Conference Program

Public Administration Research and Education in China Today

 

School of International Relations and Public Affairs (SIRPA)

Fudan University

Shanghai, P. R. China
September 14-15, 2007

Conference Hotel: 

Zhengda Hotel, 220 Handan Road, inside Fudan University

Fortune Hotel, 399 Handan Road, very close to Fudan University

 

Conference Chairs: 

Evan Berman, Professor of Public Administration Institute, Louisiana State University

Yijia Jing,       Associate Professor in Public Administration, SIRPA, Fudan University

Contactjingyj@fudan.edu.cn;   Tel: 86-13818217080

 

*Note: please do your paper presentation within 15 minutes

 

Thursday September 13: Hotel available for check in

 

Friday, September 14:

 

Morning: Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speeches

Location: The Conference Room of Yifu Building of Science and Technology

(At 740am, volunteer students will take you to the conference venue. Please gather at the hall of your hotel)

 

1. 8:00-8:30  Registration and coffee

                    

2. 8:30-9:00  Welcome comments

(1)Yucheng Sang, Assistant President of Fudan University, Dean of SIRPA

(2) Qianwei Zhu,   Director of Department of Public Administration

 

3. 9:00-9:30 Take group photo at the entrance of the building

 

4. 9:30-11:50  Keynote Speeches China’s PA research and education in a globalizing world (15-20 minutes each

 

1) An overview of the recent development of PA research in China and beyond

Lingmin Jia, Vice-secretary of Chinese Administrative Society

2) An overview of the recent development of PA research in the US

Bert Rockman, Director of Department of Political Science, Purdue University, US

3) Research Opportunities for Public Administration in East Asia

Evan Berman, Louisiana State University, US

 

Coffee Break for 20 minutes

    

4) An overview of the recent development of PA Education in China and beyond

Zhiren Zhou, School of Government, Peking University

5) MPA education in Science Po Paris, France

Erhard Friedberg, director of MPA Center, Science-Po, France

6) MPA education in China

Qianwei Zhu, Director of Department of PA, SIRPA, Fudan University

 

5. 12:00-13:00 Lunch at Professor Dining Room

 

Afternoon: Panel discussion                       

Location: same as in the morning

* Note: please do presentation within 15 minutes, do discussant comments within 10 minutes, and there is 20 minutes for Q & A.

 

1. 13:30-15:10            Evaluation of current PA research in China

                     Chair: Bert Rockman, Purdue University, US

                     Discussant: T.J. Lah, Yonsei University, South Korea

 

 Journal Article Content Analysis for Monitoring the Growth of Chinese Public Administration Knowledge: The Case of the Chinese Public Administration

Lucia Q. Lu and King W. Chow, Sichuan University, China

 

 Dissertation Research in Public Administration in China

Yijia Jing, Fudan University, China

 

 Reflection upon Public S&T Policy Research in Chinese Mainland

Ping Sun and Xiaojie Zhang, Northeastern University, China

 

 New Strategies of Empirical Public Administration Research in China

Khashruzzaman Choudhury and Frances P. Liddell, Jackson State University, US

 

2. 15:10-15:30 Coffee Break

 

3. 15:30-17:10            PA education and its modernization  

Chair: Qianwei Zhu, Fudan University, China

                     Discussant: Neil Lunt, University of York, UK

 

 Public Administration Education in China: Reforms and Prospects

Khashruzzaman Choudhury and Damien Ejigiri, Jackson State University and Southern University, US

 

 Teaching Public Administration: Issues, Problems and Implications

King K Tsao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK

 

 Three Waves of Public Administration Education in China:The Human Resource Development Perspective

Yongfei Zhao, University of Pittsburgh, US

 

 Administrative specialized language training in China and in Italy today: in search of renewed professional identities for civil servants.

Bettina Mottura, University of Milan, Italy

 

4. 18:00-  Welcome Dinner at Chairman Hall, Baixianlou Restaurant

       Welcome Address: Prof. Lanfan Shen

 

Evening Editors’ Forum: How to publish on SSCI journals

(Targeting Chinese audience. Conference participants are also welcome)

Location: 104, Center for American Study             Time: 20:00-21:40

 

Chair: Evan Berman

Speakers:

Bert Rockman, Ex-editor of Governance

Maureen Pirog, Editor of Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Jong S. Lee, Editor of International Review of Public Administration

Evan BermanEditor of Public Performance and Management Review

 

Saturday, September 15

 

Morning: Panel Discussion (four panels at 2 places)

 

(At 750am, volunteer students will take you to the conference venue. Please gather at the hall of your hotel. )

 

Location 1: 725 Conference Room, Wenke Building

 

 

1. 8:30-10:00               E-government and performance

                     Chair: Heungsuk Choi, Korea University, South Korea

                     Discussant: Kaifeng Yang, Florida State University, US

 

 Analysis and References to Accenture’s Evaluation System of E-Government

Ruixin Zhang and Qin Hao, Jilin University, China

 

 Building Harmonious E-government at Chinese Local Level: Case of Cities in the Yangtze River Delta

Qiang Zhao, Fudan University, China

 

 Information Technologies and Organizational Performance in Korean Central Government

M. Jae Moon, T. J. Lah, and Sam Youl Lee, Yonsei University, South Korea

 

 Preconditions for IT-led Organizational Performance in Government:

Case of the Korean Local Government

Heungsuk Choi, Cheouljoo Lee, Jongsoo Park, Korea University, South Korea

 

Coffee Break for 20 minutes

 

2. 10:20-11:50              Performance Management in the Public Sector

                     Chair: Evan Berman, Louisiana State University, US

                     Discussant: Jae Moon, Yonsei University, South Korea

 

Building A Culture for Performance: The Miami-Dade County Model

Suzanne Salichs, Office of Mayor Carlos Alvarez, Miami-Dade County, US

 

Contracting-out at Local Government Level

Marketa Sumpikova, University of Economics, Czech

 

Trends in Public Program Evaluation in the US:  Ramifications for Russia and China

Maureen Pirog, Indiana University, US

 

Bureaucratic Autonomy and Organizational Performance

Jae-Rok Oh and Young Han Chun, Jeonju University and Seoul National University, South Korea

 

3. 12:00-13:00 Lunch at Qinyihui Restaurant

 

Location 2: 107, Center for American Study

 

1. 8:30-10:00              Behavior of bureaucrats and bureaucratic organizations

                     Chair: Nicholas Henry, Georgia Southern University, US

                     Discussant: Masao Kikuchi, Meiji University, Japan

 

Dynamics of Trust: Progress in Development of a Simulation Model

Stephen R. Herting, Novonics Corporation, US

 

The Cognitions, Attitudes, and Responsive Behaviors of Bureaucrats and Political Appointees to Public Policy Making in Power Transfer: The Case of   Privatization Under Neomanageralism in Taiwan

Chung-Yuang Jan and Chun-yuan Wang, National Cheng-chi University, Taiwan

 

Transformation and Governance of Public Administration in Malaysia & China

Loo See Beh, the University of Malaya, Malaysia

 

Corruption in Bangladesh: The Role of Public Administration

Shakeel Mahmood, the University of Sydney, Bangladesh

Coffee Break for 20 minutes

 

2. 10:20-12:10            Policy Shift and Local Strategies in the International Context

Chair: Shoulong Mao, Renmin University, China

Discussant: Hun-Min Kim, Ewha Womans University, South Korea

 

 Free Trade Agreements and Embedded Liberalism:South Korea’s and China’s New Trade Strategies Compared

Min Gyo Koo, Yonsei University, South Korea

 

 Research on Community Development Policies-- the An-Shun Plant Case

Yungnane Yang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

 

 A Critical Appraisal of Social Concertation in South Korea and its Implications for China

Jae-jin Yang, Yonsei University, South Korea

 

 Municipal social policy in the sphere of education: new models and regional differences

Oxana Chernenko, Higher School of Economics, Russia

 

 Priority-setting for Expansion of Benefit Coverage in Korea: A transition from “credit claiming” to “blame avoidance”

Minah Kang Kim, Ewha Womans University, South Korea

 

3. 12:00-13:00 Lunch at Qinyihui Restaurant

 

Afternoon: Panel Discussion

 

Location 1: 725 Conference Room, Wenke Building

 

1. 14:00-15:40            PA reform and its modernization

                     Chair: King K Tsao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

                     Discussant: Jingwei Zhou, Sichuan University, China

 

 Civil Service Development in China

King K. Tsao and John Abbott Worthley, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Seton Hall University

 

 The Relations between the Theoretical Exploration and the Practical Development of Chinese Public Administration Since 1978

Xuehua Shi and Jianhong Huang, Beijing Normal University and Suzhou University, China

 

 Knowledge-intensive Governance: An Imperative Choice for Improving and Optimizing China’s Public Management

Huang Jianrong, Nanjing University, China

 

 Principal-agent Model and China's Reform

Yang Kaifeng, Florida State University, US

 

 Let’s Hear It For Dusty, Musty, And Fusty: Rediscovering Good Government

Nicholas Henry, Georgia Southern University, US

 

2. 16:00-17:00            Campus tour for foreigners

 

3. 16:00-17:00            Fudan Roundtable: Quest for Quality in China’s PA research

                     (For Chinese-speaking participants)

 

Location 2: 107 Center for American Study

 

14:00-15:40         Dialogue: Building a Network of Women Policy Leaders in Asia

Chair: Minah Kang Kim and Hunmin Kim; Ewha Womans University, South Korea

 

 

 

17:30-19:00          Dinner at the Media Center of Fudan University (Volunteer students will lead you to the restaurant from your hotel at 17:10)

 

 

Evening

20:00     Cruise along the Huangpu River (the Bund)