PA 5246 DIGITAL GOVERNANCE
This is a graduate-level seminar course on the theoretical, managerial, and societal impacts of digital transformation on public administration. Students will explore how digital technologies reshape core public administration concepts, including bureaucracy, administrative discretion, accountability, and public value. The course is reading-intensive and structured around seminal and contemporary peer-reviewed articles. Major themes include the evolution from e-government to digital-era governance, data-driven decision-making and its pitfalls, platform governance, digital equity, and the ethical-governance frameworks for emerging technologies. A primary goal is to develop students’ ability to deconstruct, critique, and synthesize scholarly arguments to inform public management practice and policy.