PPD 500: Intersectoral Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT
Instructor: Frank V. Zerunyan J.D.
Fall 2009
Office: RGL 107A (1st Floor Lounge)
Office Hours: By appointment
Class: 9:00am-5:20pm; October 10 and 11, 2009 (RGL ______)
9:00am-5:20pm; November 7 and 8, 2009 (RGL ______)
Course Description:
In a variety of professional fields ranging from health care to planning to policy analysis to public administration, a shared characteristic is engagement across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. This course builds your skills and knowledge to design, negotiate, manage, navigate, evaluate and lead programs, policies, initiatives, and projects that have intersectoral dimensions.
The course serves as part of a common core for most of the master degree programs in SPPD. The course serves as a forum for applying the varied contributions that policy, planning, and management bring to problem solving. The course offers opportunities for shared experiences among students from different degree programs.
This course focuses on governance as forms of interactions across public, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors, with analyses and applications. An important focus of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development is recognition that the effective dialogue on various complex social problems and opportunities requires the combined strengths of the public, for profit, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors. Of particular interest are the varied mechanisms in play across sectors and placed-based approaches, not only in the United States, but also globally. The case discussions throughout are placed based examples.
As we meet and discuss the readings, track the mechanisms, and have in class case studies and simulations exercises, you will develop an increasing understanding of what initially may come across as ambiguous or unclear. This experiential learning models the similar experience of professionals who develop actual intersectoral arrangements: the movement from ambiguity to shared understandings and then to agreement.
Please complete all readings for each module prior to the start of class times. In the intensive class seminar format the assigned readings are the foundation for all class discussion and activities.
The readings deliberately draw from a wide range of sources, across many disciplines and professional fields such as health, planning, community development, public administration, policy analysis, journalism, and international development. As you read the articles, please note the varied journals, research methods, and evidence in support for the findings, conclusions, and speculation. Please note that though an article may come from a political science or public administration journal, the content may draw upon the professional field of health care, planning, or environmental protection.
Your prior preparation will increase your contributions to group presentations on the articles and class discussions, as well as provide a way to compare your insights to those of your classmates.
Additional handouts and case studies, as well as guest lecturers, will be provided during the class. As with any graduate class, in response to questions and discussion in class, the schedule may be modified.
INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
Frank Vram Zerunyan, his wife Jody, children Daniel (19) and Nicole (16) are long time residents of the City of Rolling Hills Estates. In his role as a public servant, after serving as Chair of the Planning Commission in Rolling Hills Estates, Mr. Zerunyan was elected to the City Council in 2003 and re-elected in 2007. He served as Mayor and on the boards of Regional Law Enforcement and County Sanitation South Bay District in 2007-2008. He previously served as Chair of the City’s Traffic and Safety, Equestrian Committees and as the City’s representative on the board of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority.
Mr. Zerunyan served on California Contract Cities Association, Southern California Association of Governments and League of California Cities policy committees over the last 5 years. On May 31, 2008, Mr. Zerunyan was installed as the 49th President of California Contract Cities Association. Mr. Zerunyan was also selected by the League of California Cities to participate in the 2007 class of the League’s prestigious California Civic Leadership Institute. As the appointee of the Board of Supervisors, he is an advisor to the Business Technology Center of the County of Los Angeles.
On October 19, 2006, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Mr. Zerunyan to the Division of Medical Quality of the Medical Board of California. He was unanimously confirmed by the California Senate in May of 2007. As the Board’s Vice President, he serves on the Executive, International Medical Education, Strategic Planning, Physician Recognition and Access to Care Committees of the Medical Board of California.
Mr. Zerunyan’s career demonstrates distinguished service in the public, private and not for profit sectors; Mr. Zerunyan is principal and general counsel to Public-Private Community Development LLC, a policy-driven redevelopment company, and founder and principal of California P3 Infrastructure Group, LLC; on the cutting edge of Public Private Partnerships focusing on rebuilding California’s infrastructure.
Mr. Zerunyan has been honored as one of Southern California Magazine’s Super Lawyers since 2004 and Marquis’ Who’s Who in America and American Law for the last five consecutive years. He is a recognized authority on real estate and development law, public private partnerships as well as all phases of corporate restructuring law.
In 2007, Mr. Zerunyan was re-elected as chairman of the Board of Governors of the worldwide Armenian Bar Association. He also chaired the Daniel Freeman Hospitals Foundation in 2001 and oversaw the successful distribution of $8 million in gifts. Mr. Zerunyan has been active in the Southern California business, civic, political, charitable, academic and cultural arenas since 1980. In 2009 he founded the Zerunyan Center for Business, Entrepreneurship and Community Development at the Palos Verdes Peninsula Library; the first Center of its kind established in a California public library. He has been an adjunct instructor at the University of Southern California School of Policy, Planning and Development since fall of 2008. His energy, experience and accomplishments have inspired him to focus on an agenda that can have the greatest impact on improving the long term health and safety of local communities and the State of California.
Mr. Zerunyan earned his Juris Doctor degree from Western State University College of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Long Beach. He also completed his advanced legal studies in Corporate Taxation at the University of Southern California Law Center.
Learning Objectives:
1. Increase your skills in leadership, design, management, and evaluation of intersectoral arrangements.
2. Connecting different mechanisms for intersectoral governance with varied outcomes and to get the deal done.
3. Develop skills for consensus building, negotiation, and leadership in intersectoral contexts
4. Improved analytical and presentation skills to have impact with your written and verbal work.
5. An increased capacity to work through ambiguity, complex problem solving, and effective inquiry.
Course Requirements:
1. Each student has one short writing assignment (not to exceed six pages, double-spaced) analyzing an intersectoral arrangement. Please see Appendix one for required questions to answer. Due on October 11.
2. Case studies: Cases provide context for our discussions. Each case will be analyzed and presented by groups of 3-5 students selected ahead of time by the instructor. Groups should communicate prior to the session in order to prepare to lead a class discussion about the case. A significant part of leadership in the intersectoral context is the ability to succinctly present materials to a group and then lead a productive conversation that not only produces basic statements of facts for the case, but also encourages an exploratory conversation about how issues were handled, how they should/could have been handled, obstacles, and strategies for overcoming obstacles. I will post the Case Studies on Blackboard.
3. Team project: Each team project is an analysis of a real intersectoral governing arrangement. Each team will submit a written analysis of 8-10 pages and make a presentation of 15 minutes to the class. Please see Appendix one for further details.
4. Each student will have one short reflection paper due one week after the completion of the last class.
5. All students are required to have e-mail capability. Please ensure that Blackboard displays your preferred email address so that you can be contacted as needed.
6. PLEASE EAMIL ME YOUR ONE PAGE RESUME OR PROFILE ON OR BEFORE October 1, 2009.
Performance Evaluation:
· Intersectoral analysis writing assignment- due on October 11; 35%
· Participation; Succinct and to the point discussion in class on case studies 15%
· Team project (written analysis- 20% and class presentation-20%) 40% (One paper per team: one uniform grade to each team; you are encouraged to work as a team to achieve the best grade possible for the team.)
· Reflection paper 10%
Required Texts
Fisher, Roger, William Ury, and Bruce Patton (1991). Getting to Yes, 2nd edition. At any bookstore
Stephen R. Covey (2004) The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. At any bookstore.
Supplemental readings AND CASES will be posted on Blackboard
Suggested Readings
Mirjam Bult-Spiering & Geert Dewulf: Strategic Issues in Public Private Partnerships. Blackwell Publishing 2007
Jack Welch: Winning. Harper Business 2005
Peter C. Brinckerhoff: Social Entrepreneurship; The Art of Mission-Based Venture Development. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2000
Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank and Richard Jackson. Island Press 2004
USC Policy Regarding Disability Services and Programs:
Any student requesting academic accommodations based on a disability is required to register with Disability Services and Programs (DSP) each semester. A letter of verification for approved accommodations can be obtained from DSP. Please be sure the letter is delivered to me as early in the semester as possible. DSP is located in STU 301 and is open early 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The phone number for DSP is (213) 740-0776.\
Academic integrity: Students should maintain strict adherence to standards of academic integrity, as described in SCampus (http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/SCAMPUS/). In particular, the University recommends strict sanctions for plagiarism: defined below:
Figure 1: SCAMPUS Section 11.11 Plagiarism
A. The submission of material authored by another person but represented as the student's own work, whether that material is paraphrased or copied in verbatim or near-verbatim form.
B. The submission of material subjected to editorial revision by another person that results in substantive changes in content or major alteration of writing style.
C. Improper acknowledgment of sources in essays or papers.
Note: Culpability is not diminished when plagiarism occurs in drafts that are not the final version. Also, if any material is prepared or submitted by another person on the student's behalf, the student is expected to proofread the results and is responsible for all particulars of the final draft.
Source: SCampus University Governance; http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/SCAMPUS/governance/gov05.html
All material referenced within drafts and reports must be properly cited, including identification of author, title, publication, institutional affiliation or press, date, and URL if found online. If you have any questions about academic integrity or citation standards, please ask in advance.
Class Schedule
All reading assignments should be completed for the day they are listed
October 10, 2009
Day 1: Session I
INTRODUCTION; POLITICS, GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES, AND GOVERNANCE
9:00-12:00 a.m. Introduction to the Course
Instruction and Student Introductions. Course and syllabus overview. Selection of individual and group assignment topic areas. Overview and discussion of intensive course structure. Overview of our system of government; Representative and direct democracy. What works and what needs to change.
READINGS:
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13649050
http://lao.ca.gov/2009/bud/may_revise/may_revision_052109.pdf
READER:
Milward, H. Brinton and Keith G. Provan (2000) “Governing the Hollow State,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 10(2), 359-379.
CASE DISCUSSION:
Is California ungovernable? Is the 9th economy in the world politically and fiscally bankrupt? Why?
Note: Please also read current articles from the Sacramento Bee and Los Angeles Times on the State Budgetary struggles. Be prepared to discuss the problems and fixes.
Day 1: Session II
GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY
1:00-5:00 p.m. The Public, Non-Profit, and For-Profit Sectors
Corporate governance, public policy and social responsibility; a necessary balancing act.
READINGS:
Powell, Walter W. (1990) “Neither Market nor Hierarchy: Network Forms of Organization,” Research in Organizational Behavior, 12, 295-336.
Ernest Alexander, “Interorganizational Coordination: Theory and Practice,” Journal of Planning Literature, 1993, 328-343.
May, Peter J. (2005) “Regulation and Compliance Motivations: Examining Different Approaches,” Public Administration Review, 65(1), 31-44.
CASE DISCUSSION TOPIC AND EXERCISE: Trojan Hills Resort Company; an intersectoral exercise in stakeholder and community consensus building.
The City of Trojan Hills on the California’s coast is a community of 70,000 residents. It has a small downtown with a variety of retail uses in two major shopping centers. However the TH is known for its beautiful cost line, nature and equestrian trails. TH is relatively affluent and proud of its history and tradition. TH is home to one of the best school districts in the state. TH is also home to various service organizations. The spirit of volunteerism is quite high in TH. A group of investors wish to form a 21st century “Company” to develop and operate a resort in Trojan Hills*.
*I will post the full fact pattern on Blackboard
October 11, 2009
Day 2: Session I
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. POLICY MAKING for SOCIAL CHANGE
Products for social change; the real estate and its relation to health care and energy models.
READER:
Coleman, James. “Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital,” American Journal of Sociology,” 94, 1988.
Hamilton, David K. (2004) “Developing Regional Regimes: A Comparison of Two Metropolitan Areas,” Journal of Urban Affairs, 26(4), 455-477.
http://www.compassblueprint.org/files/scag-growthvision2004.pdf
GROUP DISCUSSION: Southern California Association of Governments; 2% Strategy. Does regionalism work?
Day 2: Session II
EVALUATING GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Organizational structures frame the interaction between sectors. Using Public Private Partnerships to reach across sectors to solve the public infrastructure deficit.
READER:
Provan, Keith G. and Milward, H. Brinton (2001) “Do Networks Really Work? A Framework for Evaluating Public-Sector Organizational Networks,” Public Administration Review, 61(4), 414-423.
Chaskin, Robert J. and Ali Abunimah (1999). “A View from the City: Local Government Perspectives on Neighborhood-Based Governance in Community-Building Initiatives.” Journal of Urban Affairs 21:1, 57-78.