Historically, bureaucracies have used rational, incremental, and crisis designs for problem solving. Drawing on the work of Jun and others, write an essay that addresses the questions below.
You may apply your theoretical arguments to the practice of public administration by drawing on your professional experiences and utilizing related examples and illustrations (including from health care, if that is your option) to support your response.
Part One: What, in your view, are some shortcomings associated with each of the following three designs: rational, incremental, and crisis? Provide two (2) examples of how social design, as advocated by Jun, alleviates problems with rational, incremental, and crisis designs.
Part Two: How can we come to a common understanding of reality, which includes a shared view of a problem and that considers social learning, plurality of values, and dialogue?
Part Three: What are two (2) limitations of the social design approach? How do these limitations pose a challenge to agencies implementing this administrative design?
Resources:
1. Jun, J. S. (2006). The social construction of public administration: Interpretive and critical perspectives. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. [ISBN: 978- 0791467268] https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/csueastbay/detail.action?docID=3407710
