Sixth Annual E-PARCC Teaching Case and Simulation Competition
Collaborative Public Management, Networks and Public Management,
Collaborative Governance, and Collaborative Problem Solving
~~~ Apply via email by March 1 ~~~
Public managers often find themselves working beyond their organizations to address policy implementation and service issues. Today's managers need to be successful operating in multiorganizational networked arrangements and with the public to solve problems that cannot be solved, or solved easily, by single organizations. Thus, collaborative public management, networks, collaborative governance, and collaborative problem solving have become essential topics in most public management and public policy programs. But collaboration is not simply a body of substantive knowledge; it is also a set of skills. We believe that one of the best ways to prepare students to operate in a collaborative world is through the use of case studies, simulations, and negotiation exercises.
To stimulate the creation of effective and innovative teaching cases and simulations in this area, the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University is sponsoring its sixth annual competition. The competition seeks to encourage the development of new cases and new simulations to be used in teaching collaborative public management, networks, governance, and/or problem solving.
Competition Funding
· Best teaching case – one $5,000 prize awarded
· Best teaching simulation – one $5,000 prize awarded
· Best case or simulation on nonprofit collaboration – one $5,000 prize awarded (sponsored by the John Ben Snow Foundation)
· Honorable mention -- up to ten additional $1,000 prizes awarded
How to Apply
· Submit original teaching case studies and teaching simulations electronically to PARCC@maxwell.syr.edu by March 1, 2013.
· Case studies should be approximately 15-25 type-written pages (double-spaced).
· Simulations should include a minimum of 6 players. All entries must include a teaching note.
· All cases and simulations must be original and not yet published elsewhere.
Award Selection
Selection of the winners will be made by a committee of scholars and practitioners. Finalists will be notified around April 1, 2013. Winning cases and simulations are published online and downloadable free of charge at E-PARCC: http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/parcc_eparcc.aspx. Full credit is given to authors. Most cases and simulations are published in three languages: English, Spanish, and Chinese.
Questions
Contact Catherine Gerard, Director, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC), The Maxwell School of Syracuse University -- cgerard@maxwell.syr.edu
About E-PARCC
E-PARCC is a project of the Maxwell School's "Collaborative Governance Initiative" launched in 2007. E-PARCC provides free online resources for those who teach collaborative public management, networks and public management, collaborative governance, and collaborative problem solving around the world. We reach nearly 10,000 visitors from more than 50 countries each year. View current and past winners at http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/parcc_eparcc.aspx.