOURNAL, 3.
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Read Bevan, Gwyn a Hood, Christopher. 2006. What’s Measured Is What Matters: Targets And Gaming In The English Public Health Care System. Public Administration. No. 3, 2006, Sv. Vol. 84 (517–538). It is closely linked to the video you have just seen.
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In case you have a trouble in accessing the article online, here's a back-up copy.
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Let's meet some classics. Watch this 6' video on famous pin factory on which Adam Smith explains the Division of Labour.
-
Let's continue with some classics. If you disliked the guy speaking about Adam Smith, Watch this 2' video about Marx's concept of Alienation.
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Let's continue with some classics. If you liked the guy speaking about Adam Smith, Watch him again in this 7' video about Marx's concept of Alienation.
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Now move back to people that are still alive. Read Chapter 4 (pp 47-65) - The present style of management from Seddon, John. 2008. Systems Thinking in the Public Sector : the failure of the reform regime... and a manifesto for a better way. Axminster : Triarchy Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-9550081-8-4.
Note well the (explicit) link to A. Smith and (not so obvious) link to Marx.
If you are short of time and tired of public managament, you may skip this compulsory reading now and read it later this year.
-
Read one page of introduction to part 1 : The industrialisation of public services (page 23), if you like you may also read the rest of Part 1 - Chapters 2-6 (pp 24-52) - from Seddon, John. 2014. The Whitehall Effect. Devon : Triarchy Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-909470-47-7.