MURIN, William J.

Teaching the “introduction to public administration” course from a generic perspective : putting business and public administration undergraduates in the same classroom - New York : Marcel Dekker, 1987

A “generic” oriented management course was developed for business and public administration majors. A study was completed to determine the effects of learning generic management principles with 48 college students. Results indicate that generic learning can be fostered without adversely affecting the learning of management principles specific to either business or public administration. Similar generic learning did not take place in a control group consisting of 39 students. A discussion of generic management and implications for further study are offered.